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...Very torturous. I am very fond of Mandela, even now. I have always loved him. But there is a section within the A.N.C. that does not want their leader to have anything to do with...
...months after her husband Nelson Mandela, president of the African National Congress, announced their separation, Winnie Mandela has had more bad news. The a.n.c. Women's League ousted the executive committee of the Johannesburg branch she headed, effectively dismissing her. South African newspapers also report the a.n.c. is looking into the loss of $130,000 from a department she directed until her resignation in April. The a.n.c. denied the story -- just as it had denied that the Mandelas were separating...
...YORK CITY MAYOR DAVID DINKINS REBUFFED CRITICISM OF his recent costly voyage to South Africa, arguing that his large entourage was developing vital business contacts. A gold-rush mentality is taking shape among many black businessmen. Dinkins, who established a warm rapport with Nelson Mandela during the South African leader's trip to New York two years ago, has lately been meeting with other African National Congress officials to discuss when the city should lift its sanctions. The move could come in two to three weeks...
...most important of these has been the violence that has continued to plague the townships since Mandela's release. The bitter struggle between Inkatha, the Zulu nationalist organization, and the ANC has led to the deaths of thousands of Black South Africans. It has also given weight to conservative white fears of an ethnic bloodbath after a transition to majority rule...
Topping the list of alternatives is outside assistance to alleviate the economic pressures that pushed De Klerk into the corner that forced the referendum. The country is hard hit economically--unemployment runs at 43 percent and drought has decimated crop harvests. De Klerk and Mandela recently made an unprecedented joint call for much-needed foreign investment in the country. Monetary aid would help the country's most pressing financial problems. The recent admission of South Africa into the International Monetary Fund is a definite step in the right direction...