The World - News from Nov. 30, 1988
A key South African government advisory body rejected bitterly contested legislation that would crack down on blacks living in areas reserved for whites under the country’s race laws. The President’s Council, dominated by members of the ruling National Party, voted to advise President Pieter W. Botha to reconsider and amend the Group Areas Amendment bill. Botha now has the choice of scrapping the legislation or resubmitting it to Parliament in amended form.
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