attempt to strike out at the of the most exposed of the 'front line" states struggle in southern Africa. According 10 government officials here, the Rhodesian white settler regime has violated Botswana's borders over 100 times since its unilateral declaration of Independence in 1965. The vast majority of incidents have been in the last year. Now. border violatioas are almost a weekly fixture.
also place the MICHI CONES COE 3INCEN ELOL INUES so people were killed and Bayo Karasburg Events sach as the Rhodesian army raids into Mozambique and the recent rocket attacks on the headquarters of the Joshua Nkomo's ZAPU in Lusaka, Zambia illustrates the unfettered arrogance of the white racists in their liberation fighters. JIM ATRINSON examines the problems this produces for one - and how this affects its political role in the current asailants lobbed a hand grenade onto the club's packed danceПоог.
Evidence has also Scouts, Rhodesia's cüite counter nain assignments here. al soms ire to kidnap opposents of the regione and abduct them SELOUS SCOUTS On 15 June a member of the Selaw Somars. Amon Nyathi. was sentenced to four by Magistrates Court for his part in 5000(on6 Bohanneshurg Kimberley REPUBLIC OF @ Calvinio SOUTH AFRICA Mossel Bay Port Elizabeth from Botswana into Rbodesia the end of last yeur. Nyathi, who Selous Scout, was acrested when he pitched up at a police station There is a widespread mood of Botswana ansicty here about SIMPLIS border arcas nanc abandon their ! further from the succession diDas into SISACIRES Selous pression b HOOLEBEHE BOHEES LO COTER Al the same time, thousands ef Thei Zimbabweans across the Botswana border — to Ce Li Tecnes tenor. ist assaults population and to enrol with the SILICES SASUEEELIES Ancording to here, about 800 Zimbahweans BA ACURLES arriving in Botswana every since 1 March — and probably RHODESIA sotonis SWAZILANI majority arrival here.
the Rhodesiar tbe decided to mes and resetti accommodale frontier. And much sleepine outside -Rhodesian incurmany B3C3G the see regis stepped-up, Breaming resistance falls official sources nAVE DAT crween 500 and 550 Boesazna sertler rorpes The defend the would be Botswana s UUUCE HELA SPIRAL 5 Inhanibane President Botswana ¡Lourenço Marques DEY LALO ILS Spiralling revalution is factor Botswana iself.
stration.
partner to the "frontline Lambert Niomo's the abou: 600,700 a - are being flown to camps In Zambia within days of their Conditions in the Francistown refugee camp - where there are 2,000 refugees appalling. The camp, which wa huik in 1975, was designed to ing it La maximum of 00. Now, there are hundred -many under makeshift cardboard shelters blankels to go around. Tempera- TRAINING There ion the odge of the point during the southern hemis allegiance phere winter: and there is a rea langer that an epidemic could weep the camp if the refugees Ruth African refugees bere a s0 Unsale. In 1974 Abrah: Tricas Studentorgaritior Sithole Organisation arcel homb in Khale. Tbe Pik we camps -Alrican reforees here, and ahou 50 more are arriving cach month. y remain fo What is perhaps most striking about the mounting tension bet-Smith and Zambia.
government in Gaborone is prov ing incapable of defending the people against the nost effective way to country's bonders masses in the border regions. But bourgecis Southi Ical is Hot prepared ta run che risks of placing the workers of Francistown or the rural poo hanning Italien rallySeretse Khamia's Denocratso Party (BDP) s being dragged by events into the conflagratioc Imbabue The problem facing Africans, destabilising rally throughout southern To defend its Defense pun interests, the Botswana rul The Smith regime and the inscal- search for lation of a neo-colonial admini- were found The Botswana regime la also:
cicourieine the divi Zimbabwe African People's Linion (ZAPU) and the faction of the Zimbabwe Africa Nacional Linion (ZA.NU) led b Robert Mugabe. When Zimbab ME0315 005 LOCOUTOET Botswana the police require ther ta reveal details of their political allepiance. They ard then seere paled along political lines, makvery difficult for Ibe supporters of the different facDom to marasn cor Incir au The Bolswana governmient dlows ont those who dockre Nkomo Mugabe to proceed to Zambia Kanhanda, the representative of Bishop Muzorewa's United Afritold me that UANC and ZANUsupporters were being laroed to remain for monchs in the Francistown ani belebl in indescribable ConcIons — wille those whe back the Patriotic Front normalonly a fen days efore heing flown on speci charter manes to evidence is con firmed by orbersources Te Dorswana covernment ba aho dearly worried about radicalising impact that the incould have on Botswana society, as several recent actions reveal On 15 June, one day before the anniversary of the uprising in the Africar township Soweto, the Office of Lhe Presi dent in Gaborone issued an order all potitical speochmaking at a planned commemo The organisers, an 18-member Working Committee can student refugees here, were forced to limit cheir programme poetry and drama. Nevertheless 1,000 people, half of them South into Gaborone's Town Hall for the A monch later I6 May, armed soldiers of the Botgwana Forces raided the ish Domes of South African refiges supposedly acas weapons and the studene deny that they have amy.
hated mencen ce recente the liberacion of southern planned for Jone by the Facuity of Social Sciences ar the University College of Botswana (UCB), as a 'security risk".
Hata shoe factory alone 450 were dismissed, and even in the AL OMICH ACCI USO ACECES HERTE gratulated by the Government for their refusal to join che strike and who actually reached day MOSCE WILL SHCALL Al the same time, 30 nacional trade union lenders have been srike. Troops bave been d ployed reak a rash o across the Andes. with fifteen miners* leaders and 85 students assisting the strikers arrestod Secretary was exiled to France on 6 July.
ZIMBARWE: The External Affairs Minister of India, Atal Behan Vajpayec, told journalises after his return from a trip lo Africa that India had boes saliry of proving tope tor for: 'peace keeping" forc 10. Zimbabae. He indicaren that the Indian Government was taking this proposal seridepended upon talks with Britnin, the US, and the African Rememher -Frenel anti-nucleg: LEGIONS trator who died of a heurt attack"? At least that was the world's cas services carried. Their source was the French television network "ADICOBA 1 And when come fram? Not from the docror who atended the dying man who stated that they couldn' aseertain the cause of death and were insisting on an autop No. Ir was what they were told to say by the Mitistry pl esa esteren en los Via up a different version. Michnion injuries of the sort that woul caused an exploding SICILIA ENCHIC CURRE. igned to "stun" demonstraters, not jost release tear gas.
sy in Madrid has opented "diplomatic relarions with the Span Coititunist Party Maria Mohedano Front PCE recently lunche: Compassy cias a Le quest. The current American ambassador to Spain, Wells in Paris and Rome, where hi special responsibilicy was relnWIEELICNLEIE Italian CPs.
SOCIALIST CHALLENGE 11 Augunt 1977
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