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British Africa is still very British in some respects. Malawi's Supreme Court is all white. British experts run Zambia's communications systems and serve as advisers to many of Kenya's ministries. Kenya's farming system is basically run by whites, as are Zambia's vital copper mines...
South Africa remains rich and strong, and has made virtual satellites of four small black states that lie near by or within its borders: Swaziland, Lesotho, Botswana and Malawi. But in the long term, the Africans believe, time and the birth rate are on their side. Rhodesia's population today is black by a ratio of 21 to 1; by the year 2050, it will...
...middle ear of Middle America, P. & T. is now seeping into the semiconsciousness of the whole world. The BBC's pop network is overrun with Pepper & Tanner jingles ("It's what's happening . . . Radio One"). So is station Rediffusion Singapore. For the state radio system of Malawi, P. & T. tapes are dubbed in Chitumbuka, a native dialect. It was P. & T., naturally, which prerecorded the "This Is Apollo Weather" parody "intros" played by the astronauts during the Apollo 12 moon shot...
...policy of all-out separation from the black African states to the north. His "outward-looking" policy, built on Verwoerd's first gestures in this direction, has succeeded in creating an odd but effective trade grouping, of white-and black-ruled states in southern Africa: Lesotho, Botswana, Swaziland, Malawi, Rhodesia and the Portuguese territories of Mozambique and Angola. Overtures have been made, moreover, to other black republics...
...problem is complicated by racial overtones. In many of the new African nations, including Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania and Uganda, there are not enough qualified black judges to fill the benches in the higher courts. As a result, most of the senior judges are white -though many of them, like Skinner, have become citizens of the countries in which they serve. According to present standards, black law students, now in the various national universities, will not be eligible to become judges for another five years...