The World - News from Feb. 27, 1985
The South African government proposed legislation to give blacks living near cities the right to move to other urban centers without being denied jobs or the privilege of working in white areas. Under present law, blacks who leave their particular work area are required to move to impoverished tribal homelands. The new legislation, subject to parliamentary approval, would affect about 4 million of the nation’s 22 million blacks.
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