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Zimbabwe, formerly known by the colonial name Rhodesia, has successfully erased apartheid-like laws. "There are hundreds of thousands of Africans who left Zimbabwe when it was called Rhodesia, to go to Australia, Britain, New Zealand and the States," Maraire says. "These people want to come back to Zimbabwe." She knows that it will be difficult to readjust to her return, but she maintains that each person who returns gives another person an incentive to return. She declares, "The adjustments are worth...
...tried to persuade their followers to remain have been threatened for "not toeing the line," says Alexander Ivanko, a spokesman for the unarmed supervisory police force which monitors the Muslim-Croat constabulary, soon to be regulating the city. "If the Bosnian Serb leaders can enforce this self declared apartheid everywhere, peace may not come to Bosnia," says Time's Mark Thompson "However, Bosnian Serbs in the Sarajevo suburbs may feel they have more to lose than the Serb population in toto, so there may be more compliance in Sarajevo...
...Israel it has been pointed out that the agreement that's now been made is not like the end of apartheid, it's like the institutionalization of apartheid," Chomsky said...
...indictments came only two days after Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu, another Nobel laureate, was named head of the 17-member, multiracial Truth Commission, which will investigate crimes of the apartheid era. The panel will have the power to recommend amnesty or prosecution in each case, but to be eligible for amnesty, individuals will have to come forward and admit their guilt. Malan will have no part of this and will take his chances in court...
...During the '80s, Harvard divested in South Africa and apartheid. Now, there is a growing class divide at home," said Jean Alonso '59, a member of Harvard and Radcliffe Alumni for Affordable Housing (HARAAH). The vigil, which was sponsored by a coalition of student, alumni and community groups, was the first of two demonstrations planned for December. A second vigil will be held at Holyoke Center next week...