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...miracle brought forth by Nelson Mandela and F.W. de Klerk was abundantly welcome, and long overdue, it also looked dangerous. A thousand | possibilities (brilliant or ominous, best of times or worst of times) attended the birth of the new South Africa. Jubilation and anxiety flashed around the imagination like manifestations of weather in a Shakespeare tragedy...
Survivor of the Week: South Africa's Frederik Willem de Klerk has led his white tribe away from apartheid's cruelty with patience, caution and hope
Also on Thursday, A.N.C. leader Nelson Mandela and President F.W. de Klerk sparred in their first and only televised debate, attacking each other over economic policy and who was to blame for the country's political violence. The debate ended on a conciliatory note as the two leaders agreed to "go forward together...
Political violence related to demands by some Zulus for a sovereign state in South Africa's Natal province continued to mount, with the death toll reaching . 125 for the past week. Two weeks remain before the country's all-race election, but in a Friday summit, President F.W. de Klerk and African National Congress leader Nelson Mandela failed to persuade Zulu leaders to drop their election boycott...
South African President F.W. de Klerk declared a state of emergency in Natal province as his government headed for what may be a violent showdown with Zulu leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi, who continues to threaten a boycott of the April 26-28 elections and to hold out for autonomy from the national government. Rival African National Congress head Nelson Mandela endorsed De Klerk's move. Earlier in the week, a march past A.N.C. headquarters in downtown Johannesburg by members of Buthelezi's Inkatha Freedom Party turned into one of the bloodiest battles in the city's history; on Saturday suspected Zulu...