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...week had started in South Africa on a somewhat hopeful note, when Bishop Tutu requested a meeting with State President P.W. Botha. Almost immediately Botha replied that he was too busy to see Tutu privately and suggested that the bishop might be included in a group of church leaders who would be calling on him on Aug. 19. Translation: the Botha government considers Tutu an enemy and is not prepared to grant him any special recognition as the leading emissary of the black community. "By requesting talks with the State President, I am putting my credibility on the line," replied...
...arrested without charges, most of them black, approached 1,500 last week, though about 700 have since been released. The death toll since the emergency was declared on July 20 is close to 100. Tension has been steadily increasing, even in areas not covered by the emergency regulations. Anglican Bishop Desmond Tutu, the Nobel Peace laureate who has emerged as the leading voice of moderate black protest, conducted a mass funeral in Daveyton township and then personally averted an open clash between security forces and hundreds of black mourners...
...funeral procession slowly made its way to the cemetery. There, amid more singing and chanting, Elizabeth Khumalo was buried, while in the distance, mounted security forces maintained their shadowy watch. By keeping order, they had done their job well. Even the bishop was pleased, and he told the colonel, "In trying to maintain unreasonable laws, you were reasonable and well behaved today, and I want to thank you for that...
Suddenly a red Toyota drew up near the tent and out stepped the familiar figure of Bishop Desmond Tutu. In purple cassock and silver pectoral cross, he strode into the tent and took his place. The silver-handled coffin of Elizabeth Khumalo was brought in, and the family, wrapped in blankets, sat on the ground in front of the bishop. The tent was jam-packed, and the crowd spilled out onto the street...
Then in a clear warning to the authorities, the bishop declared, "I have been a minister for 24 years, and I am not going to start now being told what to preach. I do not want to defy the government. But Scripture says that when there is a conflict between the law of God and the law of man, we must obey the law of God. I will continue to preach as instructed. Our God is not blind. He is not deaf. He is not sleeping. He sees what is happening, and when he sees, he acts. God came down...