The World - News from March 29, 1985

South Africa’s deputy foreign minister, Louis Nel, said that recent riots in black areas have been directed primarily against moderate blacks who favor peaceful reform and not at the minority white regime and racial segregation. Nel told foreign newsmen and diplomats that much of the violence has been orchestrated by the outlawed African National Congress and the South African Communist Party as part of their strategy to make South Africa ungovernable. He said their goal has been to foster “a revolutionary situation.” He added that “the instigators reject negotiation and consultation.”