ABSTRACT

Submission from Mr Reeve to Mr Johnson, 7 January 19851 Confidential (FCO 105/1984, JSS 015/3)

South Africa: Black Unrest

1. Graham Archer’s letter of 19 December is a timely and useful commentary on the serious unrest in black townships in the Transvaal between August and November.2 The townships are now quiet but isolated incidents in the last two weeks have shown that the underlying tension and the potential for further unrest remain.