The World : 7 Black S. Africa Miners Die

Tribal fighting left seven blacks dead at a South African gold mine, and two blacks were killed by police gunfire in the township of Jouberton, southwest of Johannesburg, authorities reported. The seven blacks were killed and 67 wounded in a lengthy battle between Xhosa and Sotho miners wielding sticks and homemade metal weapons at the Vaal Reefs gold mine, a spokesman for the owners said. The Jouberton deaths occurred when police fired shotguns into a crowd that had firebombed the officers’ vehicle.