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those The reAct 28th, for enough poljoining a union. attack from the AlFaced with new signs of unrest among South Africa's more than twenty million Blacks, the racist Vorster regime is stepping up its repressive acts Since March more than 0 Black activists have been arrested, most of them under the Terrorism Act in connection with an alleged "guerrilla network" that has been operating in South Africa for six Many were former members of the African National Congress, ПО И Besides those charged with guerrilla activities, many other former members of the ANC and the South African _ConANC) have been detained. Some have been charged with carrying out the ANC and the South The apartheid regime already has : large array of repressive laws which it can use against political dissidents, including the Suppression of Communthe Terrorism Act and the Evidently, the Vorster regime considers these inadequate. On , it promoted another 'new"
Bill, the Promotion of State Security Bill. Under it anyone suspected of 'er dangering state security' can be detained without a trial, bail or legal counsel for up to a year.
The stepped-up repression in South Africa comes at a time when the black alasses are snowme sons or greater unrest. The successful liberation strin neighbouring Zimbabwe) have sent anu. more recentsy. shock waves through South Africa. The prospect of majority rule no longer seems a pipe-dream of the future bul An indication of the new mood among Blacks was the March 14th rally in Soweto (the all-black township outside Drawing a crowd of , 000 it was organised by the Inkatha yeNkululeko yeSizwe (National Cultural Liberation Movement) & addressed buthelezi had formerly supported the Chief Buthelezi of the Zulus. government's separate development' scheme of granting 'independence' to the various Black Bantustans scatter' ed throughout South Africa. But at the rally he denounced the scheme, saying: "..those who are attempting to divide the land of our birth are attempting to stem the tide of history". After making relerence to une suruggie In Angola and Zimbabwe, he demanded that the entire country move toward Within several days of the Soweto rally, a protest was staged in Johannesburgagainst the trial of the SASO 9 , the protest"... developed into a four-hour long battle with the police and a white mob when Blacks going to catch trains after worr hoined the station ation outside JoSimilar protest actions have taken place ensewnere -as In me memoriai service on March 21st for those who died in the Sharpville massacre - and have become intertwined with growin militancy in the factories. On Marcl example several hundred Black workers rallied outside the Heinmann factory in Germiston to protest the firing of the whole Black worktorce after they had demanded Such actions are likely to increase in the future as Blacks become ever-more inspired by the struggles which sre occuring in the rest of Southern they can be supportea in te fight against apartheid by socialists in this countrv calling upon the Lab. our government to live up to its antiracist rhetoric by halting - all