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...divestment movement here is hardly concerned with the effectiveness of their proposal, and base their appeals solely on the crimes of apartheid. One must only look at the heightened pace of divestment since the imposition of the state of emergency to see that it is the repugnance of the Pretoria regime, not the effectiveness of divestment, that is their trump card. In this light, it is confusing to examine the Soviet Union, because it shows that the issue is not as simple as divestment activists wish to believe. If we are to divest "to make a statement...
...scarcely three months after it played in Pretoria to sell-out audiences, Jerry Falwell's Moral Majority Mystery Tour is on the road again, bigger and better than ever. Jerry and the Scripture-Screamers were booked last week for a thrilla in Manila. Belting out chorus after chorus of their new hit single, "Commie Containers," they captured the imagination of the Phillippine nation...
...planned execution. The Soviet Union, the European Community, the 49-nation Commonwealth of Britain and the U.N. Security Council, among others, had also asked that Moloise's life be spared. But Botha refused all appeals for clemency, and last week, shortly after dawn, Moloise went to the gallows at Pretoria Central Prison. In Washington, White House Spokesman Larry Speakes told reporters: "We hoped that this action would not be taken...
Moloise had been convicted two years ago of murdering a black policeman. The victim, Warrant Officer Philippus Selepe, 52, was slain with an automatic weapon outside his home near Pretoria in 1982. Moloise at first confessed to the crime but later recanted, charging police coercion. Later he said he had been involved in planning the ambush, but only because he was afraid that his associates in the African National Congress would kill him if he did not cooperate. The A.N.C., for its part, has insisted that its guerrillas, not Moloise, committed the murder. Moloise was, however, a firm supporter...
...biennial meeting of the Commonwealth Heads of Government in Nassau was glittery as Queen Elizabeth greeted leaders from 46 of Britain's former colonies. But behind the trappings lurked a divisive issue: apartheid. The target was British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, who is against imposing economic sanctions on Pretoria. There must be "sustained pressure" against apartheid, said Brian Mulroney of Canada. South Africa is a "total pariah," declared Malaysia's Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad. Thatcher said she would support an Australian proposal to establish a "contact group" to urge South African President P.W. Botha to negotiate with black leaders...