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omically, have turned in sheer
hopelessness TO the lawless
alternatives left to them. Threat
ened by the monster they have
created. the European citizens OF
the larger South African centers
have seemingly stih no conscience
regarding their deed 80. II we do
not destroy this monster. and re-
move it's cause, it will destroy us. "
yOhannesburg's half million
blacks are compelled to live In
locations" segregated from the
white residential areas. White
growth has pushed the locations
farther and farther away from the
center of the city, 80 that the
blacks have TO travel miles each
day TO and from work.
Transport costs eat into their
meager wages most black
workers have to rise at 4 a. m. 10
reach their work at s. and do not
get back home until 8 or 8 in the
evening.
But in the last few years. the
fearfully overcrowded locations
have spilled about fifth of Jo-
hannesburg's total black popula-
ton over into shantytowns. The
majority of the shanty-dwellers
are officially described as hard
working. respectable people who
have been readily absorbed into
Industry but for whom no houses
are available Johannesburg is
building at the rate of $500. 600
month, but nearly all of IL goes
into new office blocks, white flats,
white homes.
There is little money for black
black housing. The blacks have no
political vote and no municipal
voice. They can neither improve
their wages nor persuade the
municipal authorities 10 subsidize
their housing adequately. To meet
the problem, Johannesburg set
aside land mt IA place called Moro.
ka, where 10000 natives have
built their own homes, unaided.
In Moroka, there is one lavatory
seat for every $50 persons. In
Jabavu. one of the better loca.
lions, houses are built in blocks OF
three. The inside walls do not
reach the roof, so separate fam
lilies have no privacy. Any key
opens and door. A black family's
total average earnings (all mem
bers Of IL work. are Is pounds a
month. the average white
workers wage is so pounds a
a month.
Death After Sunset
In the unlighted, unpoliced To-
cations and shantytowns, the ma
tive criminals who prey on the
whites have their hideouts. They
prey on the blacks as well The
respectable, Woodworking major.
ity are utterly at the mercy OF the
gangStcrs (the most notorious
gang calls itself the Russians"
No one dares go out at night
/ Black homes. like white homes
are barricaded. At dusk, crime be,
gins. People are murdered In the
streets. knitted, chopped" with
axes Clothing is taken from the
victims and the bodies are left for
the night-soil removers to find
Though most black gangster.
now carry guns there is little
shooting in the locations. tn,
guns are reserved for use against
white houSeholders.
JohanneSburg's 1000 policemen
do not darc patrol the locations
Instead. they raid them at regular
intervals. \ police party. strongly
armed. will arrive IN cars. ncarlN
always late al night They break
into houses at random, demand
passes tall Negroes must carry
/ passes 10 prove they are employed
by whiteSl. and turn the houses
upside down, looking for liquor
The armed police 20 m constant
danger Of their lives. \ whit,
! pohceman's wife writes. 1T is n,
( Joke 10 lie awake al night ant
wonder IL ones husband VIII com,
back safely in the morning on
all whites. the police are mos'
hated by the blacks Next com,
the Pass Office officials. then tn,
stste-employed railwaymen. Thes,
are the whites with whom tn,
blacks come into most frequent
and most painful contact. At rail
way stations and on trains, black,
are Joyfully cuffed about by low
paid whites
To white South Africans Ions
confident Of their ability TO rul,
over five times their lumber OF
blacks, the blacks have suddenly
become a major internal foe
This is the real basis Of the Ma
tionslist governments policy o.
apartheid ,apartnessl. A Nation,