Word: klerk
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...whites looked certain when talks with the A.N.C. and the government over ethnic autonomy sputtered to a near halt as the deadline to get on the ballot passed. Some die-hard whites have voted against participation. Additional pressure came from Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini, who told President F.W. de Klerk that if the interim constitution did not give more powers to regional governments, he would not abide by the results of the coming election and would initiate the secession of the 8 million-strong Zulu nation. Whether he is serious or just bargaining on behalf of the Zulu-based Inkatha...
...position is shaky, Brown seems to be building his resume. Instead of seeing simply trade ministers on his trips abroad, Brown has in the past few months met with a series of dignitaries and heads of state, such as Yitzhak Rabin, Yasser Arafat, Nelson Mandela and F.W. de Klerk...
...order to maintain peace, two mechanisms arenecessary, Radebe said. Both the ANC and thegovernment of President F. W de Klerk have agreedto establish a national peace-keeping force tomaintain order...
South Africa inaugurated a multiracial, multiparty Transitional Executive Council to oversee the governing of the country until all-race elections take place in April. The 32-member councils first meeting effectively ended almost three centuries of white-only rule, since the government of President F.W. de Klerk will be unable to make any major decisions without the council's approval...
...interim constitution is a heartening milestone in South Africa's bloodied march toward democracy. At least 12,000 people have died in factional violence in the four years since Mandela was released from prison and De Klerk lifted the ban on the A.N.C. But shared power is not a South African tradition. With Mandela's A.N.C. enjoying a commanding lead in the pre- election polls, die-hard supporters of racial separation or ethnic self- determination must decide whether to accept the new government as a legitimate institution or work to undermine...