The World - News from April 7, 1985
South African police fired tear gas to disperse thousands of black mourners marching from a funeral for riot victims to a cemetery in strife-ridden eastern Cape Province. A black reporter who witnessed the march outside Port Elizabeth estimated that about half the 15,000 mourners could not proceed to the burial service. The authorities did not interrupt another funeral in the area for Xolile Kani, 26, youngest brother of internationally known actor John Kani. Xolile Kani, was killed in a recent clash with police.
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