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...McClure goes back to the beginning -- or, rather, before the beginning. The Song Dog concerns the cases that brought Kramer and Zondi together: two private vendettas, one black and one white, that are misunderstood as political terrorism. The action is set in 1962, mostly during the week when Nelson Mandela was taken into custody. That arrest, and its long-term deforming consequences for South African society, plays an oblique but significant role in the narrative -- especially in the distant fate foretold for the team in the novel's final paragraphs. Despite the deep optimism inherent in depicting their relationship, McClure...
A.N.C. president Nelson Mandela once again demanded that De Klerk fire his ministers of Law and Order and Defense. The newspaper's disclosure, Mandela warned, could derail talks on a new constitution...
Some American blacks and liberals nonetheless denounced Bush's action as premature, an opinion also voiced by A.N.C. leader Nelson Mandela. The opponents contend, correctly, that South Africa is still far from multiracial democracy. Substantive negotiations on a new constitution that would permit blacks to vote and share in governing the country have not even begun. The critics argue that without the continued pressure of international sanctions, full equality will never come...
...When Nelson Mandela gathers his followers next week for their first conference inside the country in 30 years, they should be able to review their achievements with pride. The African National Congress, established in 1912, is nearer than ever to its goal of replacing apartheid with democracy for all races. Last week the last legal pillar of segregation tumbled when the Parliament revoked the Population Registration Act of 1950, fulfilling President F.W. de Klerk's promise to abolish South Africa's major discrimination laws...
Most people involved with the decision said they were pleased with the outcome, including Rev. L. Nelson Foxx, who served on the citizen advisory panel...