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Dissenters Rounded Up by South African Police
South African police arrest and detain black students church leaders and union officials in Soweto and Johannesburg in a crackdown after riots. Banning orders under a suppression act restrict movement speech and association. Hundreds held without charge and more seek refuge in Botswana Swaziland amid protests from around the world.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Soweto
Botswana
Swaziland
Donald Coggan
Canterbury
England
John Vorster
Cedric Mayson
The
Christian Institute
Joseph Fitzgerald
Catholic Bishops Conference