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...dark chapter in South Africa's past will be dredged Friday when Afrikaner general Magnus Andre de Merindol Malan goes on trial for the 1987 massacre of 13 women and children in the Zulu village of KwaMakutha. TIME's Peter Hawthorne reports that conservatives in South Africa are incensed that Malan and 10 other top military figures are being charged with setting up the hit-squad responsible for killings during the apartheid struggle. At the same time, former African National Congress leaders Thabo Mbeki and Joe Modise have been granted temporary immunity while a "Truth Commission," headed by Archbishop Desmond...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LAYING BLAME FOR APARTHEID ATROCITIES | 11/30/1995 | See Source »

...sought out Merindol, fixed the penpusher with a cold stare. "I read your article," he said, "and I resent it. People in the Quarter are beginning to call me a 'dried fruit' and 'ancient vegetable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: A Blow for Bonaparte | 5/2/1949 | See Source »

...Said Merindol: "So what...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: A Blow for Bonaparte | 5/2/1949 | See Source »

...Said Merindol: "Send me your witnesses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: A Blow for Bonaparte | 5/2/1949 | See Source »

...last week two cars carrying the duelists, their seconds and their doctors, drove out of Paris. In a clearing in the Forest of Senart, Fèvre and Merindol got out and took their positions. Merindol had frantically practiced saber fighting for four days, but he was no match for Fèvre's skill. After a few parries the heavy cavalry sword dropped from his bleeding hand. The umpire pronounced him fit to fight on, but had to stop the duel a few seconds later. Fèvre was striking out so furiously (see cut") that he feared...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: A Blow for Bonaparte | 5/2/1949 | See Source »

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