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...Pretoria bombing was certain to stiffen white opposition to sharing power. Some South Africans even suspected that the attack might have been the work of an extreme right-wing group intent on sabotaging Prime Minister P.W. Botha's efforts to introduce constitutional reforms that would give limited voting rights to Asians and coloreds. Malan warned the nation to be on guard for more urban violence. Said he: "War does not start and finish at the country's borders...
...South African public finally learned in some detail last week how its government lost $30.5 million in what has been called the biggest maritime fraud in history. The disclosures were made during a three-hour parliamentary debate in Cape Town, after which the government of Prime Minister P.W. Botha tried to prevent both its critics and the press from discussing the matter any further. Its grounds: all information concerning South African purchases of oil, which are in contravention of a world embargo designed to block such sales, is a state secret...
South African Commodore Dieter Gerhardt, 47, seemed the very model of a modern military man. Tall, balding and highly intelligent, with an intense, abrasive manner, the Berlin-born naval officer moved in high South African defense circles and was personally acquainted with Premier P.W. Botha. Gerhardt's home at the Simonstown Naval Base near Cape Town was the envy of his neighbors; it was expensively decorated with Persian rugs and works of art. When visitors asked how he managed to live like an admiral on a commodore's income, Gerhardt had a ready reply: he had received...
...reports, denied by the U.N., that the UNTAG operation has been canceled. In yet another pessimistic sign, the South African government last week announced a three-month extension in the term of its governing body for Namibia, the South West African National Assembly. Said Prime Minister Pieter W. Botha regarding the independence settlement: "We hope there will be greater clarity on that matter within the next three months, but it might naturally take longer." The government hinted that South African-supervised elections for the National Assembly might come early next year. Those elections could conceivably provide further ammunition for South...
...South African troops stationed in the territory to the pullout of an estimated 20,000 Cuban troops from neighboring Marxist-led Angola. At first the South African government said that it would "not insist" on Cuban withdrawal as part of the independence deal. But now South African Prime Minister Botha is demanding a "clear agreement" on the Cuban departure...