JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — Police opened fire Wednesday on black demonstrators stoning a police vehicle during an anti-government protest in the gold mining town of Carletonville, 50 miles west of Johannesburg, killing two blacks and wounding three others, police said. Thirteeen blacks were arrested.
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FROM THE ARCHIVES
- COLUMN ONE : Apartheid's 'Sovereign' Offspring : 'Independent' black homelands have become a battleground in the struggle for power in South Africa. The dispute could threaten the nation's future.
September 18, 1992 - MOVIES : 'Sarafina!' in a Brave New World : Five years ago, the anti-apartheid musical appealed to the emotions; now comes the film, which also taps into the mind
September 13, 1992 - Prisoner Issue Troubles S. Africa Peace Talks : Apartheid: The ANC vows not to negotiate until all political offenders are freed. But it differs with the government on the definition of political prisoner.
March 24, 1991 - COLUMN ONE : Trapped Between 2 Worlds : Respected at work but denied basic freedoms, South Africa's middle-class blacks have grown even more embittered than the poor.
October 25, 1989 - Angela Davis Now : On a Quiet Street in Oakland, the Former Radical Activist Has Settled In but Not Settled Down
March 8, 1989
