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...political violence that shows no sign of abating. The negotiating process over which Mandela and De Klerk have presided like detached yet querulous gods is, often on the verge of anarchy. Though an election date is set, few in South Africa believe it is written in stone. Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi, the political leader of the Zulu nation, is boycotting the talks, and the new Freedom Alliance, of which he is part, threatens to disrupt the elections. The right-wing Afrikaner Volksfront is calling for an autonomous white homeland and a halt to the election process. No doubt the Nobel committee...
...Mandela, in fact turned out to be one of the few great giants of the twentieth century. (It’s still embarrassing to remember that the wise men of the College, President Derek C. Bok chief among them, placed their bets instead on the avaricious tribal leader Mangosothu Buthelezi.) When Mandela was finally freed, one of his first trips abroad was to visit the American universities to thank those who had worked for divestiture. I’m not given to much sentimentality about the best-years-of-our-lives-etc., but it did make me proud to think...
...Africa's three other provinces. A majority of Natal's whites are of British background and are generally regarded as more liberal on racial issues than Dutch-descended Afrikaners. Moreover, many whites respect the Zulus for their strong tribal loyalty, resourcefulness and reputation as fierce warriors. Zulu Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi, who would probably be the Prime Minister in a racially mixed government, is popular with many whites because he supports capitalism and opposes violence. Such positions have cost him the backing of more militant blacks...
...South Africa, it is the lack of political leadership, amid a solid institutional framework, that inhibits the country's decisive response to the hiv/aids pandemic, structural unemployment and abject poverty. What this country, and indeed the continent, needs is probably a well-balanced combination of the two. Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi M.P. President of the Inkatha Freedom Party Ulundi, South Africa Gender Sensitivity for All In the interview with newly elected Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf [Nov. 28], Time asked, "Is there something extra you bring to the job as a woman?" She responded, "Sensitivity to human needs. Maybe that comes...
...scapegoats or 2) that renewed fighting had broken out between Inkatha, the Zulu political organization, and the U.D.F., whose local membership is largely Swazi. In addition, the fear of losing control of the situation may have led police to use their shotguns too much and too soon. Zulu Chief Buthelezi blamed black nationalist organizations, mainly the U.D.F. and the outlawed A.N.C., for "promoting this black-on-black confrontation, as well as a program of self-laceration in having blacks burning down their own facilities...