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...broad, beaming grin is one of his trademarks, but Nelson Mandela thinks it makes him look silly. At 75 and soon to achieve his lifelong dream, he feels he must project a more dignified image. But his struggle to restrain the smiles failed last week as Zulu Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi finally agreed to end his Inkatha Freedom Party's boycott of the country's first all-race parliamentary elections. The agreement, said a jubilant Mandela, "is a leap forward for peace...
Also on Thursday, A.N.C. leader Nelson Mandela and President F.W. de Klerk sparred in their first and only televised debate, attacking each other over economic policy and who was to blame for the country's political violence. The debate ended on a conciliatory note as the two leaders agreed to "go forward together...
...Zulus for a sovereign state in South Africa's Natal province continued to mount, with the death toll reaching . 125 for the past week. Two weeks remain before the country's all-race election, but in a Friday summit, President F.W. de Klerk and African National Congress leader Nelson Mandela failed to persuade Zulu leaders to drop their election boycott...
...emergency in Natal province as his government headed for what may be a violent showdown with Zulu leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi, who continues to threaten a boycott of the April 26-28 elections and to hold out for autonomy from the national government. Rival African National Congress head Nelson Mandela endorsed De Klerk's move. Earlier in the week, a march past A.N.C. headquarters in downtown Johannesburg by members of Buthelezi's Inkatha Freedom Party turned into one of the bloodiest battles in the city's history; on Saturday suspected Zulu nationalists attacked a church in a Natal A.N.C. stronghold, killing...
...Thursday and Friday protesters swelled the streets, and 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...