demonstrations of power in South African history millions of black people in that country, with supday 16 June.
The censorship imposed by the gime, following on tr ewly reimposed State o tightest in its history. was the tightest in All reports of the activities of the South African police or army, or of 'unrest' were declared illegal. All out of South Africa had pre-recorded subject io censorship. The JohanStar, other papers, appeared arge white spaces where the censors had been work.
But despite the almost total censorship the scale 6 months L8, 12 months E15 (12 months only)
Burope E17: Air Mail C4 Double these rates For multi-reader institutions) of the strike still came out. Ninety per cent of black workers in the srand area struck. Between cent black workers in Durban, and 90 per cent of those in Pietermaritzburg work. In the away Eastern Cape, stronghold of the African National (ANC), the was 100 per cent solid.
Soweto was blocked
off from the outside world by greatest security operation in South history. But the trains that normally take nd me as special offer........ joe/PO payable to Socialist Acdon sor E PO Box S0, London NI 2XP. Soweto, and which were allowed through, WOLC totally empty.
In Soweto itself the strikers adopted the sensible tactics of remaining indoors. It was clear that the South African army were tOr the slightest Bretex to le hich at poe which at present the black working class could not resist. The order of the strike reinforced its power. Gunfire in parts Soweto reflected operations by the police. But still Il people were killed by the police and army.
where the dimensions of that on 1 Mav. according cas in the pres. reports, The State of mergeny itself is the tightest eve en in South Africa. Hur dreds of trade unionist. and three hundred church leaders have been arrested Winnie Mandela has been resubjected to temporary house arrest. Jay Naidoo, general secretary of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), being sought by the police.
But despite the represlast Monday's strike make clear, that movement in South Africa is continuing to grow. The combination of the black population organised townships first through the United Democratic Front (UDF), then increasingly through committees, together with the organistion of the black working class through COSATU, is producing the most powertul movement seer.
in South African history:
The anartheld regime Is being shaken to its foundations.
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port from around the world, commemorated the tenth anniversary of the Soweto uprising on Mon-