apartheid system.
In the forefront of the struggle have been the youth - of Soweto's one million population, more than 42 per cent are under 20. Young Africans, inspired by the cry of black power, are prepared now to brave even the most brutal police violence in order to sweep away the hated system of white racist oppression in their country.
The reflex of the white rulers has been to step up repression - to keep the black majority in its place by arresting its leaders and sending heavily armed police into the black towns hips fire into crowds African demonstrators, By 15 August, over 219 Africans had been killed in this slaughter according to South African government sources (though the real death toll is believed to be far higher). bastion of South Africa itself.
The imperialist powers hope knuckle under to the imperialists plans. This was the main purpose of the celebrated meeting between Kis singer and Vorster in West Germany on 23-24 June. As Kissinger explained before the summit in a press conference on 17 June: The question I want to explore is whether South Africa is prepared to separate its own future