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After the wild applause there was sudden silence: a pause of anticipation, and die volk were not disappointed. Within a minute the Prime Minister had gained the first murmurs of acclaim; within five minutes he had brought the crowd to its feet. When he wanted to drive home a point...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOUTH AFRICA: The Defiant White Tribe | 11/21/1977 | See Source »

The English-speaking business community, although it controls an estimated 80% of the country's private sector, complains that its leverage with the government is weaker than ever. "We are subject to an Afrikaans-speaking tribal government," says Harry Oppenheimer, chairman of the Anglo American Corp. of South Africa Ltd...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOUTH AFRICA: The Defiant White Tribe | 11/21/1977 | See Source »

So said Willem de Klerk, editor of Die Transvaler, the country's influential Afrikaans-language newspaper. And that was the reaction of many white South Africans, as they faced the all but inevitable prospect that the United Nations this week would adopt a mandatory arms embargo against their country...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOUTH AFRICA: Loneliness Is an Enemy | 11/7/1977 | See Source »

In the long run, is naked power enough? Before his banning, Donald Woods answered no, in these words about the Afrikaans mentality: "Like the Kremlin, they think the enemy is words. But the enemy is thoughts. You can't legislate against thoughts. You can't detain them, or...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOUTH AFRICA: Burning Bridges Between Races | 10/31/1977 | See Source »

A. I think that my first statements were not correctly interpreted. I used an Afrikaans expression [Dit laat my koud] which meant that I was not emotionally involved, the same as if you would say to me that your aunt died yesterday. I would simply say, "Well, I'm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOUTH AFRICA: I Must Keep This Country Safe | 10/17/1977 | See Source »

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