Word: pretoria
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...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. Two weeks ago the U.S. recalled Ambassador Herman Nickel for consultations to express its anger over the Angola and Botswana raids. Said Botha: "If there are elements in Washington who think that South Africa is going...
...Pretoria, meanwhile, a high-court judge issued the conclusions of a government-ordered inquiry into the country's bloodiest confrontation in 25 years. Last March South African police opened fire on a highway procession of 4,000 blacks, killing 20. In a report to South Africa's Parliament, Justice Donald Kannemeyer accused the police of having fabricated portions of their account of the shooting outside the town of Uitenhage, near Port Elizabeth...
...which is designed to coax the country toward reform through strengthened diplomatic and economic ties. The antiapartheid movement, which feels that such cooperation has produced few discernible results, has argued instead for a forced disengagement from all American economic involvement, on the theory that this would put pressure on Pretoria to reconsider its racial policies. South Africa is so dependent on U.S. investments (now at about $15 billion), the argument goes, that the threat of losing them would be enough to bring about some internal changes. In addition, divestment advocates say that sanctions by the U.S., once South Africa...
...South Africa was lying when it claimed to have withdrawn its forces from Angola. The Angolans had been considering a phased withdrawal of Cuban forces in return for the South African pullout, but last week, according to South African sources, the Luanda government intended to break off negotiations with Pretoria...
...week's end it seemed that the commando incident had produced its first political casualty. Pretoria announced that the hawkish General Viljoen, 51, had decided to retire. Nevertheless, government spokesmen continued to claim that the outlawed ANC is increasing its actions against civilian targets in South Africa. Lending support to this claim, a bomb went off last week in a building used by the Defense Forces in Johannesburg, injuring 17 people. Two days later, a second blast in the city damaged the offices of an organization that sends money, books and food parcels to South African troops. The ANC claimed...