AA News May 1974

The May issue featured protests within South Africa against the British Lions rugby tour. It carried a first-hand report by a ZANU fighter on the guerrilla war in Zimbabwe. It announced the formation of The Imprisoned Society (SATIS) a coalition set up to campaign for the release of political prisoners. A centrespread reported on the brutal flogging of SWAPO supporters in northern Namibia. A special feature explained how the gold price boom was fuelling the apartheid economy.