AA News April 1984

The April issue celebrated the release from Robben Island of Namibian leader Herman Toivo ja Toivo. In a round-up of British local authority action against apartheid, it reported on the award of the freedom of the city to Nelson Mandela by Aberdeen City Council. A special correspondent explained the background to the Nkomati Accord between South Africa and  Mozambique. Vella Pillay analysed the problems faced by the South African economy in the context of a fall of foreign capital investment.