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Europe: Christopher Redman London: Christopher Ogden, Anne Constable Paris: Jordan Bonfante, Adam Zagorin Bonn: James O. Jackson Rome: Cathy Booth Eastern Europe: Kenneth W. Banta Moscow: John Kohan, Ann Blackman Jerusalem: Johanna McGeary Cairo: Dean Fischer, David S. Jackson Nairobi: James Wilde Johannesburg: Bruce W. Nelan New Delhi: Ross H. Munro Beijing: Sandra Burton Hong Kong: William Stewart, Jay Branegan Tokyo: Barry Hillenbrand, Yukinori Ishikawa, Kumiko Makihara Ottawa: Peter Stoler Mexico City: John Borrell, John Moody Rio de Janeiro: Laura Lopez
...narrow streets of downtown Johannesburg were strangely silent last week. Black workers and shoppers who normally jam the district by day were nowhere to be seen. Stores did desultory business; restaurants closed their doors. In ( Soweto, the sprawling black township outside Johannesburg, residents remained inside their homes...
Labeled a "national peaceful protest" to skirt the February ban, the walkout paralyzed manufacturing and transportation throughout the country. Nearly 80% of black service and industrial employees stayed off the job in Johannesburg and other major cities. The Association of Chambers of Commerce estimated the cost of the protest at $250 million nationwide. The sector least affected by the action was South Africa's important mining industry, where less than 10% of black workers put down their tools. Most miners, who live at the mines and are insulated from the political passions of the townships, simply walked to work...
Europe: Christopher Redman London: Christopher Ogden Paris: Jordan Bonfante, Adam Zagorin Bonn: James O. Jackson Rome: Cathy Booth Eastern Europe: Kenneth W. Banta Moscow: John Kohan, Ann Blackman Jerusalem: Johanna McGeary Cairo: Dean Fischer, David S. Jackson Nairobi: James Wilde Johannesburg: Bruce W. Nelan New Delhi: Ross H. Munro Beijing: Sandra Burton Hong Kong: William Stewart, Jay Branegan Tokyo: Barry Hillenbrand, Yukinori Ishikawa, Kumiko Makihara Ottawa: Peter Stoler Mexico City: John Borrell, John Moody Rio de Janeiro: Laura Lopez
...time when the government holds an estimated 3,000 antiapartheid activists in detention, seaside segregation represents but a small facet of local life. Nonetheless, government efforts in support of whites-only bathing are generating skepticism about President Botha's proclaimed intentions to reform the political system. Editorialized the Johannesburg Sunday Star: "It is almost impossible for the most moderate black, colored and Indian leaders to offer their services in seeking a negotiated constitution when Mr. Botha's men are fighting to keep them and those whom they lead off the beaches, off white land, out of white group areas...