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...government's attempts to look tough were partially undermined by growing labor unrest. The Johannesburg area has been hit by a strike of 20,000 South African Transport Services workers. Nearly 60 railway cars, mostly on commuter trains from the huge black township of Soweto outside Johannesburg, were fire bombed last week, and many others were stoned. Several passengers were injured, and one young black was shot and wounded in the leg, reportedly as he tried to hurl a flaming torch into a railway car. The strike, which started a month ago in a minor dispute between the Transport Services...
...National Party to be far ahead, but in some ways it is losing. Botha set out in the campaign to show the world that South African whites solidly support his policy of modest reform of the apartheid system. Instead, it has revealed gaping splits among the whites and growing unrest among blacks...
...combing 52 colleges and universities and detaining more than 4,000 people. Officials seized leaflets and firebombs. Nonetheless, by midweek the predictions of political troubles came true. Throughout the country, 13,000 students mounted rallies denouncing Chun. At several campuses, youths battled police with homemade bombs and stones. Such unrest was not part of the President's Olympic program...
...proposed cutting back of most of the college's graduate school programs has caused unrest among students. Under the new plan, only Bryn Mawr's "most prestigious" programs, such as Classics, Archaeology, and Art History, would continue to exist, Cisneros said. There are currently graduate programs in 26 fields...
Jackson laid blame for racial unrest at UMass and other schools at the feet of the Reagan administration, saying "the frustration and alienation felt along the lines of race represent a lack of moral leadership coming from the White House...