police. At least thirty black people died that day.
Fernaos more disoustino inar the cold-blooded murder by the white police is their use of black migrant workers against the black populaton. inis examole Taken Tom a report compiled by church ministers and banned in South Africa, is typical.
* was in my backyard when five TO1 DOlICE came ino Fitin avenue Nvanca. saw a rot policeman sitting in front on the at Mr M, derly man carrying ano menacu no narl nac oniy lust spoken to nim as ne passed my gate.
'After the shot Mr M fell to the ground, bleeding at the stomach. I policeman beckon wilh nis arm and a laroe number ou migrants came runnina. ine rol policeman pointed to Mr M on the grigran cam eand killed him e meir wedpons.
ine micrants camnee suicks ang axes. Some had petrol bombs and I saw them throwing them into WHAT WERE you doing last Boxing Day? The people of Nyanga township near Cape Town had a visit from the riot police never made any attempt dna openea ue way forue grants."
Tks over his butabiein its tracks ing retroactive which will protect policemen from prosecuon over me events un ue black townsnios last summer and at Christmas. . The Government is afraid that over 600 deaths 16 June last year will be Even TOT une We mucidis stomacn.
increased macauon undt noetdis anemoi some torm or edal actior against the police. Similar legislation to justify months in Rhodesia. Now Vorster nas come ino une wi n's wnite supremacist par to une norn. Any police action carried out in good faith' will be legalised.
NEWS with guns legislation too much opposition Church circles is May TrOm DOUm ATICa ceonomne bilsis Incusirv BUL CCOnOnY UNEMPLOYMENT of black workers in South Africa is rising and nouses. sertino inem allantinel olsine vear accoroino oareooroy the South African Association of It is hardly surprising that the dutnor or me repon is now banned The sharp rise in unemployment is partly the result of the and the deline in Ine tare orerowin or ooumn Amcar -accorcino -TO nE Financial Times, business is very malthy toreh act Ati an old backhone The abartheid laws make a larae contriouton to back unemoov ment. For example laws designat ing jobs for black or white workers only lead to untilled vacancies capitalism r g n emen o | 'SUICIDE' while unemployment grows.
unfilled vacancies in April 1976 The report itself offers no solutons. Forexample it is worried that te basslaws, which innioi ine tre: movement or b ack workers *give rise to frustration and deep resentment and a lack of commitment to the system (of free enterprise)'.
No doubt this is a disturbind thought for South Africa's white Black workers are drawn to tc conctuoion unal il wa tic ice emerstise sustem wieH DrogUced abareo ano inat me aoanner laws seem to work very well for African and international day cide hering 767%, milk 471% and eggs Prices increased by more than wages. Other goods shot The Moscow Soviet for the same peroo estabusned tai colon price rose 1233%, soap 780%, candles tu/ovo ana nirewood ivu. imes figures were verified by the Ministry of Supplies. Il came as no surpris that in the search for bread, crowds In January and February of 1917 the storm was brewing on the horizon. Rumoursspread within the ruling class of conspiracies to elminale te pro-German isar:
were deserting by nundreos, strikes were growing h Petrograd and throughout Russia: prices and win them protts soaree The scene was beine set for thi explosion in February.
Next Week: Five Days in February THENATIONAL UNION OF STUDENTS calls on allits members to suppor AAMNATIONALDEMONSTRATION SUNDAY6MARCH AssembleSPEAKERS CORNER, 1.30pm. UNITE INSOLIDARITY WITH THE TWO MYSTERIOUS deaths last week turn the spotlight on South African police methods.
On 15 February, according to the police statement, black student Matthews Mabilane jumped out of a tenth storey window in the John Vorster Square police headquarters in Johannesburg. The following day a waite prisoner ald the same thing in a Durban police SaLOn Of course it was the second case -WHICH the white liberals agitated. But it is also •arcua iv interesuno ve cause the man was not a political prisoner. Until then Minister of Police James Kruger had maintained that prisoners were being instructed to commit suicide by the Communist Party!
These deaths brought the number orsu cides InCUS tody to four for 1977 and 19 since march last year. nese are just some of the cases: Joseph Mdluli a Tonne member of the African National Congress, died within a of his detention last March. Four policemen were acquitted of culpable homiMapetla Mohapi a former officer of the South African Students Organisation, allegedly hanged himself with his jeans last August.
Luke Mazwembe - allegedly hanged himself.
Jacob Mashabane - allegedly nancee simset Ernest Mamasila — allegedly nanoe anse!
Willington Tshazibane - a De beers worker anececv com mitted suicide last December. Georae Botha aSCHIOOlteacher, allegedly jumped six floors down a stairwell last December.
All these victims were black and most of them were detained on political charges, mainly under Terorism Act, the apartheid state's chief Heca instumen acansioceh working class political action IT Is plain that these 19 people have been murdered eness oi course. vou choos: to believe that they were inHUC CCo SUICIC But let us suppose that they did all kill temselves. What would that say about South African state?
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