Police shoot
' blacks e' ®!NZPA-Reuter Johannesburg. Police have opened fire on e blacks trying to sabotage a' . railway line in Soweto Afri- !-, jean township, killing one man “ and injuring another, ji They were trying to unbolt a line’and then threw stones 'at policemen arriving on the , Iscene. The police then ’’ opened fire. A public transport spokes-; . man said the flow of workers 7to Johannesburg from; ", Soweto and another town-; r ship, Alexandra, appeared to; , be normal yesterday, despite reports that blacks were s being urged to start a three--11 week nationwide strike. Police sources said sugges°‘tion~ that there was to Ire a 1 1 strike were being taken f I seriously. But they said that • there was no evidence of any organised plan to stop black s ; workers leaving Soweto for -|their jobs in Johannesburg. 5 The sources said some s blacks had indicated the -.strike would take place tojday. I One rumour related by • residents of Soweto was that ! the labour strike will last 'three weeks, and that, it (would be launched today by La mass march through - Johannesburg.
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