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Police reported two Blacks were killed by security officers. They said police shotgun fire killed a man in the western Transvaal province and a youth died of injuries suffered when police quelled a riot in Potchefstroom, southwest of Johannesburg...
...Andrew's School, Transvaal:Internship--candidate to be involved in anenrichment program for their Black pupils,particularly in English, math, speech, drama(girls' school ages...
Last week Natal Attorney General Michael Imber announced, without explanation, that all charges had been dropped against twelve of the U.D.F. leaders, including Co-Presidents Archibald Gumede and Albertina Sisulu. Four black labor leaders, along with 22 U.D.F. activists in Transvaal province, still face charges of treason. But government critics now see little chance that they will be convicted. Says David Dalling of the opposition Progressive Federal Party: "The state tried to use the courts as a political weapon and had to withdraw in disarray...
...steadfastly pursued non-violent protest until the Sharpville massacre made it all too clear that violence was the basis of political power in South Africa. On March, 21 1960, police at Sharpville in the Transvaal opened fire on people who were peacefully protesting the pass laws. Sixty-nine men, women and children were killed. The government's message was clear: we do not care what you think, and if you oppose apartheid, we will put you in jail or kill...
...council acted only after the supreme court of Transvaal province ordered it to look into Biko's death. Although it could have permanently barred both men from practicing medicine, the council merely barred Tucker for three months and suspended the sentence. Lang was dismissed with a reprimand...