AA News September 1983

The September issue accused the re-elected Thatcher government of moving towards an open alliance with apartheid South Africa. It reported on the strengthening alliance between Israel and South Africa and on British imports of uranium from Namibia. In a special interview, Hugh Masekela told AA News how he was given his first trumpet by Archbishop Trevor Huddleston. AA News reported on moves towards forming a new trade union federation by South Africa’s independent trade unions and on the election of veteran trade unionist Oscar Mpetha as president of the anti-apartheid United Democratic Front.