The announcement should have been an occasion for joy. For months, antiapartheid activists and foreign governments, local business leaders and international bankers have pressed State President P.W. Botha to end the state of emergency that he imposed last July 21. Last week, declaring that the level of violence that provoked the restrictions had "improved," Botha did so.
There was, however, little jubilation at the measure. The government's sincerity about easing restrictions immediately came into question when it ordered three CBS newsmen expelled from the country the same day. The charge: "flagrant contempt" of a court order banning the presence of television...
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