AA News September 1990

The September issue led on the Pretoria Minute, under which political prisoners would be released and the ANC would suspend armed struggle. ANC representative Mendi Msimang told AA News that sanctions must be maintained and that the KwaZulu police should be disbanded to stop violence in Natal. A special correspondent celebrated the relaunch of the South African Communist Party in Johannesburg. A centre spread profiled South Africa’s trade union movement. Vivien McMenamin analysed the key issues facing the post-apartheid economy.