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- WORLD, Page 41World NotesSOUTH AFRICANo More Sjamboks
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- Of all the ugly images of apartheid, the one that will not
- fade from the minds of horrified television viewers around the
- world is the recurrent scene of helmeted policemen lashing black
- protesters with menacing whips. Admitting that the image problem
- was a primary concern, the South African government announced
- last week that police would no longer use the 3-ft.-long hard
- rubber whips, known as sjamboks. Acting President F.W. de
- Klerk, who will be sworn in for a full five-year term this week,
- followed up with a still bolder gesture. Though all outdoor
- rallies are banned under the state of emergency, he granted
- permission for protests in major cities across South Africa and
- ordered police to stand back.
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- In the largest antiapartheid demonstration in 29 years,
- more than 20,000 people, mostly black and mixed race, marched
- without incident in the southern city of Cape Town. Said De
- Klerk: "The door to a new South Africa is open."
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