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Deafening cheers erupted when Sisulu and his colleagues emerged from beneath the grandstands and slowly circled the playing field behind an honor guard of 20 young militants, clad in khaki uniforms and marching in military style...
...Today, the ANC has captured center stage in South Africa," said Walter Sisulu, 77, the group's former general secretary, from a podium erected beneath huge banners of the ANC and the South African Communist Party. He and six ANC colleagues were freed unconditionally from prison October 15. All but one had spent at least 25 years in prison...
...Sisulu said his movement would never abandon its guerrilla campaign unilaterally but would consider suspending violence and entering talks if the government freed all political prisoners, legalized the ANC and lifted the 40-month-old state of emergency...
...date, we see no clear indication that the government is serious about negotiation," said Sisulu, who urged intensified economic sanctions. "All the utterances are vague...
Three days after his release from prison, Walter Sisulu met at his Soweto home with Johannesburg bureau chief Scott MacLeod. Sitting on a bed beside schoolbooks that belonged to his grandchildren, Sisulu began the interview only minutes after seven policemen departed. They had asked Sisulu to disperse groups of youngsters who were gathering outside. Excerpts...