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With just over a month to go, the front runners, not surprisingly, are Nelson Mandela, the black nationalist leader who has been imprisoned since 1962, and Oliver Tambo, the exiled head of the outlawed African National Congress. Nobel-prizewinning Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu runs a close third. Even some whites received approving nods, from the opposition politicians Frederik van Zyl Slabbert and Helen Suzman to Communist Party Chief Joe Slovo, the sole white member of the ANC executive committee. But most surprising of all, State President P.W. Botha turned up in 14th place...
...Board of Regents also decided to award an honorary degree to Black South African leader Nelson Mandela, an action that anti racist organization had long wanted...
...Because Mandela is imprisoned in South Africa and cannot attend commencement exercises, awarding the degree to him caused much debate among the regent, who said their decision to award the degree was unconnected to recent anti-racist protests. The Daily reported...
...book's proposals have received wide support among South African blacks. Winnie Mandela, wife of the imprisoned black nationalist leader, in a foreword to the Swedish edition of the book, says it offers a "broad alternative we have all been looking for." Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi, chief minister of KwaZulu, rarely agrees with Mandela, but he also likes the idea. Says he: "Amid a sea of anger and tension, The Solution may prove to be a rational, workable answer to South Africa's unique problems...
...another anti-racist action, the university has also agreed to waive a bylaw that would prevent the institution from bestowing an honorary degree upon Nelson Mandela because he would not be able to accept in person, Osley said...