The World : Miners Strike in S. Africa
About 12,000 black miners walked off their jobs at the world’s biggest gold mine, 60 miles southwest of Johannesburg, South Africa. The strikers protested police detention of eight of the miners, who are being questioned in the murder of four black team leaders at the mine. Meanwhile, a judge in Johannesburg sentenced the first white South African ever prosecuted for military involvement with the outlawed African National Congress. Eric Pelser, 21, was ordered to serve seven years in prison after he admitted having been trained in the use of weapons and explosives by the black guerrilla group.
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