Word: klerk
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When State President F.W. de Klerk speaks of his vision of a new South Africa, the country's voteless 26 million blacks can be forgiven for being skeptical. The reform policies of De Klerk's predecessor, P.W. Botha, unleashed disappointment and nearly three years of violent unrest before grinding to a halt. But one of the most vocal critics of De Klerk's reluctance to abolish apartheid is a prominent Afrikaner who sat only a few feet behind him on inauguration day last month: his elder brother Willem...
Acting President F.W. de Klerk, who will be sworn in for a full five-year term this week, followed up with a still bolder gesture. Though all outdoor rallies are banned under the state of emergency, he granted permission for protests in major cities across South Africa and ordered police to stand back...
...largest antiapartheid demonstration in 29 years, more than 20,000 people, mostly black and mixed race, marched without incident in the southern city of Cape Town. Said De Klerk: "The door to a new South Africa is open...
...goal is that all South Africans, in a just and equitable manner, become part of the decision-making processes of South Africa," de Klerk said...
...Allan Boesak, president of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches, appeared optimistic about de Klerk's election. "At last we have someone who is more pragmatic than ideological," he said...