	sweden sets october deadline for s africa boycott sweden announced its promised program of unilateral economic sanctions against south africa and gave firms an october deadline to cut trading links foreign  minister anita gradin said a  boycott of south africa and neighbouring namibia would take effect from july followed by a three month period of grace to give companies time to wind down their operations from october no direct  would be allowed in either direction with certain exceptions covering medical supplies and printed matter gradin told a news conference she said exceptions would also be granted in cases where a swedish  boycott would benefit south african firms and disadvantage south africa s black ruled neighbours the front line states gradin cautioned that legislation upon which the boycott would be based was not impossible to get round she said a parliamentary committee would investigate ways of closing some of the bigger loopholes including indirect  with south africa via swedish subsidiaries in third countries reuter 
