The US Congress overrode President Ronald Reagan’s veto and enacted the Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act, restricting new investment and other economic ties with South Africa. The law followed years of organising by Black activists, students, churches, trade unions, and anti-apartheid coalitions. It did not itself end apartheid, but increased international pressure while Mandela remained imprisoned.
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