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South African President Nelson Mandela named fellow Nobel Peace Prize winner Desmond Tutu to head a commission that will investigate political crimes committed under apartheid. "Tutu is a very good choice for the post," reports TIME's Peter Hawthorne from Cape Town. "He has shown himself to be on the side of truth, and shouldn't hold any longstanding bitterness during the hearings the commission will hold. He's also not afraid of controversy, even if that includes going against Mandela himself. For example, Tutu was critical of Mandela's handling of the situation in Nigeria, when the playwright...
...Nigerian government ignored the worldwide pleas for clemency and protests against Saro-Wiwa's unjust conviction. After the execution, the military junta dismissed the outrage expressed by South African President Nelson Mandela, President Clinton and British Prime Minister John Major...
...When Nelson Mandela called Nigeria's hanging of Ken Saro Wiwa and eight fellow activists 'a heinous act' last weekend, he was sounding a call rarely heard in African politics," reports TIME's Andrew Purvis. Historically, few African leaders have taken it upon themselves to censure the reprehensible behavior of other heads of state. Mandela, however, has begun to match words with action. On his urging, Nigeria was suspended from a New Zealand Commonwealth meeting where the South African leader made the statement. Tuesday, South Africa's soccer federation barred Nigeria's team from playing in South Africa, and calls...
...Winnie Mandela's playing hard to get rid of. In papers filed in court, she claims her marriage to Nelson Mandela could be saved by traditional African reconciliation procedures, which involve meetings with their extended families. But as Mr. Mandela doesn't seem to want a rapprochement, she seeks half his assets...
...Havel of the Czech Republic to his right. In the fifth row, Yasser Arafat (just below the "50" banner) was placed near Yitzhak Rabin of Israel--Meles Zenawi of Ethiopia, on Arafat's left, separated them. To Rabin's right was Tomiichi Murayama, the Prime Minister of Japan. Nelson Mandela (second row, second from left) wore dark glasses. One of the tiniest countries in the world, San Marino, was represented by two Presidents, Pier Natalino Mularoni and Marino Venturini, who stood in the second row behind Yeltsin...