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(ANS/LNS)—The Institute on Racism in Johannesburg, South Africa reports that from 1948 to 1973 more than Two-thirds of the black population of the country, or 10.5 million Africans, and been in jail.

Most arrests resulted from violation of a law which restricts residence permits for blacks to rural ghetto-regions railed Bantustans. Every citizen over 16 has to carry a 90-page identification "passbook" and for residence in a particular area one must show a permit stamp.

South Africa's passbook law enables the white supremacist government to control literally all aspects of the lives of black Africans In 1973 alone. 500,000 were jailed for offences against this law.