Word: pretoria
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...denied that the sanctions would have any major impact on the nation's economy. They warned, as Reagan did, that any hardships that do result will most likely affect South Africa's 24 million mostly poor blacks, as well as neighboring black African states whose economies are linked to Pretoria's. "Well, it's done," said Foreign Minister Roelof ("Pik") Botha. "Now maybe they'll leave us alone." Other foreign leaders who have opposed sanctions in the past showed little inclination to be swayed by the new U.S. policy. Said a top aide to British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher...
...blow that finally doomed Administration lobbying efforts came from South Africa. In telephone conversations with two farm-state G.O.P. Senators, Iowa's Charles Grassley and Nebraska's Edward Zorinsky, Pik Botha warned that imposition of sanctions would result in retaliatory measures from Pretoria. South Africa would not only refuse to import any more American wheat (it bought 256,000 tons in the year ending last June) but also block grain deliveries to neighboring black states that depend on South Africa for commercial transport. Both Senators had been buttonholed near the Senate cloakroom by North Carolina Republican Jesse Helms, a friend...
...when the cause is just, Reagan has offered no such help to South African Blacks. Half lame duck, half rabid dog, Reagan has backed into a corner, all alone in his stance for "non-punitive" measures against the Pretoria goverment...
...Pretoria the government had been getting ready for bad news from Washington for more than a week. Foreign Minister Roelof ("Pik") Botha repeated the conventional argument that if the congressional bill survives the Reagan veto, "it will have a damaging effect on the jobs of many people, black and white. It will harm us, but it will not kill...
...murdered 177 of our comrades." A great cry of "Viva Winnie Mandela!" echoed through the stadium as the wife of Nelson Mandela, the long-imprisoned black leader, arrived. "We accept that the time for talking has come to an end," she told the workers. "The moment you stop digging (Pretoria's) gold and diamonds, we will be free." Union leaders have asked miners to stay away from the pits this Wednesday as a gesture of protest and mourning...