Word: slabbert
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...where the country is heading, whether Armageddon will ever come. Many are convinced that new approaches must be tried, as demonstrated by public-opinion surveys suggesting that large numbers of whites would consider power sharing, and fully expect to live some day in an integrated society. Says Slabbert, the 45-year-old Afrikaner liberal who heads the Progressive Federal Party: "I think Afrikaners are now more willing to explore possibilities of coexistence, and that is definitely a new development." Alan Paton, the author of Cry, the Beloved Country and onetime leader of the now defunct Liberal Party, says, "The tide...