SWAPO fighters THE LABYRINTH of Lebanese politics has taken a representative for the UK and Western Europe, ex'You could not have helped but notice the considerable coverage Namibia and Angola in the media during the last few days. It is all related to two events: the apparent withdrawal of the remaining South Alrical TOCe from Angola, and the expected announcement this afternoon by the regime of another puppet government in Namibia "Pretoria nas altempted, in its usual arrogant manner, mast of these revent LICi as some sort of magnanim. ous gesture. outrageous that the regime should expect praise when they cease their illegal occupation of Angolan territory. They should never have been there in the first place "The racist South African regime decided it produce something which.. the Reagan administration use to defend its constructive engagement policy with Pretoria the same time they declared that during the course of this year they would scrap the Mixed Marriages Act and the Immorality Act South Africa, two pieces legislation, while Dellig Syrian alliance emerging in on Shapu Kaukunga, SWAPO . symptomatic the which will do nothing to the fundamental nature of the exploitative and repressive system..
'Both of these serve as the smoke-screen which Pretoria intends to continue with its ploitative apartheid system in South Africa and its contalion Namibia. As our president, comrade Sam Nujoma, explained a couple of days ago: "The withdrawal the mainder of South African troops Angola is a trick aimed at perpetuating Pretoria's influence in Namidla and deniecung altention a so-called 'internal SCLUCUCUL our coully "This afternoon PW announced south Aircan parliament that he intended to proceed the of ment in puppet governNamibia The racist South African regime has tried this once before. The previous puppet administration collapsed a couple of years ago as of considerable corruption and quite evident mal-administration. believes that it is possible which will be attractive to the Namibian people then they have simply failed to learn from history. tell them pue pet government will go wal governments throughout They will be DISLOIV. jected by the masses of the people with the contempt the derision they deserve 'Botha's statement this afternoon is again a state. ment of rejection of UN resolution 435, the UN plan eleculon. Namibia leading inBotha says what clearly means is that South Africa intends to seek international approva. for its own plan to impose on the Namibian people pseudoindependence dissimilar to that imposec on certain South African 'The racist regime has consistently avoided the implementation of resolution 435 in recent has more openly campaigned for its destruction. The so-called contact group US, France, Canada, West Germany) must cease defending Pretoria's defiance of the UN Security Council Failure to act mers continuer collaboration in events like the brutal massacre of seven men at Ochikuku, in Northern Namibia, a few days ago...
'Of primary importance. when British imis itself a fun damental obstacle to the implementation of Resolution 435 , is the solidarity work that you da here ir preciated over the past few vcal. the work thal lla. been done by the solidarity vasalvils unions, the peace movethe many dedicated friends SWAPO.
'We welcome the campaign for the release of all which prisoners the Namibia Support Committee nas launchea this and which will especially draw atten tion to the way in which British collaboration directly the perpetuation of the regime's atroc. ities and reprisals. have the capacity to raise considerably the consciousness of people in this country and extend your solidarity work still furSWAPO. ther support of contact: The Namibia Support Committee, PO Box 16, London NWS Telephone: 01 267 1942.
The Namibia Support Committee the converco following campaigns: Campaign Against Namibian COMICA (CANAC); Namibian Support Health Collective; SWAPO Wo men's Solidarit Campaign; Political Prisoners Repression Campaign; Action on Namibia
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West African People's Organisation's struggle for the independence of Namibia against South African military occupation. At a 25th anniversary rally 18 April in London,
plained the current stage of the struggle. Below, we print an edited version of his speech.
vile nature of the apar- theid system, the repeal of
that they will continue to work for an international- yat he clearly means