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South African President F.W. de Klerk claims he has freed more than 1,000 prisoners and only a few remain in jail because of a dispute over the exact definition of a "political" prisoner. The A.N.C. insists that hundreds are still behind bars. Officials in Washington said last week that the Administration will make its own decision on the question, but will probably withhold its announcement on lifting sanctions until after the A.N.C.'s national conference next week...
...their achievements with pride. The African National Congress, established in 1912, is nearer than ever to its goal of replacing apartheid with democracy for all races. Last week the last legal pillar of segregation tumbled when the Parliament revoked the Population Registration Act of 1950, fulfilling President F.W. de Klerk's promise to abolish South Africa's major discrimination laws...
...residential areas along racial lines and restricted land ownership by blacks, reserving 87% of the country's land for whites. Now blacks will be free to buy, use or rent land and property anywhere in South Africa. The scrapping of the legislation was a victory for President F.W. de Klerk, who pledged last February to get rid of all remaining discriminatory laws by the close of the parliamentary session on June...
...Zulu leaders have long maintained that carrying spears is a cultural right. Last week, in a bid to halt political violence, President F.W. de Klerk secured an arms-control agreement with Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini. Henceforth, the spear will be added to the government's list of dangerous instruments that are banned in areas where unrest occurs...
Violence in the black townships is partly a struggle for power between the Zulu-based Inkatha Freedom Party and the African National Congress. Thus outlawing weapons will not in itself halt the killing. The A.N.C. says De Klerk's move falls far short of meeting several demands to end the black vs. black bloodshed that must be satisfied before the organization ends its boycott of negotiations on a new political system. But the A.N.C. is not exactly doing all it can to promote a climate of peace. As it was criticizing De Klerk last week, the A.N.C. refused to attend...