Word: antiapartheid
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...impatient wife tenderly for one more picture, Nelson Mandela took Winnie's hands and pressed them into his. "She'll do it for me," he said. "I'm the only one who can control her." That episode illustrated the deep bond uniting South Africa's two most prominent antiapartheid activists and the anchored strength it has given to their turbulent lives...
What a difference a year makes. Exactly 12 months ago, President F.W. de Klerk stunned his country by opening Parliament with a pledge to legalize the militantly antiapartheid African National Congress and release A.N.C. leader Nelson Mandela from jail. With those milestones behind him, De Klerk surpassed expectations again last week by declaring his intention to bring a swift end to legally sanctioned racial segregation. He called on Parliament to repeal ( immediately the remaining pillars of discrimination that dictate where blacks can work and live. "There is neither time nor room for turning back," De Klerk declared. "There is only...
...Outside, antiapartheid protesters complained that De Klerk's manifesto did not go far enough. A.N.C. supporters demanded immediate voting rights for 28 million blacks, who constitute 70% of the country's inhabitants but have no representation in the national government. Some 20,000 demonstrators marched before Cape Town's House of Assembly carrying placards that denounced the "racist Parliament." They demanded that Parliament, which is divided into chambers for whites, Asians and people of mixed race, be dissolved and replaced by an integrated constituent assembly. Declared Walter Sisulu, a veteran A.N.C. leader: "We don't have the vote. This...
...Klerk's antiapartheid moves seemed almost to be following a script written in Washington. When the U.S. Congress imposed economic sanctions in 1986, lawmakers said they would lift the ban only if Pretoria enacted a list of major reforms. These ranged from the release of Mandela to the abolition of the Population Registration Act. Now De Klerk has fulfilled or promised to meet each demand, leaving only the release of all political prisoners to be carried out. Pretoria is clearly hoping for a swift lifting of sanctions. However, U.S. officials said last week that the prisoner issue remained a sticking...
...antiapartheid movement has taken note of Afrikaner angst, but is not necessarily impressed. "No one in a high position has actually said they are sorry for all the hurt they have caused to victims of apartheid," says Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu. "We blacks, for our part, are ready to forgive. But the other party must be contrite and ready to do reparation. Your contrition will be demonstrated by your willingness to make amends. We cannot just say, 'Let bygones be bygones...