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omically have turned In sheer
hopeleAsness to the lawleas
alternatives left 10 them. Threat.
ened by the monster they have
created. the European citizens Of
the larger South African centers
have seemingly Htih no conscience
regarding their deed 90. II we do
not destroy this monster. and re-
move It's cause, II will destroy US. "
JohRnRrsburE's halt million
blacks are compelled 90 live In
locations, segregated from the
white residential areas. white
growth has pushed the Iocations
farther and farther away from the
center % the city, 80 that the
blacks have 10 travel mIIrs each
day 20 and from work.
Transport costs eat into their
meager wages; most black
workers have Ia rise at a. m. 10
reach their work at &, and do not
get back home until 3 or 0 In the
evening.
But IN the last few years, the
feArfully ovcrCruwdcd locations
have spilled about a NTH OF Jo-
hanneSburg's total black popula-
ton over into AhAntytowns. The
majority OF the shanty jewellers
are officially described as hard
working. respectable people who
have been readily absorbed into
industry but for whom no houses
are available. Johannesburg II
building Rt the rate Of 81, 400. 900
month, but nearly all OF Il goes
into new office blocks, white flats
white homes.
Therr In httle money for black
black housing. Tho blacks have no
political vote and no municipal
voice. They can neither improve
their wages nor persuade the
municipal authorities 90 subaldIIo
their housing adequately. To meet
the problem, Johannesburg set
aside land at . place called Moro
Ma, WHERE 10000 natives have
built their own homes. unaIded.
In Moroka. there II one lavatory
seat for every $50 persons. In
Jabavu, one Of the better Ioca-
tons, houses are built in blocks of
three. The inside walls do not
reach the roof. 80 separate fam
lies have no privacy. Any key
opens and door. A black family's
total average earnings (all mem
bers Of Il work. are IS pounds q
month: the average white
workers wage Is so pounds
q month
Drath After sunset
In the unliEhtcd, unpohccd 10
cations and shantytowns. the ma
tive criminals who prey on the
whites have their hideouts They
prey ON the blacks as well. TIL
respectable, Woodworking major
tty are utterly at the mercy ~ tn
gangstcrs 1.-THE most notorious
gang calls itself the Russians
No one darrs SO out at nigh,
Black homes. like white homes
ARE barriCaded At dusk. crime BE-
gins. People arr murdered In the
streets, knitted, chopped with
axes Clothing is taken from the
victims and the bOdies are lcrt for
the niEht-suil rrmovers 20 find
Though most black gangsterS
now carry guns. there Is httlr
shooting In tho locations tho
guns arc reserved Tor use against
white housCholdcrs
JohanneshurHs 1000 policemen
de- not darc patrol the locations
Instead, they raid them at rrg,lla-
intervals, A police party. strongly
armed viii arrive in cars, ncar'v
always late at night They brvak
into houses az random. demand
''passcs" tail Negroes must cary
passes 10 prove they arr cmplny,.I
BY whitcsl, and turn the housrs
upside down. looking for hquvr
The armed police 80 In constar:
danger Of their lives A viii.
pOliceman's wife writes 4, - n,
iokc TO lie awake At night ar /
wURder II ones husband win CON,
back safely In the morning "
all whites the police arr mos.
hated by the blacks Next Gun, ,
the Pass Once officials. then The
stRte-employcd raitwaymrn. rhrss
arr the whites with whom n,
blacks como into most trrqusr,
and most painful contact. Al raI.
way stations and on trains black
Srr toynIIly cuffcd about hy INV
paid whites
To white South Africans lOrg
Confdent of their ability 90 nj,
ovrr NV times their unmhrr ~
blacks, the blacks have suddenly
becOme major Internal fOr
This Is the rial basis " the Ma.