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Hurley: We met banned ANC
Archbishop Denis Hurley has confirmed that a delegation of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference met with the banned African National Congress in Lusaka, Zambia, to discuss a variety of issues, including the question of sanctions. However, the SACBC has not formally consulted with other liberation movements on the matter of sanctions, as claimed by Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi. Responding to a jibe by the leader of the KwaZulu homeland that the conference had made itself a laughing stock by supposedly supporting selective economic pressure against South Africa, Archbishop Hurley clarified that the SACBC would not support sanctions if these would destroy, rather than just damage, the economy.
Archbishop slams Thatcher
Archbishop Thomas Winning of Glasgow has accused British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher off “appalling moral ineptitude” for her refusal to apply sanctions against South Africa. The prime minister had previously called for sanctions against Argentina, Libya, Poland and the Soviet Union, the archbishop noted, adding: “Do financial considerations weigh more heavily than human rights?”
11000 greet new bishop
Bishop Zithulele Patrick Mvemve, the newly -consecrated auxiliary bishop of Johannesburg [and future bishop of Klerksdorp], was welcomed by a crowd of 11000 at Regina Mundi church in Soweto.
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