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The strategic thrust of the anti-apartheid movement in the United States was to force United States companies to disinvest in South Africa and to cease doing any business in that country. This strategy had widespread support among the anti-apartheid groups in the United States, and it was also supported by a vast majority of Black. South Africans. As companies began to adopt the strategy of divestment, critics pointed out its defects, only to be largely ignored.
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Sethi, S.P., Williams, O.F. (2000). The Anti-Apartheid Movement and Its Impact on United States Companies to Withdraw from South Africa. In: Economic Imperatives and Ethical Values in Global Business. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4491-3_12
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