Word: africas
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...students also pressured the faculty to takea stand on divestment from companies doingbusiness in South Africa...
...past four years, Harvard-Radcliffe Alumni Against Apartheid (HRAAA) has put forward a slate of candidates for the 30-member governing board in an effort to force the University to sell its $163.8 million in South Africa-related investments...
...they will be sure to discuss what has been the major issue in CCSR policy meeting--the debate over whether Harvard should divest of its $163.8 million of stock in companies with holdings in South Africa...
...even as the CCSR--a standing committee of Harvard's seven-member chief governing board--prepares once again to confront the lingering South Africa investment question, many Harvard officials now say that divestment in itself is no longer the main issue...
Instead, they say, companies are finding ways of technically withdrawing from South Africa while still maintaining economic ties through licensing agreements and subsidiary holdings. And they add that this issue is shaping up as the next major sticking point for large-scale investors such as Harvard, which currently has over $2.1 billion in public stock holdings...