- Title: SWAZILAND MINE STRIKE - UK TROOPS MAKE ARRESTS
- Date: 18th June 1963
- Summary: 1. SV PAN..GORDON HIGHLANDERS MOVE TO JEEPS 0.07 2. SLV GROUP AT JEEPS 0.12 3. CU ROAD SIGN MARKED PIGGS PEAK 0.17 4. MV SIGN PAN TO JEEP MOVING 0.24 5. GV JEEP DOWN ROAD 0.27 6. SV FOLLOW SHOT 0.30 7. LV PAN..JEEP NEAR HAVELOCK 0.34 8. GV TROOPS IN JEEPS, PAN TO OTHERS 0.40 9. SLV TROOPS FROM JEEPS 0.43 10. GV MEN TAKEN BY TROOP FOR QUESTIONING 0.48 11. SV PAN..DITTO 0.52 12. SV PAN..DITTO 0.58 13. CU SOLDIER WITH RIFLE. 1.01 14. CU STRIKER AWAITS QUESTIONING 1.05 15. LV AFRICANS, PAN TO RV TROOPS ON MARCH 1.09 16. MV RV TROOPS MARCH 1.12 17. SV SWAZI POLICEMEN MOVE UP 1.18 18. CU PAN..AFRICAN WOMEN LOOK ON 1.21 19. GV HOUSING ESTATE 1.25 20. SV SOLDIERS ON GUARD 1.27 21. LV STRIKERS HELD AT ROAD-BLOCK 1.30 22. GTV STRIKERS 1.34 23. MV STRIKER SHOWS SOLDIER HE HAS NO WEAPONS 1.37 24. MV STRIKERS AND SOLDIER ON GUARD 1.40 25. MV SERGEANT HANDS WEAPON TO SOLDIER, LEADING MAN AWAY. 1.45 26. MV SOLDIER AND MAN TO CAMERA 1.48 27. MV R.V.DITTO 1.52. 28. MV AFRICANS HELD 1.58 29. MV SOLDIER DUMPS WEAPONS 2.05 30. MV SOLDIER LOOKS 2.10 31. GV STRIKERS 2.15 Initials IT/S/JF/EEH Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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- Location: SWAZILAND
- Country: Swaziland
- Reuters ID: LVACLNA8KWB1RC0QF3R8J697ZK0I
- Aspect Ratio: 4:3
- Story Text: AFRICA - THE GORDON HIGHLANDERS FROM KENYA THIS WEEK CORDONED OFF A MINING TOWNSHIP IN SWAZILAND IN AN ATTEMPT TO BREAK THE THREE-WEEK-OLD STRIKE.
THE TROOPS, A NOTED SCOTTISH REGIMENT, WERE RUSHED IN FROM KENYA LAST WEEK.THEY COMPRISE AN ENTIRE INFANTRY BATTALION.THEIR MAIN JOB WAS TO DEAL WITH A SERIES OF INCIDENTS THAT HAVE SPRUNG FROM THE STRIKES.
THE TROUBLE BEGAN WHEN AFRICANS AT THE ASBESTOS MINE CAME OUT OVER A WAGE CLAIM.SWAZILAND POLICE FOUND THEY NEEDED HELP WHEN THE STRIKES SPREAD ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.THEY ARE KNOWN TO BE LINKED TO POLITICAL DEMANDS, BASICALLY FOR ONE-MAN-ONE-VOTE.
AT THE TOWNSHIP - NEAR HAVELOCK MINE - THE TROOPS ROUNDED UP 153 STRIKERS.THEY WERE SUBSEQUENTLY CHARGED WITH STRIKING ILLEGALLY.THE TROOPS - 300 OF THEM - PROMISED PROTECTION TO THOSE WHO WERE WILLING TO RETURN TO WORK.SEARCHES WERE MADE AND SOME STICKS AND BATONS FOUND.IN THE SAME AREA, POLICE USED TEAR-GAS TO BREAK UP A CROWD OF OTHER STRIKING AFRICANS.SEVENTY WERE ARRESTED.
SWAZILAND A BRITISH PROTECTORATE BORDERS ON SOUTH AFRICA.UNREST BEGAN THREE WEEKS AGO WITH A STRIKE AND THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL OUTBREAKS OF VIOLENCE.BUT TODAY (TUESDAY) THE 1000 WORKERS AT THE MINE RETURNED TO WORK AND THINGS WERE REPORTED TO BE RETURNING TO NORMAL.
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