Word: pretoria
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...meantime, eleven more West European nations and Australia announced that they were withdrawing their ambassadors from Pretoria for "consultations." And in Washington, Congress took its toughest position yet against South Africa's racial policies. Late in the week the House of Representatives voted 380 to 48 for a package of economic sanctions to be imposed against South Africa, but the Senate delayed action until September after opponents of the bill threatened a filibuster to defeat...
...which was called at South Africa's request and lasted for five hours. Certainly it included a review of the current state of emergency and the general situation in South Africa. According to U.S. sources, the meeting was blunt and serious in tone. American representatives emphasized the need for Pretoria to embark on meetings with "credible" black leaders aimed at devising some sort of power sharing. Beyond that, the Americans restated the long-standing U.S. view that apartheid must be abandoned, South Africa should forsake its policy of creating "independent" homelands for blacks and instead should consider itself a unified...
...discuss alterations in the present system, though they were somewhat short on specifics. On Friday morning McFarlane reported to President Reagan on the trip. The Administration decided to remain noncommittal until it has a better idea of exactly what the South Africans have in mind. One concern is that Pretoria might appear to be seeking Washington's approval as a way of reducing international criticism of the state of emergency...
...revised its private notion of the national destiny, could have second thoughts. Certainly it will have trouble selling the idea of reform to rightwing South Africans. On previous occasions, South Africa has appeared ready to grant independence to Namibia, the territory also known as South West Africa, which Pretoria has ruled since 1920. Each time, however, the government has reconsidered: three months ago, it installed in Namibia a "transition" government that Pretoria can effectively control...
...been taking to the streets of the capital, others across the country have sought to pressure state and local governments, universities and colleges to rid themselves of holdings that involve U.S. and foreign companies with interests in South Africa. Both houses of Congress have called for economic sanctions against Pretoria, and divestiture proposals have come before virtually every state legislature. "Many Americans knew nothing about apartheid before the demonstrations began," says Randall Robinson, executive director of Transafrica, a black-led lobbying group that coordinates the Washington protests. "Now there is a new understanding of South African repression...