The World - News from May 17, 1988
South Africa’s biggest black trade union federation called for three days of peaceful, nationwide protests June 6-8 against restrictions imposed on anti-apartheid organizations. The decision was made at a weekend congress in Johannesburg by 1,500 delegates from the 14 unions of the 700,000-member Congress of South African Trade Unions. Pretoria effectively banned 17 major anti-apartheid organizations on Feb. 24 and barred the federation from campaigning or discussing political issues.
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