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...Klerk's skillfully orchestrated reforms have stolen some of Mandela's momentum. Just as the black leader headed for North America, the South African President lifted the state of emergency from all provinces except Natal, the site of fierce fighting between A.N.C. militants and supporters of the rival Inkatha movement. Then, on the eve of Mandela's arrival in New York, De Klerk made good on his promise to revoke the Separate Amenities Act that for nearly four decades had legalized segregation. The South African Parliament repealed the law, opening the country's parks, beaches, swimming pools, services and public...
...were a question of conflict between Mangosuthu Buthelezi's Inkatha ((movement)) and the A.N.C., we would have solved this matter long ago. But my problem is the government, because what is happening in Natal is no longer a clash between the A.N.C. and Inkatha. The government has taken advantage of the clash between the two organizations to crush the A.N.C. and eliminate its membership in Natal. I have asked De Klerk the simple question, Why has the government failed to suppress that violence for more than 4 1/2 years, and when almost 4,000 people have died? And De Klerk...
Many worried blacks and whites do not understand why Mandela has not used his nonpareil status to end the fighting between his supporters and the Inkatha organization, led by Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi, which has killed thousands since 1985. During his years in prison, Mandela indicated that a top priority after his release would be to restore black unity by mending the rift. But when he proposed a meeting with Buthelezi last March, militants inside his organization vetoed the idea. "They nearly throttled me," said Mandela, who insists that he must accept such decisions because he remains "a loyal and disciplined...
...Inkatha's latest rampages in Natal make a mockery of Buthelezi's desire to be the prince of peace. There is no evidence that Buthelezi personally ordered the attacks, and he has strongly condemned the slaughter. Inkatha leaders claim that the upsurge in violence followed A.N.C. provocations, and in fact the bloodshed erupted in 1987 largely because of the A.N.C.'s determination to wipe out Buthelezi's influence...
Although many in the A.N.C. seem to accept that Inkatha has a right to sit at the negotiating table, it remains fashionable to dismiss Buthelezi as a political lightweight. After last week's press conference, attended by a mere dozen journalists, Buthelezi groused that the media refuse to take him seriously. There is little doubt that Mandela's words will continue to be those that are most closely scrutinized inside and outside the country. But the architects of any future political settlement will ignore the Zulu prince only at South Africa's peril...