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...other agonies of domestic unrest have pushed South Africa's frequently uneasy relationship with nearby African states into the background. Last week, however, those tensions resurfaced as 500 South African troops crossed into Angola, purportedly in pursuit of guerrillas fighting for the independence of South-West Africa, or Namibia, a territory controlled by South Africa under a long-expired League of Nations mandate...
...four other boycotted firms include Smathers, Symmington & Herlong and John P. Sears, which have lobbied on behalf of the South African government; Saxe, Bacon & Bolan, which is representing South Africa in a personal injury action; and Shipley, Smoke & Henry, counsel for the Administrator General in Namibia, a South African colony which has been the site of bloody clashes between South African armed forces and Black guerillas...
...foray into Angola. Then, two weeks ago, South African troops attacked what they claimed were strongholds of African National Congress guerrillas in Botswana, killing at least twelve people. Last week another furor erupted over the Botha government's installation of a quasi-independent administration in South-West Africa, or Namibia, the neighboring territory that South Africa has controlled for the past 19 years in defiance of United Nations resolutions calling for independence for the area. Botha's remarks seemed specifically aimed at Washington, whose relations with Pretoria are at their lowest ebb since President Reagan entered the White House...
Washington stood firm in its opposition to Botha's policies. Warren Clark, the alternate U.S. representative to the U.N. Security Council, declared that the U.S. "rejects the establishment of the so-called interim government in Namibia as null and void. These institutions created by Pretoria have no standing." The U.S., however, along with Britain, abstained on a Security Council-passed resolution calling on member states to "consider . . . taking appropriate voluntary measures" against South Africa over its action in Namibia...
...claimed that the newly installed Namibian government in Windhoek is only temporary and will handle the "day-to-day administration" of the territory until the U.N. independence plan can be carried out. But the new administration has limited power: the 62 Assemblymen, all of them selected by six of Namibia's 35 political parties, will have no say on foreign affairs or defense matters, and Botha will have an effective veto over any Assembly decision. Moreover, the Ovambo tribe, which makes up roughly half of Namibia's population, has been given only one of the eight Cabinet seats, while whites...