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Word: randfontein (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...that stern policy did not prevent the ruling National Party from suffering a parliamentary by-election defeat at the hands of the far-right Conservative Party, its third such loss in the past month. Last week's voting took place in the urban mining constituency of Randfontein, in the Transvaal, a sign that the fast-rising Conservative Party, long seen as the voice primarily of rural Afrikaners, is broadening its base. It was also a sign that the Conservatives, who hold 22 seats in Parliament, vs. the National Party's 133, could pose a serious threat in next October...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Africa Death in a Paris Hallway | 4/11/1988 | See Source »

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