AA News September 1986

AA News welcomed the sanctions package imposed by the Commonwealth mini-summit held in London and warned that British Prime Minister Thatcher might retaliate by supporting South Africa in its attacks on the frontline states. SWAPO leader Philemon Itula called for more action on Namibia from local AA groups. In a speech at a conference of the local government workers union NALGO, South African trade unionist Themba Nxumalo declared COSATU’s support for sanctions. A centrespread featured pictures of the AAM’s 250,000-strong Festival of Freedom held on 28 June on London’s Clapham Common.