Evening star., 1960-03-29
Africans Threaten Complete Tieup
Unless Pass System Is Abolished
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(AP).-The Pan Africanist
Congress defiantly demanded
today that South Africa's white
government abolish its pass
system for nonwhites or face q
total Negro work boycott.
The militant Negro organiza-
ton issued its demand as
Negroes streamed back to work
in Johannesburg after a one
day boycott that exploded into
rioting, arson and bloodShed.
The Pan Africanists ex-
pressed regret at the outbreaks.
They blamed them on the gov
ernment.
I'VE have said before and we
repeat that there can be no
peace in this country until the
demands Of the African Inon-
white) people are fully met"
said q statement for William
Jolobe, spokesman.
Revolution Threat Seen
In Parliament, Justice Min
lister F. C. Erasmus declared the
acts Of the Pan Africanist Con-
gress are close to revolution.
They want our country" he
declared. They want to bring
the white government to its
knees"
Police swept through the Ne
gro districts of Johannesburg
locking for leaders of last
nights rioting, which centered
around the Johannesburg area.
Police reported that the dis
trict where $4,000 Negroes live
outside johannesburg was al
most back to normal. This was
the scene of the first demon
strations against the pasSbooks
all nonwhites had to carry un-
til the government yielded and
suspended them temporarily.
The work boycott was called
by Negro leaders to mourn the
death of 70 Negroes killed a
week ago in demonstrations
against the passes.
Blacks Battle Blacks
Negroes fought Negroes when
some insisted on going to work
In defiance of the boycott and
militant members of their own
race set upon them and beat
them.
Throughout last nights riot
ing. South African police fired
hardly a shot. A few volleys
were fired into the air to warn
threatening crowds.
At least three persons, in
cluding a white policeman,
were killed in the violence and
arson around johannesburg
and Cape Town. Eight Negro
police were missing.
Police blamed some of the
trouble on supporters of the
Pan Africanist Congress. a
militant offshoot of the Ma
tional Congress. These sup
porters apparently were those
chiefly sought by the police.
Other leaders sought were
not identified. Pan Africanist
leaders had warned that they
could not insure the safety of
Negroes who insisted on work.
ing.
Train Lines Blocked
Train service on the main
lines serving Johannesburg's
Negro townships was restored Il
after gangs blocked the tracks
last night.
AS Negroes returned to work,
Johannesburg's streets again
looked normal. with blacks and
whites mixing in streets and
stores. Not all Africans re-
turned to their jobs, however,
and the labor situation in
Cape Town remained bad.
Stevedores were absent in large
numbers.
At Durham, the divisional
inspector Of labor said fac
tories were operating at full
labor force and everything was
back to normal.
Ofhcials continued to warn
Africans that the pass laws had
not been rescinded-but only
suspended-and that those who
burn passes may be subject to
criminal prosecution. Passbook
burning was reported in some
sections.
At Baragwanath Hospital,
where 140 wounded from last
weeks riots were taken, l3
were released today. All but
two were placed in police GUS
today.
Mobs Commit Arson
Col. j. c. Lammer, deputy
police commissioner in Johan-
nesburg, said four Africans
were arrested in connection
with the killing of a Negro con-
stable and the wounding of
three others.
Trains were stoned, munich
pal buildings and mission
churches set ablaze and roads
blocked as inflamed mobs
roamed through the nonwhite
settlements and even pene-
trated into the center of Cape
Town last evening.
Defense Minister Jacobus
Fouche told the Senate in Cape
Town that the Army and Air
Force units had been reorgan-
lied and strengthened with