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Through dozens of such interviews, Swanson evokes tensions apartheid produces both within and among South Africans, regardless of race. Irrational prejudices form the fabric of daily life, creating a host of often debilitating psychological and social distortions. According to one Afrikaner, one of the first lessons white South Africans receive...

Author: By Holly A. Idelson, | Title: Uncovering the Truth | 5/1/1985 | See Source »

Two days later, the government banned 29 black organizations from holding any meetings over the next three months in 18 districts, mainly in the Eastern Cape. Among the groups was the broadly based antiapartheid alliance known as the United Democratic Front, 16 of whose leaders already face charges of treason...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Africa the Fires of Anger | 4/8/1985 | See Source »

Those who seek a more effective way of purring pressure on the Afrikaner government need not look far. Last year, for example, bills were introduced in Congress, and passed the House of Representatives to mandate fair labor Practices, limit bank loans, impsose export controls, and forbid all new American investment...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Problem of Divestment | 10/2/1984 | See Source »

There is wide difference of opinion in South Africa over whether the electoral changes represent a strengthening of apartheid or are the first steps in a long retreat. Says Helen Suzman, an opposition M.P. and one of the government's most articulate opponents: "The new constitution is based on...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Africa: Wrestling the tiger | 9/24/1984 | See Source »

In previous novels (In the Heart of the Country, Waiting for the Barbarians), J.M. Coetzee turned his apocalyptic eye on his native South Africa. The subjects of his books-race war, state violence and personal vengeance-had a distinctive local color. Now the Afrikaner author goes straight to the center...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Armageddon | 1/2/1984 | See Source »

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