Word: lekota
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...greatest danger," he tells the crowds, comes from "members of the A.N.C. themselves." Surveying the bewildered faces before him, he continues, "If we believe we have already won the election, a large number of people who support us may prefer to remain in their homes." Deputy campaign chief Patrick Lekota puts the warning in everyday terms. "People support us," he says, "but if we don't urge them, they will wake up and think, 'Well, I must go look after my goats.' When they come home, the polls will be closed...
...thoughts about what remains to be done. U.D.F. spokesmen pointed out that Mandela and other A.N.C. guerrillas remain in prison and that if Oliver Tambo, the Congress's President, were to return to South Africa, he could be arrested under nonemergency laws such as the Internal Security Act. Patrick Lekota, a U.D.F. leader, said the domestic opposition would step up its defiance campaign and call for intensified international pressure on Pretoria...