Word: botha
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...terms of style, Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher and P.W. Botha have little in common. Yet through the years, the amiable U.S. President, the iron-willed British Prime Minister and the pugnacious South African State President have each demonstrated an uncanny ability to tough their way through political adversity, often using the sheer force of personality to get their way. As the international calls for economic sanctions against South Africa grow, however, all three leaders resemble conductors who are fast losing control of their orchestras...
...most recent in a series of statements against apartheid that Bok has issued in the past month. In late June, Bok signed a letter supporting Black South African leaders against their country's most recent set of repressive tactics. The following week, he sent an outraged telegram to P.W. Botha protesting the unlawful arrest of Zwelakhi Sisulu, the Black editor of a liberal South African publication and a former Neiman fellow at Harvard...
...Group Areas Act, which keeps blacks in townships far from city business districts and affluent white suburbs, remains a cornerstone of South Africa's policy. The government's harsh new controls on the domestic and foreign press, adopted since State President P.W. Botha declared a nationwide state of emergency on June 12, have further impaired the whites' vision and suppressed any struggling sensitivity to the plight of the country's 24 million blacks...
...West European leaders might have felt more urgency had South Africa been sputtering out of control. But the country appeared to be relatively quiet--at least insofar as could be determined by the press, which under the de facto censorship was more or less obliged to take the Botha government's word for it. A series of minor terrorist explosions took place in Durban, Johannesburg and the Eastern Cape, and at week's end police killed four black guerrillas near the Botswana border. Wildcat strikes and worker "stayaways" continued in about 100 supermarkets and other retail stores, underscoring reports that...
...arms, oil and certain police equipment to South Africa, withdrawn from sports and cultural exchanges, curtailed government loans and stopped the sale of Krugerrand gold coins in the U.S., but Reagan opposes the adoption of additional measures. Moreover, the Administration argues that America's ability to influence the Botha government's policies is marginal, even though the U.S. is South Africa's largest trading partner. Still, Washington is clearly miffed at Pretoria's new crackdown, coming as it did at a time when the U.S. had hoped that Botha was becoming more moderate. Said Chester Crocker, the Assistant Secretary...