staff were detained in Modderbee Prison in Benoni on 19 October 1977. One of the detainees was Aggrey Klaaste (1940-2004), later editor of The Sowetan. Klaaste suggested that one of the motivations for the closure of The World was that The Committee of Ten was formed in the newspaper's offices to help run Soweto after the 1976 protests. Six of the newspapers' reporters disappeared in the late 1970s after being arrested by the police. Former staff of The World like Latakgomo and Klaaste went on to work for Post Transvaal which the Argus company launched in 1978. When Post was closed down in 1980 after a strike, they migrated in 1981 to The Sowetan which is still published today. See also Aggrey Klaaste Soweto Soweto Riots The Bantu Men's Social Centre Note "Bantu" literally means "people." Because it was used extensively by state officials and in state departments overseeing the implementation of apartheid, "Bantu" achieved a pejorative value in South Africa, where it is seldom (if ever) used today. Originally the word referred to a system of related languages distributed throughout Sub-Saharan Africa, all of whom use "-ntu-" (as in abantu, umuntu). References Other sources and further reading Callinicos, Luli. Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture, 1886-1940. Johannesburg: Ravan Press, 1987. Gleijeses, Piero. A History Worthy of Pride, Tricontinental, No. 158, Year 38, 2004. Switzer, Les. Bantu World and the Origins of a Captive African Commercial Press, in Les Switzer (ed.), South Africa’s Alternative Press: Voices of Protest and Resistance, 1880s-1960s. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997. Masilela, Ntongela. New Negro Modernity and New African Modernity, paper presented to =The Black Atlantic: Literatures, Histories, Cultures Forum, Zurich, 2003. External links How one photograph changed the world By Jerome Cartillier, Mail & Guardian, 16 June 2006. Richard Victor Selope Thema, 1886 - 1955 Additional resources Microfilm copies of The Bantu World can be found in the following locations: the Herbert Lehman Social Sciences Library at Columbia University has editions dating from April 1932 the African Studies Library at the University of Cape Town has editions dating from 9 April to 28 December 1946 . Microfilm copies of Ilanga lase Natal'' dating from 1903 to 1935 can be found at the African Studies Library at the University of Cape Town . History of South Africa Daily newspapers published in South Africa Mass media in Johannesburg