The Black Peoples Convention National Congress held in December 1973 resolved to reject the involvement of foreign investors and this letter sent from BPC to 31 foreign firms calls on foreign investors to disengage from the economic system of South Africa
Archive record
Black Peoples Convention: rejection of foreign investment

- Origin date
- May 1972
- Updated
- 27 Aug 2019

South African History Online. (2016, February 22). Black Peoples Convention: rejection of foreign investment . South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/nso/ref/R-0113271
South African History Online (2016) 'Black Peoples Convention: rejection of foreign investment ', South African History Online, 22 February. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/nso/ref/R-0113271 (Accessed: 29 July 2026).
South African History Online, Black Peoples Convention: rejection of foreign investment [website], https://sahistory.org.za/nso/ref/R-0113271, (accessed 29 July 2026).
"Black Peoples Convention: rejection of foreign investment ." South African History Online, 22 Feb. 2016, https://sahistory.org.za/nso/ref/R-0113271. Accessed 29 July 2026.
South African History Online. "Black Peoples Convention: rejection of foreign investment ." South African History Online. February 22, 2016. https://sahistory.org.za/nso/ref/R-0113271.
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