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Il l' Sunday, June 15, 1986 DAILY NEWS 17 rJA7 rf 1 1. 'I I AtMvl kii IS- 7T? -s. Press to Miiui IPs a TEN YEARS AGO: Students rioted for months in Johannesburg ghetto of Soweto after protesters were killed June 16, 1976, outside a school. Date is now a symbol for anti-apartheid movement. Mom tfrooi M) By DAVID CRARY that came to mean something very important in the minds of black people: that they could set the country in flames." On the morning of June 16, 1976, an estimated 15,000 black students converged outside a junior high school to protest the teaching of half NEWS WIRE SERVICES JOHANNESBURG South Africa, bracing for a massive anti-apartheid strike planned for tomorrow, has put foreign journalists on notice that they could be expelled for calling the white-minority regime a "white-minority regime." "We object to the term regime," said Dave Steward, head of the government Information Bureau.

"We are a government that includes member of other races and we expect to be called a government." By "other races," Steward was referring to the separate parliaments for mixed-race and Asian South Africans, which have limited powers. South Africa's 24 million blacks have no political rights, and they are governed by the main parliament, chosen by 5 million whites. An official of the In formation Bureau said yesterday that four blacks had been killed by other blacks, raising to 12 the number of politically related kill ings in black areas since emergency rule was declared again. Later last night, a bomb exploded in Durban beside a seafront boulevard and rescue workers said at least two white women were killed and about 15 people were wound ed. No individual or group claimed responsibility.

Also yesterday, television cameraman George De'Ath, 34, died in Cape Town, four days after he was attacked during fighting at the Crossroads squatter camp, a hospital spokesman said. De'Ath, a South African citizen, was working for Britain's Independent Television News when he was wounded Tuesday. south SWAZILAND Atlantic Africa Indian 1 Ocean car isotho Ocean I 0 MHes 500 9 claimed 575 lives by official count and more than 1,000 by some unofficial estimates. In October 1977, the government cracked down, banning 19 anti-apartheid groups. That stemmed the upris- ing for a while, but violence flared again in 1980 and erupted with a vengeance in September 1984.

The government backed down on forcing Afrikaans on black students. But the appetite for change has grown. The riots shattered any notion that most blacks accepted the new face the government was trying to put on apartheid that while segregation would continue, blacks would attain equality in' their own areas. Now, with violence claiming more than 1,600 lives in the last 21 months, the government describes apartheid as outdated and says it is willing to discuss power-sharing. Spending on black education has risen dramatically.

But promises and cautious reforms no longer seem adequate. "South Africa was woken up suddenly from a deep slumber," said Tamsanqa Kambule, a former Soweto high school principal. "Before 1976, many blacks thought apartheid was here forever. They believe now it can be ended." Trie Associated Prass JOHANNESBURG "For goodness sake, somebody, listen to us." That anguished cry came from Desmond Tutu 10 years ago, when the Anglican cleryman, now a bishop and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, learned of the bloody uprising in Soweto, Johannesburg's vast black ghetto. It was June 16, 1976.

It launched a cycle of violence that continues unabated. The appeals and demands of Tutu and other blacks have grown louder and bolder each year. But many demands remain unmet, and June 16 has become a symbol. The government imposed a ban that started June 4 and will last until June 30 on all gatherings linked to the 10th anniversary. last Thursday, it declared a national state of emergency.

Tutu responded this time as well: "Only intervention by the outside world can avoid Armageddon. What is the outside world waiting for?" Tomorrow, millions of blacks plan to stay away from work and school to commemorate the 1976 uprising's hundreds of martyrs. "The uprising shocked white South Africa in a way nothing before or since has done," said Dr. Nthato Motlana, a Soweto physician. "It was a spontaneous explosion of emotion Site of 1976 uprising their lessons in Afrikaans, the language of the ruling Afrikaner whites.

Accounts differ on the degree to which policemen were provoked, but the officers opened fire on the crowd, killing several students. The shootings triggered a rampage in Soweto and set off a chain-reaction of riots and boycotts that continued for more than a year. The unrest MARCH FROM PAGE THREE the stage in Central Park without addressing the crowd after waiting more than 90 minutes to speak. The marchers roared their approval when one man in the crowd hung an anti-apartheid sign around the neck of a 6-foot replica of the Statue of Liberty outside a store on 42d St. Former tennis star Arthur Ashe led more than 3,000 marchers who gathered at Adam Clayton Powell Blvd.

and 125th St. in Harlem "We have to end apartheid now and show the people of South Africa that America cares about them," Ashe told the crowd many of whom waved the black, green and National Congress. Among those joining the marches were former heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali and singer Harry Belafonte, One of the more enthusiastic marchers was Chris Ibezin, 6, who made the trip from Mount Vernon with his father, Bob. "I'm here because I want to march with my people," he said. Gail McDonald came to the march from Paterson because she was outraged over the recent fighting in South Africa.

"We have to let the people of South Africa know, they hsvp oir snnpcrt," sh said. 35,000 people were in the park at the peak of the demonstration, organizers claimed as many as 90,000 took part. Paths leading to the demonstration were jammed with people going and coming all during the rally. Mayor Koch led marchers who had gathered at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza a contingent of whites, blacks, parents pushing strollers and youngsters wearing anti-apartheid T-shirts. "New York is at the forefront in pushing for economic sanctions against South Africa," Koch said.

"It is up to all of us to jut an end to apartheid." Koch later stormed off Although the speeches and discussions in the crowd were serious, the rally had the air of a street festival. Marchers danced and clapped to traditional African music blaring from huge amplifiers and box radios, and street vendors hawked everything from T-shirts to hot dogs. More than 3,500 police officers lined the march routes and ringed the park. Officials said 200 of the cops were working an estimated of $700,000. Ji i i i'ssw While police before the 10th anniversary of the massacre of more than 500 South Africans in the sprawling township of Soweto.

It also came two days after that country imposed a nationwide state of emergency and "detained" more than 1,000 people. "We will march on Monday in South Africa," vowed Jackson as the crowd rose to its feet in a thunderous, round of shouting and applause. "Bullets will not stop us, we will fight for freedom, for justice and for dignity," he said as the crowd roared approval..