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...looters exploded through shopping centers. "This is part of my pension fund," said a smiling young man who called himself Michael as he walked away from a store with a stolen jug of wine. After consultations with A.N.C. leader Nelson Mandela, order was restored when President F.W. de Klerk sent in 2,000 troops of the South African Defense Force, plus additional police units to help negotiate the retreat of the right-wing bands. Estimates of the casualties ranged to as many as 24 dead and 300 wounded...
...Klerk Stoned...
Near daily battles between opposing political groups resulted in at least three deaths last week as the country prepared for the April 26-28 elections. Even President F.W. de Klerk was not immune: during a speech in a mixed-race township, he was hit on the back of the head by a stone. Unhurt, he was quickly hustled away by security guards...
...parties up for election with their colors or symbol and a photograph of their leader. One of the workers, Boiswa Fusile, shows the folk how to mark the ballot and warns that doing it wrong could be "a vote for the opposition," that is, for incumbent President F.W. de Klerk. The new voters hiss...
Relatively few blacks will be voting for De Klerk's white-dominated National Party, and few of the 3.6 million eligible whites will cast their ballots for the A.N.C. But there is a bloc of about 2 million colored, or mixed-race, voters and 650,000 Indians the A.N.C. wants to win over. That will be where the party does need to convey a sophisticated message, since the colored and Indian communities are not convinced that they will fare better under a black- majority government. "The coloreds have always been marginalized by the A.N.C.," says Lawrence Solomon...