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...Desmond Tutu as Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, the highly charged meeting was one of the less controversial moments of a week that drew her into the vortex of the country's complex racial politics. King had originally planned to see both State President P.W. Botha and Mangosuthu Buthelezi, the moderate leader of South Africa's six million Zulus. But Winnie Mandela and the Rev. Allan Boesak, a founder of the United Democratic Front, an antiapartheid umbrella group, warned that they would not see her if she saw Botha and Buthelezi. King should not meet with the President, insisted Boesak...
Tutu plays a complex role in the South African freedom struggle. He does not have a huge political following, nothing comparable to that of Nelson Mandela, the long-imprisoned black nationalist leader, or Mangosuthu Buthelezi, chief of the 6 million-member Zulu tribe. Tutu calls himself an "interim leader," saying that he would be less important if Mandela and others were released from prison. The archbishop is most popular among the small group of educated, middle-class blacks, but he has proved to be effective in calming angry crowds in the black townships...
Black South Africans who reject sanctions, like Zulu Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi, are finding their position increasingly difficult. Last week he denounced President Botha's confrontational "Boer War diplomacy" and warned of a "time when the government's actions (will) demand that I revise my & position." This week Botha will address an important federal congress of his ruling National Party in Durban. Speaking in the same city last year, Botha gravely disappointed Western governments by failing to include in his address a list of widely anticipated racial reforms. This year Botha was simply expected to hang tough, and so there...
...that a credible black leader will agree to join the council. Some from the so-called self-governing homelands, for whom seats will be reserved, might do so, but their participation would keep out antiapartheid activists who consider them collaborators. The most important homeland leader, KwaZulu Chief Minister Mangosuthu Buthelezi, says he will take part only if he receives a "massive mandate" from his political organization, Inkatha, and if imprisoned Black Nationalist Nelson Mandela is freed and offered a chance to join...
What sets Buthelezi apart from other black nationalists is his rejection of violence and economic sanctions against the government. "I will not lead black South Africans to maim, hack and kill black South Africans, nor will I lead blacks to maim, hack and kill white South Africans," he says. He insists that the only real chance for change is through negotiation. Says Buthelezi: "There are no prospects either now or in the foreseeable future of toppling the South African government by violent means. The harsh reality, which for us is an inescapable reality, is that we do not destroy...