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...emergency, condemned throughout the world, gave police sweeping powers of arrest and use of firearms. President P.W. Botha's announcement Tuesday that it would be lifted was welcomed by the United States and other Western governments...
...Botha also said, however, that Parliament would be asked to pass whatever new laws police needed to cope with rioters, which critics say is a device to continue the emergency without the name...
...Botha also said Parliament would be asked to review existing laws in case new ones were needed to help "protect lives and property effectively...
...organization expressed concern at Botha's mention of new laws, saying, "The government is going to broaden the already Draconian provisions of the Internal Security Act. The effect of this is that a de facto state of emergency will exist throughout our country...
...Botha said Namibia's 1 million people "have waited long enough for independence," a delay he claimed "cannot be laid at South Africa's door...