Burma Out!! S Africa (r)

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thanks roger, finally moving down there!

Roger Bunn wrote:
> 


> Rangoon, "Xinhua," 29 October
> 
> South Africa Protest
> 
> The leader and 30 other members of the Confederation of
> South African Trade Union (Cosatu) were expelled from a
> major trade show in South Africa after protesting the
> participation of Burma's military regime. Cosatu
> Secretary-General Zwelinzima Vavi said that Cosatu is
> demanding that the South African government "cut all ties"
> with the military junta, which he said is guilty of "forced
> slave labour, extra-judicial killings, child labour and
> suppression of basic human rights." [Cosatu, South Africa's
> leading labor grouping, was a crucial force in the anti-apartheid
> struggle. The Burmese junta has dismissed offers by retired
> President Nelson Mandela to help mediate an end to Burma's
> political stalemate-Ed.]
> 
> Johannesburg, "South African Press Association," 21