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...waiting ended later that day. President F.W. de Klerk ordered the release of Sisulu and seven others, including all the remaining Rivonia prisoners except Mandela, as soon as "the necessary formalities" could be arranged. There was a mixture of joy and sadness when Mrs. Sisulu later visited the 71-year-old Mandela in his stucco bungalow at the Victor Verster prison farm. As the 8 p.m. television news announced De Klerk's decision, Mandela embraced Mrs. Sisulu. "We want to take you with us right now," she told him. "Yes," Mandela replied. "I want to go home...
Four other ANC leaders from the Johannesburg area also were freed Sunday, according to associates and relatives. There was no immediate word on three other political prisoners, two of them ANC members, whose freedom also had been approved by President F.W. de Klerk on Tuesday...
Justice Minister Kobie Coetsee and other government officials had conferred with Mandela prior to de Klerk's announcement...
There was no immediate word about the status of the three other prisoners named by de Klerk--80-year-year ANC activist Oscar Mpetha, who has been hospitalized in Cape Town; Raymond Mhlaba, a co-defendent of Sisulu and Mandela who lives in Port Elizabeth; and Jafta Masemola, a member of the Pan Africanist guerrilla movement who lives outside Pretoria...
...Prime Minister Hun Sen -- and U.S. policy -- survive a Khmer Rouge bid for power? -- As the People's Republic of China celebrates its 40th anniversary, Jiang Zemin emerges as patriarch Deng Xiaoping's heir apparent. But will he go the distance? -- In South Africa, State President F.W. de Klerk has a surprising political foe: his brother...