The statement was isued in reponse to an article in the Daily News dated 4th July 1973. In the article Chief Gatsha Buthelezi makes a derogatory reference to the anti-apartheid activist Professor Dennis Brutus as a "graduate of Robben Island". The article makes reference to Chief Buthelezi as a person committed to working with the oppressors of Black people and echoes Nationalist propaganda-type sentiments.
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Statement issued by The Black Peoples Convention 11th July 1973
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- 11 July 1973
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- 26 Aug 2019
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