The Africans: New Conflicts - South Africa Industry. Regards the constant state of internal conflict endured by many African countires in post-colonial times. Edited unmixed program originally shot on film.
MS/MCUs of a black man in an office in South Africa, making phone calls; identified as Cyril Ramaphosa, National Secretary of the Black Mine Worker's Union.
MS/MCUs of mine workers, mostly black, working in mine; miner's helmet's with lights; VO discusses the Apartheid efforts to control the labor movement, including importing labor from abroad; MSs of train carrying ore through mine.
MS/MCUs of black workers in a South African automobile factory (assembly plant); VO speculates that strikes could damage the government and therefore the Government keeps tight rein on labor leaders. Apartheid
MS/MCUs of white male traders working in a South African stock exchange; shouting prices and making bids; CUs trading board; dramatic shots of a black man perched on a tall ladder writing numbers in chalk on the board. Apartheid
Aerial of industrial warehouses and factories in South Africa. Industry.