Word: unrested
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Thousands of miles away from this explosive unrest, another upheaval was under way last week, this one in Washington. It centered on a single word: divestiture. That technical term, meaning the forced sale of stock or other assets, ordinarily arouses emotions only among antitrust lawyers. But as applied to U.S. relations with South Africa, it has set off one of the most passionate and confused debates since the Viet Nam War. The issues: Should American companies be pressured to sell or close their operations in the land of apartheid? And should U.S. universities, pension funds, local governments and other groups...
Those demonstrations are bound to be fueled by continuing images of the unrest that has gripped South Africa for the past ten months, ever since militant opposition to the government's apartheid policy began taking root in the black townships. During that period, more than 400 blacks have died, some at the hands of police, others in a struggle between rival black factions, still others because of suspected loyalty to the white authorities...
...unrest in the country's largest black township (pop. an estimated 1.2 million) began on Wednesday. Hundreds of students stormed aboard six municipal buses and demanded to be taken to a magistrates court where 105 black youths were being charged with holding an illegal demonstration at the home of Edward Kunene, Soweto's mayor. The students sang and chanted outside the courthouse until mounted police cleared the area with tear gas and rubber bullets. About 500 of the protesters were arrested but then released after the bus company declined to press hijacking charges. The students soon joined thousands of other...
...South African government imposed its state of emergency, TIME's Johannesburg bureau mobilized to report this week's cover story on the civil unrest and the system of apartheid that fosters it. Violence was an ever present concern. Photographers Selwyn Tait and William Campbell have been repeatedly gassed by police and stoned by residents during recent ventures into black townships. Says Campbell: "As a white, one can almost feel the hate while driving through the streets. The stones that residents used to throw at our cars have now been replaced by half-bricks...
...Marie said she is wary of terming the current battle a “war on terror” due to the vagueness of the enemy, she does believe there are positive steps France can take to fight terror. She cited economic development as a means to reduce the unrest that fuels terrorists and curb Iran’s pursuit of nukes...