the South African government to reform apartheid and refraining from
making contacts with antiapartheid organizations, such as the ANC. 27
Nevertheless, by 1986 foreign countries-were beginning to exert sub-
stantial pressure on the South African government. As violence erupted in
South African townships night after night, millions of television sets in tens
of countries showed South African police and soldiers beating and shoot-
ing unarmed Blacks. The government stopped journalists from reporting
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