More than 250.000 foreign black workers work in South African mines alone. They earn %400 million a yearmost of which they send home to their families. Over 170.000 foreign blacks are employed in other South African businesses. not to mention the estimated 1 million "illegal" migrants. As President Reagan pointed out. the challenge in South Africa is to eliminate apartheid without destroying South Africas stability and economic capacity which "is a mighty engine that could pull southern Africa into a prosperous future." These sanctions threaten to stop that engine. The immediate effect of sanctions on the countries bordering South Africa will be severe. Tens of thousands of migrant workers may be sent home jobless as South Africa is forced to close many industries. The result will be an incredible increase in unemployment and poverty in these bordering nations. The longrange effects could be even more disastrous.
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