Show South Africa Is IsI I Fascinating Travel ravel I B By DEAN THOMPSON I South Africa is the most I fascinating and beautiful country country coun coun- I try Ive I've ever visited said the Kaysville resident and andI former Davis High School I counselor Mrs Beatrice CarI Carroll Carroll Car Car- I roll who visited South Africa as an exchange educator for forthe forthe forthe the American Field Service last October and November I ITS ALSO one of the I worlds world's trouble spots a potential potential po- po 1 revolutionary area she continued as the high school journalists interviewed her It has the widest variety of races in the world and it also has the strictest segregation segregation segregation tion laws in the world The whites who compose 19 percent percent percent per per- cent of the population rule the country with an iron fist MIXED RACES consist of 10 percent of the population Asians three percent The blacks or Africans as the they call them in South Africa make up 68 percent of the populace the educator said Continuing she said Their trouble revolves around their stringent race practices Black Africans live in segregated segregated segregated segre segre- gated communities in vast rural and urban slums They furnish the labor for the rich mines which make South Africa Africa Africa Af Af- Af- Af rica the wealthiest African nation but are denied all rights and privileges ONE WOULD think that the blacks would react with hostility towards the whites but as stated by Mrs Carroll Carroll Carroll Car Car- roll they are afraid If they did they would be severely severely severely se se- verely reprimanded by the government Mrs Carroll said that all social groups received her with warmth The South African government government government govern govern- ment dominates its citizens They allow little or no criticism criticism criticism cism of government policy No one dares to criticise the government even in casual conversation said the former former former for for- mer mer- counselor Mrs Carroll said that a young young white school schoolteacher schoolteacher schoolteacher teacher told her you never know whether one of your best friends is an informer You cant can't trust anyone SOUTH AFRICA is definitely definitely definitely one of the worlds world's trouble spots Communist supported guerr guerrillas are at attempting attempting attempting at- at tempting to oust South African African African can control of such countries as Rhodesia in hopes that they'll eventually be able to grab the rich mines and industries industries in industries in- in of South Africa she declared South Africa is an extremely extreme extreme- ly rich country Gold mining is even being done two and three miles underneath the largest city Johannesburg This city simply smells of money moncy she declared I MRS CARROLL said that she would like to return to I South Africa someday and once again bask in the sunshine sunshine sunshine sun sun- shine on the flowery hillsides and study this unusual conI conglomeration conglomeration con con- I of the most primitive primitive primitive prim prim- people to the most sophisticated sophisticated sophisticated so so- with their flourishing flourishing flourishing flour flour- metropolises and perhaps perhaps perhaps per per- haps if revolt doesn't snuff the flame the futures future's thriving I advances |