BRITAIN NOW stands alone with West Germany in rejecting any sanctions at all against South Africa. The job of the labour movement must be to fight to break all diplomatic, military and economic links with the country until its racist regime fails.
Reagan's patheric 'sanctions' package has Even the TOocaU-bC.
Telegraph on September explained: •Government, business and anti-apartheid groups were united in their view Kancal santlbus mould have no practical impacl.
But such cosmetic measures are too much for Geoffrey Howe. The korles three take arguments. against sancThey say sanctions will hart black people.
Ine fact that all South African black anti-apartheid organisalions Temand sancuons.
They say they can have 'dialogue' with the regime :¿torms'. Some dialogue!
Some reforms!
The fact is that they do noi want to kill the goose hat lays their golden eggs.
They do not want the oniy :ust solution: black majority rule.
They say sanctions will nor affect the regime.
Joubts on score hould have been removed • hy the crisis which hit the RAIES.
Inland 6 months £8, Rand on 31 July.
Business investment does South Africa towards "democracy': it is the önly reason the apartheid regime still exists. South Africa's celiciss. built gold, completely dependent on foreign inwhose profits come blạck sweat and blood.
Gold brings 40 per cent of South Africa's earnings $7 billion, supplying cent of world per gold.
measure alone would bring the governitS knees: haclll blanket ban on DalIN loans. According to International Business Week for 9 September South Africa has $12 billion ir short-term loans and can afford to repay only $140 million per month.
The truth is that investors are makıne a tortune out of apartheid.
refusal of sanctions is particularly hypocritical. British banks supply $5.5 billion of South Africa's £12 billion in loans; nearly half South Africa's $11 billion in CHCCLCCRVCSLOICn comes from the 400 UK culDallic. operating LUCIC The UK exports $1.7 billion in goods to South Africa every year.
Collaboration with apartheid is direct. InterComputers Hallolia Limited suppry utancI of the computer technology that has helper the regime put over 2.800 black leaders in jail. Marconi's have recentiy been revealed io be supplying sanctions-busting military equipnient. hell and RP are up to their necks, not ¡ust in bypassing oil sanctions, but in developing Mucitdi which, horrifyingly, the inıltarv is considering us against the black popmlanon That is why the responsibility falls squarely the shoulders of the labour movement to isolate the racist regime and, together with the massive wave of black resistance which has shown ILS DOWCI in the last bring down the apartheid government.
The TUC the Partv must deto all links mana an end -