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...TIME Johannesburg Bureau Chief William McWhirter made a survey of 60 U.S. firms, to which he submitted a detailed questionnaire delving into pay scales, working conditions and advancement opportunities for blacks and coloreds. He also visited plants and spoke to nonwhite workers in their communities. According to his findings, Ford deserves top marks for doing away with the most noxious symbols of apartheid. The company regularly consults nonwhite employees on plant problems and even recognizes black unions; though such unions are not specifically prohibited, black organizing is effectively blocked by South Africa's labor code, which excludes unionized blacks...
Last week TIME Johannesburg Bureau Chief William McWhirter visited St. Augustine's. His report...
...trip is almost a parody of a see-the-stars'-homes guided tour through Beverly Hills. Visiting VIP'S may now enjoy government-sponsored minibus excursions through Soweto, the sprawling black ghetto on the southwestern rim of Johannesburg that is home to 1,500,000 urban blacks...
...segregated schools-furtively passing marijuana joints back and forth on dusty street corners. The object of the tours is to show foreigners that Soweto is "peaceful" again, following the epochal riots that began there two years ago, spread to other townships and eventually killed 618 people. Last week TIME Johannesburg Bureau Chief William McWhirter paid an anniversary visit to Soweto, which has become a symbol of black anger and frustration. His report...
...contrast, the second anniversary observance last week was brief. There was no work stoppage to hobble Johannesburg homes and offices; blacks were too worried by rising unemployment to risk dismissal. Shops closed, but only for a few hours. There was no defiant stone tossing at police who had thrown up heavy roadblocks and who cruised the areas where observances were held. A police official had warned one leader of the community: "If one stone is thrown, I won't even waste my men's time in coming to pick you up. I will send word...