Americans Warned on S. Africa Rural Travel
Associated Press
PRETORIA, South Africa —
American visitors to South Africa are warned not to travel into the countryside without contacting a U.S. diplomatic mission to learn if the region is safe, U.S. Embassy spokesman Frank Lattanzi said Thursday. He said special warnings have been issued since mid-April.
Black rioting since August has become a daily occurrence, and at times has spilled out of segregated townships. The violence has killed about 300 blacks and at least three whites.
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