At the Annual Conference of the International Defence and Aid Fund for Southern Africa held on 14-16 May 1982, at which all ten affiliated National Committees were represented, a new constitution was adopted in the form of a Trust Deed. Canon L John Collins was elected President and Chairman of the Council of Trustees. Three other Trustees were appointed. Eventually, there will be eight Trustees.
A Consultative Committee was elected by the delegates to the Conference. The Consultative Committee will liaise with the Council of Trustees.
Canon Collins said at the conclusion of the Conference that the Fund had entered a new era and would continue and intensify its humanitarian work until the whole of Southern Africa was freed. This was greeted with acclaim by the delegates to the Conference.
