Word: transvaal
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...multiracial parliamentary committee, and should be passed by Parliament before the end of June, were greeted by many blacks with great relief. When Hubert Rietbauer, a 39-year-old Austrian-born mining technician, and Lettie Baloyi, the black woman he has lived with for eight years, appeared in a Transvaal regional court last Friday charged with sex law violations, the hearing lasted no more than a minute. Suddenly, after an ordeal that had spanned five court appearances and three days in jail, the couple was acquitted. "This is a great day," Rietbauer said, "not just...
...NAME: Transvaal NEW NAME: Gauteng Sotho word meaning "Place of Gold" was adopted...