/ 18 February 1999

DEBT PROTEST OUTSIDE PARLIAMENT

WHILE Finance Minister Trevor Manuel was reading his Budget in Parliament on Wednesday, anti-debt protestors staged a peaceful demonstration outside, calling on the government not to repay apartheid debt. The event was organised by the Cape Town branch of Jubilee 2000, an international campaign to scrap Third World debt. National organiser Brian Ashley said South African debt stands at R45-billion, robbing victims of apartheid of benefits of development.