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<text id=89TT2500>
<title>
Sep. 25, 1989: World Notes:South Africa
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1989
Sep. 25, 1989 Boardwalk Of Broken Dreams
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<source>Time Magazine</source>
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WORLD, Page 41
World Notes
SOUTH AFRICA
No More Sjamboks
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<p> Of all the ugly images of apartheid, the one that will not
fade from the minds of horrified television viewers around the
world is the recurrent scene of helmeted policemen lashing black
protesters with menacing whips. Admitting that the image problem
was a primary concern, the South African government announced
last week that police would no longer use the 3-ft.-long hard
rubber whips, known as sjamboks. Acting President F.W. de
Klerk, who will be sworn in for a full five-year term this week,
followed up with a still bolder gesture. Though all outdoor
rallies are banned under the state of emergency, he granted
permission for protests in major cities across South Africa and
ordered police to stand back.
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<p> In the largest antiapartheid demonstration in 29 years,
more than 20,000 people, mostly black and mixed race, marched
without incident in the southern city of Cape Town. Said De
Klerk: "The door to a new South Africa is open."
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