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...Students should boycott the sham referendum that begins today...
...province continued to mount, with the death toll reaching . 125 for the past week. Two weeks remain before the country's all-race election, but in a Friday summit, President F.W. de Klerk and African National Congress leader Nelson Mandela failed to persuade Zulu leaders to drop their election boycott...
South African President F.W. de Klerk declared a state of emergency in Natal province as his government headed for what may be a violent showdown with Zulu leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi, who continues to threaten a boycott of the April 26-28 elections and to hold out for autonomy from the national government. Rival African National Congress head Nelson Mandela endorsed De Klerk's move. Earlier in the week, a march past A.N.C. headquarters in downtown Johannesburg by members of Buthelezi's Inkatha Freedom Party turned into one of the bloodiest battles in the city's history; on Saturday suspected Zulu...
...leader of the South African homeland of Bophuthatswana dropped a boycott of South Africa's first all race elections scheduled for next month after demonstrators took to the streets. At least 24 people were killed during a week of civil unrest...
...leader of the Zulu-based Inkatha Freedom Party turned down a last-minute package of concessions from African National Congress president Nelson Mandela intended to avert a threatened boycott of the historic election set for April 26-28. Mandela eased up on A.N.C. demands for strong central authority by offering provincial governments more autonomy. In Natal province, gunmen attacked A.N.C. supporters, killing...