MONTHLY REPORT -- SWAZILAND BUREAU -- APRIL 1986

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 2, 2012
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• Publication Date: May 7, 1986
• Content Type: MEMO

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EMBASSY OF THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
P. 0. Box 199
Mbabane, Swaziland
7 May. 1986
MMB-5020
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director, FBIS
THROUGH : Chief, Operations Group
SUBJECT Monthly Report -- Swaziland Bureau -- April 1986
I. GENERAL
New Swazi King -- On the 25th and 26th nation-wide ceremonies were
held to celebrate the crowning of the new Swazi king, Mswati III. South
African President P. W. Botha and Foreign Minister Pik Botha attended, as
did Mozambican President Samora Machel. Kenyan President Moi declined to
attend at the last minute, reportedly because of the presence of the
South Africans, and Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda excused his presence
by allowing that it was up to the Swazis to invite who they wanted. The
U.S. delegation, making up in numbers what it lacked in eminence, was
led by Maureen Reagan. Country team members attended a dinner held by
the ambassador for the delegation on the 25th and also accompanied the
delegation to the ceremonies at Lobamba stadium on the 26th, at which the
new king and President Kaunda, among others, spoke. The bureau chief
helped chauffeur the delegation to Matsapha Airport for their midnight
flight back to the States on the 26th.
II. OPERATIONS
A. Editorial/Monitorial
1. For the fourth month in a row, the bureau set a new wordage record,
producing 558,280 words.
2. As always South Africa accounted for by far the largest portion
of the total. During the month, the government announced changes which would
have been viewed as monumental only a few years ago, but now were largely
greeted with yawns. On 2 April, Mrs. Winnie Mandela's banning order was
lifted officially, although she had been openly ignoring it for a long
Period. On 8 April, SAPA reported that the government had quietly gazetted
a law lifting all racial restrictions on hotels, restaurants, and other
establishments covered by the Liquor Board. On the 18th, the president announced
the end of enforcement of the hated pass laws, which he had already said
would be scrapped in July, thus adding some urgency to the reform effort
by bringing forward the date. Finally, on the 23rd, the bill on uniform
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identity documents to replace the pass books for blacks was introduced.
Although the pass law change evoked some praise, for the most part the
black community reacted with only mild enthusiasm, which media observers
attributed to a long wait and heightened expectations.
3. During the month, the violence in Alexandra, a township of
deteriorating shacks neighboring the pools and tennis courts of northern
Johannesburg, continued to flare, with the height of violence coming on
the 23rd. One new aspect to the violence was charges from the Progressive
Federal Party and others that off-duty policemen had been involved in
vigilante raids on Alexandra activists at the end of the month, and the
police agreed to an official investigation. Recurring charges of police
vigilante sympathies were reported in the media from various locations,
but particularly in the Transvaal.
4. A major area of conflict was the northern Transvaal homeland of
Lebowa where the death of United Democratic Front Official Peter Nchabaleng
in police custody evoked world-wide protest, including from the State
Department. Several other activists similarly died in police hands.
Although police claimed Nchabaleng died of a heart attack, the official
post mortem questioned this finding, and the black press in particular
quoted a person arrested with him as saying that torture was administered
before Nchabaleng's death.
5. In Angola, the heads of state of the Frontline States met in
Luanda on 8 April and the heads of state of the five Portuguese-speaking
African countries met there 28-29 April. The communiques and speeches on
both occasions carried by Luanda radio and also reported by other media
condemned U.S. aid to UNITA and its policy of constructive engagement
toward South Africa.
6. Cruising was done of both Antananarivo Domestic and Moscow to
southern Africa during the month. Although Antananarivo had not been
heard carrying its normal evening French cast for many months, bureau
discovered it being carried on another frequency, enabling coverage to be
resumed, albeit with very poor reception. Moscow changed its time for its
normal Zulu cast from 1800 GMT to 1830 GMT and inserted an English
language cast at earlier time period, which the bureau added to coverage.
III. ADMINISTRATION
A. Personnel
1. The bureau's part-time associate editor,
resigned effective 23 April.
2. Afrikaans monitor and teletypist
entered on duty 27 and 13 April respectively.
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Swaziland Bureau Production Report for April 1986
1.
TOTALS FROM ALL SOURCES:
TOTAL
PUBLISHABLE WORDAGE FILED DURING MONTH:
588280
TOTAL
NON-PUBLISHABLE WORDAGE FILED DURING MONTH:
14810
TOTAL
NUMBER OF PUBLISHABLE ITEMS FILED DURING MONTH:
1297
BROAD- PRESS PUBLI-
CASTS AGENCIES CATIONS
Ii. INPUT OF REGULAR COVERAGE: 5715. 00 11310.00 139.00
(minutes or issues per week) min. min. issues
III. OUTPUT FROM ALL SOURCES:
(publishable words per month)
ANGOLA
Luanda Domestic Service in
Portuguese
Luanda ANGOP in
English
Luanda ANGOP in
French
Luanda ANGOP in
Spanish
BOTSWANA
Gaborone Domestic Service in
English
Gaborone BOTSWANA DAILY NEWS in
English
CLANDESTINE
(Clandestine) Voice of Resistance of the
Black Cockerel in
Portuguese to Angola
(Clandestine) Radio Truth in
English to Zimbabwe
(Clandestine) Radio Truth in
Ndebele to Zimbabwe
(Clandestine) Voice of Truth in
Portuguese to Angola
(Clandestine) k::UP in
Portuguese to Southern and Central
Africa
(Clandestine) F::UP in
English to Southern and Central
Africa
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BROAD- PRESS PUBLI-
CASTS AGENCIES CATIONS
(Clandestine) k;UP in
French to Southern and Central
Africa
LESOTHO
Maseru Domestic Service in
English
Maseru Domestic Service in
seSotho
Maseru MOCHOCHONONO in
seSotho
Maseru NATION in
English
Maseru THE COMET in
English
MADAGASCAR
Antantanarivo Domestic Service in
French
MALAWI
Blantyre Domestic Service in
English
Blantyre DAILY TIMES in
English
Blantyre MALAWI NEWS in
English
MOZAMBIQUE
Maputo Domestic Service in
Portuguese
Maputo in
English to Southern Africa
Maputo NOTICIAS in
Portuguese
Maputo TEMPO in
Portuguese
Beira DIARIO DE MOCAMBIQUE in
Portuguese
NAMIBIA
Windhoek Domestic Service in
Afri kaans
Windhoek DIE REPUBLIk::EIN in
Afrikaans
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BROAD- PRESS PUBLI-
CASTS AGENCIES CATIONS
Windhoek DIE SUIDWESTER in
Afri kaans
Windhoek THE WINDHOEK ADVERTISER in
English
Windhoek WINDHOEK OBSERVER in
English
SENEGAL
Dakar PANA in
English
Dakar PANA in
French
SOUTH AFRICA
Johannesburg
English
Johannesburg
International Service in
Domestic Service in
5710
Afrikaans
127c
Johannesburg
English
Domestic Service in
24480
Johannesburg
Television in
Afrikaans
24750
Johannesburg Television in
English
7440
Umtata Capital Radio in
English
14200
Johannesburg SAPA in
English
Pretoria DIE TRANSVALER in
Afri kaans
Cape Town CAPE TIMES in
English
Durban ILANGA in
Zulu
Johannesburg BEELD in
Afri kaans
Johannesburg BUSINESS DAY in
English
Johannesburg CITY PRESS in
English
Johannesburg O'SECULO in
Portuguese
Johannesburg RAPPORT in
Afrikaans
Johannesburg SOWETAN in
English
Johannesburg SUNDAY STAR in
English
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BROAD- PRESS
CASTS AGENCIES
PUBLI-
CATIONS
Johannesburg
English
SUNDAY TIMES
(:)
Johannesburg
English
THE CITIZEN in
1810
Johannesburg
English
THE STAR in
3030
Johannesburg
English
WEEKLY MAIL in
5310
RSA Editorial Press Review of
Afrikaans and
English Papers
SWAZILAND
Mbabane Domestic Service in
English
Mbabane Domestic Service in
si Swat i
Mbabane Television in
English
Mbabane Television in
si Swati
Mbabane THE SWAZI NEWS in
English
Mbabane THE SWAZI OBSERVER in
English
Mbabane THE TIMES OF SWAZILAND in
English
UNITED KINGDOM
London BBC World Service in
English
USSR
Moscow in
Ndebele to Zimbabwe
Moscow in
Zulu to Southern Africa
Moscow in
Afrikaans to Southern Africa
Moscow in
English to Southern Africa
ZAMBIA
Lusaka Domestic Service in
English
Lusaka Radio Freedom in
English
C)
4460
710
800
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Lusaka Radio Freedom in
Zulu to Southern Africa
Lusaka Voice of Namibia
English
Lusaka SUNDAY TIMES OF ZAMBIA in
English
Lusaka TIMES OF ZAMBIA in
English
Lusaka ZAMBIA DAILY MAIL in
English
ZIMBABWE
Harare Domestic Service in
English
Harare Domestic Service in
English
Harare Voice of Namibia in
English
Harare THE FINANCIAL GAZETTE in
English
Harare THE HERALD in
English
Harare THE SUNDAY MAIL in
English
BROAD- PRESS PUBLI-
CASTS AGENCIES CATIONS
9090
0
0
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