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...most important of these has been the violence that has continued to plague the townships since Mandela's release. The bitter struggle between Inkatha, the Zulu nationalist organization, and the ANC has led to the deaths of thousands of Black South Africans. It has also given weight to conservative white fears of an ethnic bloodbath after a transition to majority rule...
...latest bloodletting began in Thokoza, southeast of Johannesburg, when gunmen opened fire on Zulus headed for an Inkatha rally. The toll: 23 dead. Avenging Zulus held the A.N.C. responsible, and within hours were on the offensive in Thokoza and other townships. Over the next five days, at least 100 more died in clashes that included attacks on commuter buses and trains. The A.N.C. denied involvement, suggesting instead that right-wing white extremists were to blame. That could be true, but many blacks were unconvinced. "It seems we cannot cope with victory," wrote Aggrey Klaaste, editor of the black newspaper...
...church-sponsored peace accord signed last weekend by the governing National Party and the country's leading black parties -- the African National Congress and Inkatha -- was supposed to help end the factional violence that has taken the lives of almost 11,000 blacks since 1984. But in the week leading up to the agreement, more than 120 people were killed in the year's worst outbreak of black-on-black violence, dashing hopes that the pact would soon bring peace to the strife-torn townships...
...African National Congress says it won't even start negotiating on a new, nonracial constitution until the government acts to stop the black factional battles that have taken more than 6,000 lives in the past five years. The A.N.C. accuses the government and security forces of supporting Inkatha, its rival in black vs. black carnage...
...Klerk is often hailed for his boldness in ending apartheid, but South Africans also regard him as a cautious man. Last week he displayed both traits as he appeared to end stonewalling on "Inkathagate," the scandal over disclosures that Pretoria interfered in black politics by secretly funding Inkatha Freedom Party, a rival of the African National Congress. Denying that he had a double agenda, De Klerk nonetheless sidelined two Cabinet members at the center of the doubts about the government's integrity: Defense Minister Magnus Malan and Law and Order Minister Adriaan Vlok. But rather than dismiss them, as demanded...