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Thousands of people could potentially have been killed had the right-wing Afrikaners and the South African Army waged a pitched battle in a country that trusted neither. It is unlikely that the Bophuthatswanan police would have fought gladly alongside their strange bedfellows from the other side of the apartheid bed. A three-sided conflict could have emerged and threatened the entire election process. Instead, the government mopped up after a day of bloody skirmishes and brought a tense peace to the region...

Author: By Daniel Altman, | Title: Tragedy Without Cause | 3/14/1994 | See Source »

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