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...condemn the South African government for rejecting the United Nations plan for an internationally supervised transition to independence in Namibia, the miner-rich territory South Africa has illegally occupied in defiance of U.N. ruling since 1966. Last week, in an 11th-hour decision, retiring South African Prime Minister John Vorster announced that South Africa would conduct its own independence election in the territory, rather than allow U.N. troops and civilian personnel to supervise the election of a transitional Namibian government...
...Vorster also announced that South Africa has rejected Western diplomatic efforts to mediate a transition to independence for Namibia, the South-West Africa territory South Africa has occupied in defiance of U.N. rulings since...
...caucus of Vorster's National Party, comprised of a majority of conservative Afrikaners, will meet in Cape Town on Sept. 28 to select a new president and prime minister...
...contenders to replace Vorster include Pieter W. Botha, the hard-line defense minister; Connie Mulder, the conservative minister of plural relations (racial affairs); Labor Minister Fanie Botha and Foreign Minister Roelof F. Botha. None of the three Bothas are related...
Reading from a prepared statement, Vorster said yesterday, "The South African government does not wish to close doors" to further negotiations with the United Nations and the western powers on the Namibia question...