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Apartheid's ultimate goal is the complete separation of the African and European ways of life, from the ground up. In education this implies strict segregation. The only remaining nonsegregated universities are at Capetown and Witwatersrand (Johannesburg). At these "open" universities, blacks and whites mix freely and accrue mutual benefits in understanding each other's needs and problems. There have been no racial tensions in Capetown or Witwatersrand, nor have either whites or blacks expressed desires for segregation...
...Angeles papers: Princess of the Nile (20th Century-Fox) : "No woman with a soul ever danced like Shalimar." About Mrs. Leslie (Paramount): "She gave more of herself in six weeks than most women give in a lifetime!" Hell Below Zero (Columbia): "You'll never forget the fight in Capetown . . . the kiss on deck . . . the rendezvous in the cabin." Said Variety: "It was contended by some that public intelligence had outgrown some of the [Production Code] bans-but more important, that Hollywood, too, had outgrown its years of bad taste. Not so! ... On the basis of this type of film...
...cleft stick carried by a native runner and then sit back and wait six months for the answer. Now, things are slightly better, but not much. In the Union of South Africa, the most advanced country on the 'Dark Continent.' a telephone conversation even between Capetown and Johannesburg is an ordeal of waiting and cajolery. To phone Nairobi from Johannesburg, you must 1) book the call 24 hours in advance, 2) call via London." Even the telegraph is uncertain. "Once in Ndola. Northern Rhodesia, on a Friday afternoon, I filed a TIME story at the local cable station...
...Because they do not get enough protein in their diet between weaning and the age at which they can forage for themselves, countless children in Asia, Africa and South America suffer from kwashiorkor (a West African word meaning red boy), Capetown's Dr. John F. Brock reported in Manhattan. Fed mainly on manioc gruel, they are stunted and their skin and hair lose pigment, making them look reddish or grey. For short-term relief, U.N. agencies are supplying thousands of tons of dried skim milk, rich in protein. But in the long run, said Dr. Brock, these primitive peoples...
John F. Box, 1L who spent last year at the University of Capetown studying South African polities for his thesis, looks to the next five years, and especially to next spring's elections, as a period of determinant crisis...