WORLD : S. Africa Black Pupils Tear-Gassed
South African police tear-gassed hundreds of black pupils today after a protest march against racially segregated schools, witnesses said.
They said pupils and teachers marched toward a prestigious whites-only school in Queenstown, near the Indian Ocean city of East London, as part of a nationwide defiance campaign against Pretoria’s race laws. Police stopped the march but allowed a small delegation into the school. Tear gas was fired as marchers dispersed.
In Pretoria, blacks trying to board whites-only buses today were foiled when drivers closed automatic doors or refused to stop. Organizers said only two non-white passengers, both ethnic Indians, managed to board. Witnesses said police arrested three blacks who attempted to board a whites-only bus in the center of Pretoria.
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