Word: voteless
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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When State President F.W. de Klerk speaks of his vision of a new South Africa, the country's voteless 26 million blacks can be forgiven for being skeptical. The reform policies of De Klerk's predecessor, P.W. Botha, unleashed disappointment and nearly three years of violent unrest before grinding to a halt. But one of the most vocal critics of De Klerk's reluctance to abolish apartheid is a prominent Afrikaner who sat only a few feet behind him on inauguration day last month: his elder brother Willem...
...expected to offer a bill to set up a national council of blacks and whites that would advise him on social and political matters. Though the council's recommendations would not be legally binding, its creation was supposed to be a conciliatory gesture to the country's 24 million voteless blacks. As it turned out, the government was not ready to offer such a bill, and there was speculation that Botha had decided not to do so until he received private assurances from black leaders that they would be willing to serve on the council. So far, apparently none have...
Anti-apartheid leaders complained that the reforms, while welcome, do not address the demands of South Africa's 24 million voteless Blacks for a share of political power...