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Next day the government announced that Nelson Mandela, 70, will not return to jail when he finishes hospital treatment for tuberculosis. But the spiritual head of the banned African National Congress will not be set free, either. He will be transferred to what the government described as "suitable, comfortable and secure" living accommodations -- possibly a house on prison grounds. By freeing Mandela in stages, Botha apparently hopes to avoid having the ailing black leader die in jail and thus become a martyr...
...Congress once without success. In the process, he has abandoned his once-trademark dashikis for more mainstream suits and bowties. Most recently the 6'3" bald, bearded, MIT professor has spearheaded the unsuccessful effort to have the predominantly Black parts of Boston secede and form a community known as Mandela...
Last week the government announced that imprisoned Black Nationalist Leader Nelson Mandela, 70, was being moved from Tygerberg Hospital, where he has been receiving treatment for tuberculosis, to a private nursing home outside Cape Town. The news rekindled speculation that the government was inching toward releasing Mandela, despite his refusal to renounce violence as a political tool. Whatever the reason for Mandela's transfer, Botha is unlikely to make any move that would risk the wrath of right-wing white voters until after the October elections...
...Mandela's illness triggered fresh demands from around the world for his release. Botha knows if Mandela dies an imprisoned martyr, widespread violence is likely. On the other hand, his release might be greeted by an uncontrollable uprising of millions of black South Africans for whom he is the leading symbol of resistance to the apartheid system. Last week Botha renewed his long-standing offer to free Mandela if he would publicly renounce the use of violence for political ends -- a bargain Mandela has repeatedly refused on the grounds that prisoners cannot make deals...
Addressing a congress of the ruling National Party in Durban, Botha said he did not think Mandela should "choose to go back to prison" and that he hoped Mandela "will make it possible for me to act in a humane way." That meant, he said, that he was prepared to release Mandela if he would reject political violence and pledge not to support those...