Word: apartheid
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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What has become of the great white hope -- the man who saw the writing on the wall, dismantled the bars of apartheid and promised to shape a new South Africa? The harsh answer dawning on an increasingly militant Mandela and others is that De Klerk, despite his reforms, is not intent on securing justice and freedom for all; if that were true, he would be doing more to end the township violence. Instead, they believe, De Klerk has revealed himself as a ruthless practitioner of realpolitik, determined to preserve decisive white power and privilege...
...since 1948, continues to govern. But recent events leave little doubt about his real agenda: not majority rule for blacks but power sharing, with as much power as possible retained in white hands. He has openly boasted that his party will retain control, either by winning the first post-apartheid election or by forging a "Christian Democrat" coalition with other white parties and conservative blacks...
...power sharing. The A.N.C. believes that De Klerk revealed his true colors at the Convention for a Democratic South Africa, which became deadlocked in May over his demand that, in effect, whites be given a veto in the proposed two-chamber constituent assembly that will draw up a post-apartheid constitution. When the President insisted on allowing a mere 26% to block any constitution favored by the vast majority, the A.N.C. balked at a system that it called "loser takes...
...years ago, I was assigned an interpreter in Estonia who spoke with a slight Southern accent because she had learned her English watching Dallas, courtesy of TV signals beamed over the border from neighboring Finland. The Cosby Show, aired on South African television, has no doubt helped erode apartheid...
...delicate surgery required to remove the cancer of apartheid was always deemed highly risky. Last week the ambitious operation was put on hold after a bloodbath in the black township of Boipatong set off a searing dispute among South Africa's various parties, black and white...