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...control of their own future. It is their plan that matters now. The A.N.C. will be judged primarily on its handling of the national economy, because if that collapses, political and social reforms have little chance of growing. The A.N.C. will succeed only if it can, in the current township phrase, deliver the goods. If Mandela and his colleagues fail to show they are making progress, the long- ! suffering black majority may turn against them and follow other, more radical leaders who promise more...
Once his ballot was in the box on a schoolhouse porch in Inanda, a township soaked with the blood of battles between the A.N.C. and Inkatha, Mandela very quickly stepped into his new role as leader of the nation -- all the nation. "Our message," he said, "is that the basic needs of the masses of the people must be addressed. These are our priorities." At the same time, he had words of reassurance for whites. "We are concerned about giving confidence and security to those who are worried that by these changes they are going to be in a disadvantaged...
...wife who suffered so much during his 27 years in prison. Or he might prefer to have her in his government where he can keep an eye on her, since she has staked out a separate role as leader of the most militant and potentially violent of the township proletariat -- especially the gun-toting youth gangs. While the A.N.C.'s top echelon is mostly moderate, almost 50% of its 1 million rank-and- file members are in the militant camp. If reforms begin to slip and there is no tangible progress in a year or so, Mandela may find...
Another brewing problem is the possibility that Mandela's estranged wife Winnie might get a minor Cabinet post. Though she was convicted in the kidnapping of a township youth who was later murdered, she scored an upset last year in winning election as head of the A.N.C. Women's League. This year the party put her high on its list for a parliamentary seat...
...they scare everyone. Mandela may be planning something like a law-and-order crackdown: he was an advocate of the state of emergency that was imposed in Natal province last month, and he has been talking more and more about enacting strict gun- control regulations. Right-wing whites and township gangs can be expected to resist them...