South Africa waited uneasily last week for the trouble that seemed to be heading its way. Thwarted by the supreme court in his attempt to disfranchise 50,000 Cape colored voters (TIME, March 31), Prime Minister Malan declared that the court is no more than "a few judges, appointed and paid by the government." He added: "The struggle for [Boer] freedom has been reopened ... No compromise is possible."
Malan's outburst confirmed what many South Africans had long feared: blocked by law, the Nationalists might use force. At 78-year-old Premier Malan's side last week were two hotheads. They were Johannes Gerhardus...
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