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Soweto (an acronym for southwest townships) remembered its grim anniversary last week in a solemn moratorium that its residents, with calculated irony, called "Black Christmas." There was a two-day general strike by African workers and packed church services fiercely punctuated with raised black-power salutes. Hymns of liberation like Senzenina (What Have We Done?) were sung about Azania-the name that black nationalists use for South Africa. Black sports and entertainment events were canceled. Even Soweto's 400 illegal drinking shebeens were closed. White and African police gathered in force outside the wire fences that border the township...
...known as the Soweto Students Representative Council (SSRC), but they are described simply, by themselves and by the older blacks of Soweto, as "The Children." They are, in fact, the dominant, virtually unrivaled political power within Soweto. TIME Johannesburg Bureau Chief William Me Whirter spent two weeks in the township, observing the mood a year later and The Children in action. His report...
Soweto's Children have come to rule the township with a mixture of brutality and bold authority that both fascinates and frightens their elders. These junior enforcers have capitalized on their legacy as the heirs of the martyred youths who led last June's upheaval, and on a general sense of despair and futility within the urban community. "We may still be children," one of their leaders says, "but politically we have been through very much." The Children are now seeing to it that almost everyone else in Soweto follows their lead...
...might be willing to do so if he could avoid being branded a traitor by the Patriotic Front. Muzorewa has no guerrilla organization and practically no support from neighboring African states, but he is undeniably popular in Rhodesia and is hailed at rallies in Salisbury's huge Highfield township as "the black Moses." In the event of a broadly based plebiscite, Muzorewa might well win out over other nationalist leaders, including Nkomo and Mugabe. The problem is that his election would not bring an end to the guerrilla war; in fact, it might very well intensify the fighting...
...communities hung on a single Army contract for a helicopter known as UTTAS (Utility Tactical Transport Aircraft System). In December the Army announced the winner: Sikorsky of Stratford, Conn., which stands to reap perhaps $4 billion in sales over the next ten years. The loser, Boeing Vertol in Ridley Township, Pa., a suburb of Philadelphia, must now contend with doubts about its survival as a primary aircraft maker. To gauge the impact of the biggest helicopter award in 20 years, TIME Correspondent Eileen Shields visited both plants. Her report...