economic sanctions

• when did the UN attempt to remove south africa from its membership?

  1974
• why could south africa not be removed from the UN?

  britain france and the us vetoed the idea
• what was the anti apartheid movement?

  movement in britain that advocated for economic boycotts
• what was the issue wth the economic boycotts?

  not many countries followed them as the UN did not make it compulsory
• when did the UN call for an arms embargo?

  1963, became compulsory in 1977
• when was south africa banned from the olympics?

  1964
• when did polaroid withdraw from south africa?

  1977
• what was the effect of the ecnomic sanctions?

  the Rand fell 35%
• how many US companies closed down their south african operations from 1985 - 86?


  90