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...reason for the slight shift toward Pretoria is the skill with which De Klerk has managed his side of the contest with the A.N.C. Since his election last year to replace the autocratic P.W. Botha, he has done more to ease the country's internal conflict than all his predecessors combined. With the pace of change increasing, Mandela and the A.N.C. are in danger of losing the initiative...
...first trip to the country in nearly eleven years, Jackson has not exactly been welcomed by the white establishment in South Africa. Even before his plane touched down, Foreign Minister Roelof ("Pik") Botha accused him of doing some double-talking in getting his visa. At a stopover in London, Jackson repeated his strong support for sanctions against the South African government. Said Botha: "It is a pity he made these remarks about sanctions, because he made exactly the opposite remarks to my Ambassador ((in Washington)) when they had private talks...
...what really galled Botha was Jackson's apparent desire to share in the glow of Mandela's release. "The government's decisions ((on Mandela)) were taken before the arrival of Mr. Jackson," Botha said. "He can come and enjoy the aftermath, but he can certainly not claim any credit for having been a player on the field...
This time he avoided stirring up controversy. He declined to respond to Botha's charges, and he turned down a request to lead a protest against a visiting English cricket team. Still, black South Africans were unrestrained in their welcome for the American cleric. In Soweto, where he visited Sisulu, Jackson was followed by scores of singing and dancing people who, in addition to their traditional paeans to Mandela and the A.N.C., chanted "Long live Jesse Jackson...
Neither external nor domestic pressure has managed to budge Botha or De Klerk from this basic position. National Party ministers say they see no point in trying to appease overseas sanctioners because nothing will satisfy them except handing over power to a black government, which Pretoria says it will never...