Police Detain African Leader
(N.Z. Press Association—Copyright) JOHANNESBURG. Sept. 22.
South African police today detained the secretary of the Sophiatown branch of the African National Congress (Mr Stephen Ramokgadi) for investigation of his documents. A Congress spokesman said Mr Ramokgadi had played a leading role in negotiations for the rehousing of Africans left homeless by the demolition of buildings in Sophiatown—a rundown area on the outskirts of Johannesburg.
There are six times as many rats in India as human beings, Mr M. V. Krishnappa, the DeputyMinister of Food, told the Upper House of the Indian Parliament. New Delhi (Reuter).
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Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 29008, 24 September 1959, Page 22
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