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...into the government for the first time had been achieved by the ruling National Party government with difficulty, and the plan was fiercely opposed by right-wing Afrikaners. The new Parliament is itself an apt metaphor for apartheid, the official policy of separation of the races, since its three chambers are separate and unequal. The 178-member all-white House of Assembly will meet, as always, in a gracious, wood-paneled chamber. The 85 colored members of the new House of Representatives will sit in the old Senate chamber, while the 45 Indian members of the new House of Delegates...
...while the Serenade for Strings is a five-movement study in country-squire elegance. Jordan, a Swiss conductor who came to general attention leading the score−and portraying Amfortas−in Hans-Jürgen Syberberg's 1982 film Parsifal, draws refined, elegant performances from the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra...
Only 20% of registered voters participated last week in elections for the Indian chamber of South Africa's new tricameral Parliament. That unenthusiastic showing came a week after a tepid 30% turnout in balloting for the colored (mixed-race) chamber. The two new houses, which will augment South Africa's previously whites-only Parliament, were set up under a new constitution overwhelmingly approved by white voters last fall. The additional chambers will have authority to pass legislation affecting the nation's 850,000 Indians and 2.8 million coloreds. But real power will remain with the 4.7 million...
...nationwide elections last week, colored citizens chose from among 207 candidates to fill the 80 elective seats in a new, all-colored chamber of the South African legislature. The government called the election "satisfactory," but the modest turnout-only 30% of registered voters-led opponents to declare it a failure and many coloreds to wonder whether their votes would speed the eventual dismantling of apartheid or ensure its survival...
...going into Parliament to dismantle apartheid," declared the Rev. Allan Hendrickse, whose Labor Party won 76 of the 80 seats. "I want to become part of the process of change." Whether it leads to change or not, the process is certain to continue: elections for the 40-seat Indian chamber are scheduled for this week. The two new bodies will officially take their place alongside-or, rather, below-the white legislature on Sept...