For several reasons the South African government has sealed the borders with the three British protectorates that ajoin it. The Vervoerd regime is anxious to prevent political refugees from escaping imprisonment in South Africa. Illegal immigrstion into South Africa is also hampering apartheid policies as Vervoerd has committed himself to the expulsion of a million foreign workers from the republic. All frontiers are to be fenced and transit permits needed to cross into the protectorates, the future relationship of which is at present under discussion between Vervoerd and Britain.
We elso have news of an unoffici strike that took place on Nov. 28. at the Rhokana copper mine bj 7,500 African miners, virtually all the labour force apart from some 1,000 white employecs who did not participate. The strike was called in protest at the activities of two African personnel officers, whose removal from the mine compound where workers are housed, is being demanded by the strikers.