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Soweto Riots Raise Toll as Police Fire on Striking Blacks
In Soweto, police killed two more as blacks clash during a three day strike against apartheid in Johannesburg's outskirts. The violence pits Zulus against other black groups with hundreds injured and leaders calling for restraint amid rising bread prices and political tensions.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Soweto
Press Association
Rand Daily Mail
the World
Orlando West
A. Mabokela
Gert Prinsloo
National Party
South- West Africa
Windhoek
Abraham du Plessis
South-West Africa