U.S.-Aided Soweto School Shut

A Soweto high school funded by American companies to help South African blacks enter the business world has closed because of anti-apartheid boycotts, a U.S. business spokesman said today.

Kenneth Mason, executive director of the American Chamber of Commerce in South Africa, said he hoped to negotiate with parents, students and community leaders on a future for the school that would allow it to reorganize and reopen in January. The Planned Advancement for Commercial Education school was built in 1982 with a stated goal of providing a superior education in commercial studies to enable blacks to enter middle-management corporate positions.