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Such viciousness is a regular occurrence in South Africa today. Two people were killed by necklaces in Soweto, the sprawling black township outside Johannesburg, on New Year's Day. Steve Kgame, a well-known community leader in the Soweto-Witwatersrand area who has faced demands from radicals to quit his local government post, was in serious condition last week with gunshot wounds in the head and chest. Near Durban, two officials of Inkatha, a political organization made up mainly of members of the Zulu tribe, died earlier this month after fire bombs struck their homes. Outside Port Elizabeth, a vengeful...
...week's end South African authorities once more lashed out at the foreign press, this time calling for the expulsion of the outgoing New York Times Johannesburg bureau chief Alan Cowell, 39, a British citizen who has reported from South Africa since 1983. More troubling, Pretoria also rejected the visa application of Cowell's successor, Serge Schmemann. That left a major U.S. daily newspaper without the staff to report the news in South Africa, despite entreaties from Times editors in New York City and U.S. embassy officials. Cowell, whose work permit expired last June, had been allowed to remain...
...latest action against the Times had a chilling effect on the foreign press, which has watched uneasily as the government has banished seven foreign television and print journalists in the past year alone. This week Los Angeles Times Johannesburg Correspondent Michael Parks, who was ordered to leave by Dec. 31, then granted an extension, will meet with authorities to appeal the decision...
Europe: Christopher Redman London: Christopher Ogden, Steven Holmes Paris: Jordan Bonfante, B. J. Phillips, Adam Zagorin Bonn: William McWhirter, John Kohan Rome: Sam Allis, Erik Amfitheatrof, Cathy Booth Eastern Europe: Kenneth W. Banta Moscow: James O. Jackson Jerusalem: Roland Flamini Cairo: Dean Fischer, David S. Jackson Nairobi: James Wilde Johannesburg: Bruce W. Nelan New Delhi: Ross H. Munro Bangkok: James Willwerth Peking: Richard Hornik Hong ! Kong: William Stewart, Bing W. Wong Tokyo: Barry Hillenbrand, Yukinori Ishikawa Melbourne: John Dunn Ottawa: Peter Stoler Caribbean: Bernard Diederich Mexico City: John Borrell, John Moody Managua: Laura Lopez Rio de Janeiro: Gavin Scott
Europe: Christopher Redman London: Christopher Ogden, Steven Holmes Paris: Jordan Bonfante, B. J. Phillips, Adam Zagorin Bonn: William McWhirter, John Kohan Rome: Sam Allis, Erik Amfitheatrof, Cathy Booth Eastern Europe: Kenneth W. Banta Moscow: James O. Jackson Jerusalem: Roland Flamini Cairo: Dean Fischer, David S. Jackson Nairobi: James Wilde Johannesburg: Bruce W. Nelan New Delhi: Ross H. Munro Bangkok: James Willwerth Peking: Richard Hornik Hong Kong: William Stewart, Bing W. Wong Tokyo: Barry Hillenbrand, Yukinori Ishikawa Melbourne: John Dunn Ottawa: Peter Stoler Caribbean: Bernard Diederich Mexico City: John Borrell, John Moody Managua: Laura Lopez Rio de Janeiro: Gavin Scott