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...relate to society. “Talking about language, about the issues as a whole, it makes us more aware of our biases, and how we can remove them from our writing,” said Thabo J. Leshilo, a Nieman fellow who is the editor in chief of Sowetan, a South African newspaper. Though most of the fellows did not feel that the symposium, in and of itself, would change much in terms of the political or cultural thinking concerning immigration, they did note that there could be trickle-down effects. “I don?...
...impact on the country's 24 million blacks, who make up 73% of the population. The pass laws were stitched together in piecemeal fashion over the past 70 years in an effort to control the flow of blacks into the country's predominantly white cities. Repealing them, observed the Sowetan, the major newspaper in the large black township outside of Johannesburg, will "affect the person who matters most--the man in the street." Under the old system, the government refused to recognize blacks as citizens of South Africa, pretending instead that they were "sojourners" from the ten artificially created...
...requesting talks with the State President, I am putting my credibility on the line," replied Tutu angrily. "I am exposing myself to criticism. Our situation is desperately serious, and I had hoped for statesmanship from the State President and not the scoring of political points." Said the Daily Sowetan, the country's major black daily newspaper: "The man in the street will say that this is clear proof that the government is in no way prepared to speak to black leaders with credibility...
...crackdown on these mavericks has almost certainly scored him some valuable points -- enough, perhaps, that in spite of enduring a year of violence, crime and political stalemate, South Africans are beginning to see hope for l993. "We are closing the year on a high note," Nelson Mandela told the Sowetan, Johannesburg's black newspaper...
...with a black majority that whites have traditionally feared, persecuted and patronized. "Good and sensible people must be breathing sighs of relief," was the verdict of Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Others agreed. "South Africa is a different country today," blared Business Day, Johannesburg's financial daily. Approved the Sowetan, the largest black daily: "Whites did the right thing...