World IN BRIEF : SOUTH AFRICA : 3 Black Townships Put Under Curfew
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Law and Order Minister Adriaan Vlok declared Soweto, Alexandra and Tembisa “unrest areas” and confined more than 2.5 million blacks to their homes to curb factional fighting that has killed at least 40 people. He also gave security forces wider powers to keep order. The fighting began Saturday in Alexandra. Zulus, tied to the conservative Inkatha Freedom Party, clashed with Xhosas and other blacks loyal to the African National Congress.
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