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Iraq boycott SA government's apartheid policies

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22 Aug 2019
Iraq boycott SA government's apartheid policies

Iraqi Foreign Minister, Hassim Jawad, announced that his country will not recognise the government of South Africa because of its apartheid policies. The announcement came after the Sharpeville massacre, when 69 people were killed by security police after a peaceful protest led by the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC).The political conditions in South Africa were disturbing and the whole world was commemorating the first anniversary of the Sharpeville killings. Political organisations like African National Congress (ANC),South African Communist Party (SACP), PAC and others were banned the previous year under the Unlawful Organisations Act of 1950.

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South African History Online. (2019, August 22). Iraq boycott SA government's apartheid policies. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0149059

South African History Online (2019) 'Iraq boycott SA government's apartheid policies', South African History Online, 22 August. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0149059 (Accessed: 4 September 2026).

South African History Online, Iraq boycott SA government's apartheid policies [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0149059, (accessed 4 September 2026).

"Iraq boycott SA government's apartheid policies." South African History Online, 22 Aug. 2019, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0149059. Accessed 4 Sept. 2026.

South African History Online. "Iraq boycott SA government's apartheid policies." South African History Online. August 22, 2019. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0149059.

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