South Africa Now - Show #N608

0:30 - Julia Richman High School in New York City; 1:05 - This week South Africa Now reports these stories; 2:30 - The uncensored news with Thandeka Gqubule and Fana Kekana; 2:35 - NEWSLINE TAMBO RETURNS reported by Nadja Smith: discusses joyous return from exile of ANC President Oliver Tambo, transfer of power, a non-racial South Africa, police, riot gear, attack dogs, The New York Times, Johannesburg airport, F.W. de Klerk, strikes, boycotts, demonstrations, negotiations, the ANC (African National Congress), the ANC Consultative Conference, unconditional release of all political prisoners, return of all exiles, end to all political trials, repeal of repressive security laws; 5:50 - Interview of underground ANC leader Ronnie Kasrils, discusses Mac Maharaj, arrest, negotiations, the armed struggle, mass struggle, ANC strategy; 10:02 - NEWSLINE PAC CONFERENCE reported by Phillip Tomlinson: includes video of a Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) conference with a speech by Clarence Makwetu, discusses white domination, the De Klerk government, a constituent assembly, self-determination, the mass struggle; 11:59 – video of Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) leader Chief Gatsha Buthelezi in the Phola Park squatter camp: discusses Law and Order Minister Adriaan Vlok, migrant worker hostels, violence, ANC supporters, political killings; 13:05 - Thokoza township: includes video of Frank Chikane of the South African Council of Churches (SACC), discusses Winnie Mandela, Nelson Mandela, Joe Slovo, victims of the fighting, a squatter camp; 14:11 - FRONTLINE FOCUS reported by Joseph Diescho: includes interview of human rights lawyer David Smuts, discusses agreement between the Soviet-backed government of Angola and UNITA, Jonas Savimbi, date for free elections, ceasefire agreement, constitutionally protected rights, the death sentence; 15:24 - IN DEPTH Environment Issues: includes excerpts from the documentary movie South Africa: The Wasted Land produced by Toni Strasburg with interviews of Eddie Koch of The Weekly Mail, discusses pollution, mercury, industrial waste, lead, sanctions, foreign debt, the Bantustans, the Middle East, Israel; 17:39 - Toxic waste controversy in the U.S. reported by Emily Kasriel: including video of a protest at the American Cyanamid headquarters in New Jersey on December 10 with a speech by New Jersey Council of Churches President William Freeman and interviews of protesters Michelle Vaccari, Chaun Ceen Gore, and Cindy McGovern and interview of Jim Valet of Greenpeace, discusses Thor Chemicals, the KwaZulu homeland, Natal, Human Rights Day, Transkei, Ciskei, Mr. Poison Gianfranco Ambrosini, Aluminum slag, the ANC; 21:24 - CULTURE RADIO 702: includes interview of 702 talk show host John Robbie, discusses freedom of expression, alternative press, the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), Bophuthatswana, the ANC, Talk at Nine, violence, curfew, unrest, white man's law, townships.