text: face. The police say that the boy had been kl1led durlng unrest. Po1lcq had opened flre on a group of people after they had Ehrowo stones aC the8. (b) 15.0,0 There are constant reports of assaulB and torcure in custody. The srDall ouclying areas are Ehe lrorst hic as they ale tucked away fron publlc scruciny. 15. I .0Every adulc white person 1n Apartheld Souch Afrlca can legally acquj.re up to tventy-seven veapons, uhllE the oppressed najorlBy are noc pennltted to keep even hooe-nade weapons co protect chemselves. In llay 1990, che regloe sent 1000 pollce and soldlers co tald an Afrlcsn torJn8hlP 1n I'lelkou for lweapons" wh1lst l'hlte vlgilantes ln llelkorn have been shoating AfrLcals at random. The reglue, thu6 far, has nade no attenpc to curb the raclsc and Eulderous actlvltles of the arned rJhlce vlgllantes. Olr the other hand there 1s evidence of connivance betveen the re8iue and the uhlte vlgllantes, (c) Mlsslng Chlldren l6 .0.0 Many children and youth renaln refugees tu thelr orrn land' fleelng polLce or vlgilantes, thus naklng lt v€ry difflcult for parentsTorture and as saul tA/44/963 English Page23 :heyhadbeenprotesting against thedetention of12pupils fromtheir schoolafteralocalbusinessman's housewasstoned. Thepolice gavethe children fiveminutes todisperse. 14.8.0 InApril,inNorthern Cape,asevenyearoldboywasshot. Aresident claimed theboyhadbeenshotafterpolice andmembers ofthe S.A.D.F.. assisted bymenfromarightwinggroup, hadmovedintothe township andordered peopleattending adiscotodisperse. Heclaimed thatthepolice hadthenfiredintothecrowdandtheboywashitinthe face. Thepolicesaythattheboyhadbeenkilledduring unrest~ Police hadopenedfireonagroupofpeopleaftertheyhadthrownstonesatthem. Cb)Torture andassault 15.0.0 Thereareconstant reports ofassault andtorture incustodY4 Thesmalloutlying areasaretheworsthitastheyaretucked awayfrom publicscrutiny. 15.1.0 EveryadultwhitepersoninApartheid SouthAfricacanlegally acquire uptotwenty-seven weapons, whiletheoppressed majority arenot permitted tokeepevenhome-made weapons toprotect themselves. InMay 1990,theregimesent1000police andsoldiers toraid.anAfrican township inWelkomfor"weapons" whilstwhitevigilantes in'Welkom havebeen shooting Africans atrandom. Theregime, thusfar,hasmadenoattempt tocurbtheracist andmurderous activities ofthearmedwhitevigilantes. Ontheotherhandthereisevidence ofconnivance between theregime and thewhitevigilantes. (c)Missing Children 16.0.0 Manychildren andyouthremainrefugees intheirownland, fleeing policeorvigilantes, thusmakingitverydifficult forparen~s I .•• Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld Librarya/44/963 EdElish Pago 24 to knov lthat has happened, because they do not necessarily have means to
analysis: The text appears to be a report on the human rights violations and social issues in South Africa during the apartheid era. It highlights the violence and brutality committed by the police and white vigilantes against the African majority, as well as the lack of protection and justice for the victims. The text also touches on the theme of oppression and the struggles of the African people to protect themselves and their children.