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Tutu's request, which was also seen as an illumination of Black despair, came at the same time that the government dropped restrictions preventing the wife of jailed Black nationalist leader Nelson Mandela from returning to her home in the township of Soweto...
...Winnie Mandela returned Wednesday after a nine-year absence to a tearful welcome in the Black satellite city of Johannesburg, but remains a "listed" person who may not be quoted, The Times reported...
...incited violence in the townships and conveyed negative images to the outside world, the government banned such equipment from emergency areas and required reporters to request permission to enter these zones. The press was permitted to cover the Alexandra funeral, which was attended by several leading activists, including Winnie Mandela, wife of jailed A.N.C. Spiritual Leader Nelson Mandela, but cameras were still prohibited. The CBS journalists say they will appeal their expulsion. But even if they are allowed to stay, it seems clear that the press will continue to labor under emergency-style restrictions. So, too, will the rest...
Meanwhile, a regional court in Krugersdorp, west of Johannesburg, withdrew charges against Winnie Mandela, the wife of jailed Black Leader Nelson Mandela, for violating her banning order, a legal device that places restrictions on her movements. Mandela is currently challenging the validity of the banning order before South Africa's Supreme Court. If the ban is upheld, the charges in the regional court may be reactivated. Even less clear is the disposition of investigations opened into the activities of several journalists. If formal charges are brought, it will be the first time that journalists have been criminally charged since...
...understand that yours is a student newspaper with primarily student concerns. At the same time, I could not help but wonder how much coverage you would have given to the release of Nelson Mandela from his South African jail. The lack of coverage of the Shcharansky incident is indicative of what seems to me to be a general policy of not devoting much space to the discussion of human rights issues in the Soviet Union. University events such as the ones that the Democratic and Republican Clubs co-sponsored to alert students to Soviet atrocities in Afghanistan, and the Hillel...