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...fact, as Pik Botha was quick to emphasize, even while Mugabe was speaking out against Pretoria at the London meeting, Zimbabwe was negotiating to extend its existing trade agreement with South Africa. Over the long term the black states can reduce their dependence on the South African ports of Durban and Port Elizabeth by developing alternative trade routes, like the existing but inadequate highway and rail line between Zambia and the Tanzanian port of Dar es Salaam. Zimbabwe will begin to divert freight from South Africa to Mozambique over roads and rail lines that are frequently sabotaged by Mozambican rebels...
...behind the surface, there is evidence of mounting white anxiety, much of it related to the current violence. More bombs exploded in South Africa last week. In a dozen such explosions since June 12, three people have been killed and more than 120 injured. At Magoo's Bar in Durban's Parade Hotel, where a bomb went off last month, special window glass has since been installed. Lance Davidson, a university student who was slightly injured in the blast, assured patrons last week, "Don't worry, you're safe in here...
...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 around 180 union officials remained in detention, along with perhaps 1,600 other blacks...
...During the past 18 months of turbulence, however, the outlawed movement has stepped up its activities, both subversive and diplomatic. Last year it decided to extend guerrilla operations to South African civilian areas, including white suburbs. Its first such strike, a bomb set off in a shopping center near Durban last December, left five people dead. The new strategy coincided with the creation of a broader- based leadership, as the previously all-black national executive committee expanded its membership to 30 when, for the first time ever, it elected a white, two Indians and two mixed-race coloreds. In recent...
There is, however, growing debate within South Africa's black community about how to achieve those aims. A crowd of about 70,000, mostly Zulus, gathered in a Durban stadium to launch the United Workers Union of South Africa. The Zulu leader, Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi, criticized the other unions for their calls for economic sanctions against the government. Said Buthelezi: "There are people who want to abuse workers by using them to destabilize the economy. Whoever rules in South Africa in another decade or two will need the wealth, which can only be created by a stable economy...