Word: tredgold
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Many leading whites were alarmed at this drastic action. To former Chief Justice Sir Robert Tredgold, who resigned from the bench in 1960 in protest against earlier restrictive measures, the new laws portend "a police state." What chiefly worried whites was the likelihood that such harsh measures might simply force the African nationalists underground. This seemed to be precisely what Joshua Nkomo had in mind. His answer to the government was simple and brisk: "The bannings will not be accepted...
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