Word: unrestful
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Botha announced his latest reform efforts after pressure at home and overseas had reached almost unbearable intensity. Unrest has been sweeping South Africa's impoverished black townships for more than a year, resulting in the loss of more than 700 lives, the majority killed by police. During a two- month-old state of emergency in 36 districts, violence has waxed and waned as the government rushed police and army units into troubled areas. At the same time, the Botha government has begun to feel the heat of disapproval abroad. The withdrawal of credit by a number of U.S. and other...
...their classrooms, on one occasion arresting more than 700. Near Cape Town, an angry crowd killed a plainclothesman after he fired at mourners following a funeral. Said General Johan Coetzee, the national police commissioner: "We do not have a state of war or revolution in this country." Still, unrest and violence remain daily features of South Africa's life...
...about his health. Unlike President Reagan, whose battle with colon cancer was reported extensively, Chiang has the luxury of stepping out of--or into--the public spotlight whenever he pleases with little fear of protest. In fact, though his country is suffering a period of quiet political and economic unrest, the 75-year-old leader's personal popularity has remained remarkably intact. "The man is a symbol of stability, and he has managed to maintain his effectiveness as that symbol through difficult times," says one Western political observer, who then compared him to Ronald Reagan. "You might say Chiang...
...renew loans to South African borrowers. Last week the governor of South Africa's central bank, Gerhard de Kock, flew to Europe and the U.S. to try to convince bankers that South Africa remains a sound investment. But his efforts were made more difficult by the crescendo of unrest at home. The black National Union of Mineworkers was threatening to call a strike at several gold mines this week, which would deal a further blow to the country's troubled economy and create yet another area of potential strife...
Exactly how much effect the political unrest has had on the stability of the country is hard to judge, but the economic impact has been considerable. Given the state of unrest, many foreign bankers seem determined not to renew loans as they mature. This is particularly serious because so much of the debt is short-term; according to various estimates, about two-thirds of South Africa's total foreign debt of some $17 billion will mature within a year. In the past, the banks simply rolled these borrowings over, in the fashion of a charge account. The government's immediate...