“Those who invest in South Africa should not think they are doing us a favor; they are here for what they get out of our cheap and abundant labor, and they should know that they are buttressing one of the most vicious systems.”

—  Desmond Tutu

Quoted by L.A. Mayor Tom Bradley in letter to the editor Los Angeles Times (13 May 1985)

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