Statement issued by The Black Peoples Convention 11th July 1973

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.