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...monopoly on power and share it with a black majority that whites have traditionally feared, persecuted and patronized. "Good and sensible people must be breathing sighs of relief," was the verdict of Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Others agreed. "South Africa is a different country today," blared Business Day, Johannesburg's financial daily. Approved the Sowetan, the largest black daily: "Whites did the right thing...
Though most countries have lifted their economic sanctions, South Africa desperately needs new investment. The A.N.C. says the country would need a 9% annual growth rate to absorb all those entering the labor market. But financial analysts in Johannesburg say growth of even 4% a year would demand about $7 billion a year in investment from abroad. It is slow in coming because of apprehension about the political future and how soon it will arrive. De Klerk wants to get to the future as soon as possible. "We should not waste any time," he says. "The uncertainty that bothers...
London: William Mader Paris: Frederick Ungeheuer, Margot Hornblower Brussels: Adam Zagorin Bonn: James O. Jackson, Daniel Benjamin Central Europe: James L. Graff Moscow: John Kohan, James Carney, Ann M. Simmons Rome: John Moody Istanbul: James Wilde Jerusalem: Lisa Beyer Cairo: Dean Fischer, William Dowell Nairobi: Marguerite Michaels Johannesburg: Scott MacLeod New Delhi: Edward W. Desmond Beijing: Jaime A. FlorCruz Southeast Asia: Richard Hornik Hong Kong: Jay Branegan Tokyo: Barry Hillenbrand, Kumiko Makihara Mexico City: Laura Lopez...
...slogans. The young radical grabbed headlines in January when he led a campaign against pop star Paul Simon for violating AZAYO's cultural boycott; during the singer's tour in South Africa, Mcerwa was arrested for the seventh time in 10 years after a hand-grenade explosion damaged the Johannesburg offices of a music company providing Simon with technical assistance. The police released Mcerwa seven days later pending further inquiries...
...Rudolph's mind, though, the proud memories are overwhelmed by enduring resentments. He vividly remembers how Afrikaners were persecuted by the richer, more powerful British. He felt the sting growing up on the gold reef east of Johannesburg, the son of a poor white miner who believed he was exploited by English capitalists. Even after Afrikaners won absolute power in 1948, Rudolph continued to feel inferior. Upon being taunted for his poor grammar as a young policeman, he recalls, "I decided it was the last time I would be treated this way by an English-speaker...