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They call Johannesburg "The Golden City," but it doesn't live up to its name. It is a predominantly ugly metropolis. Although a few handsome towers dot the skyline, most of the buildings that line the streets are old, undistinguished and grime-encrusted. A guide termed Johannesburg "a city with no soul," and it's hard to argue with him. There are several theaters, and pleasant restaurants where a good dinner costs less than ten dollars abound; but other than that the city has little to offer. And it is one of the world's most dangerous cities. Visitors...
Soweto, the sprawling black township which houses most of Johannesburg's Blacks, suffers from the world's highest crime rate. "Most of Soweto is not fit for humans," declares Fanyana Mazibuko, a banned former Soweto school teacher. It is a dismal place. The government-operated tourist bus drives past rows of uniform dirty gray row houses. Outhouses, made out of strips of corrugated metal, squat behind most of them: 80 per cent of Soweto's homes lack electricity and running water. Barbed wire surrounds a school and many of the homes...
...began to understand the mentality of South Africa's whites. Since Bophuthatswana is in theory independent, there is no segregation. We were surrounded by Blacks, some of whom shot hostile glances at us or appeared to be sizing us up. We had narrowly escaped being robbed in downtown Johannesburg that morning by a young Black with a six-inch knife. Except when he retreats to his home in the suburbs, the white South African feels immersed in a sea of unfriendly Blacks...
Ameen Akhalwaya, a political reporter with the Rand Daily Mail of Johannesburg, South Africa, echoed the praise for Harvard, but said his activities here are related to a more immediate confrontation than the one between Washington and Moscow...
Pretoria was naturally heartened by Washington's position. Editorialized the pro-government Johannesburg Citizen: "We are grateful that America has shown a sense of balance about the Angolan 'invasion' issue...