Word: zulu
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...three years the inhabitants of the KwaZulu homeland have been killing one another. On one side is the A.N.C., the United Democratic Front and the Congress of South African Trade Unions, whose vision is of a unified black majority taking over the reins of power. On the other is Zulu chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi, president of the 1.5 million-strong Inkatha Movement and an old antagonist of the A.N.C., who has a strong investment in the traditional tribal and economic structure...
...called off, and few hold out much hope for the talks. Last week Buthelezi dismissed the power of the A.N.C. as a set of "myths that have now been exploded." Obviously miffed that he was not to be included in De Klerk's session with the A.N.C., the Zulu chief predicted that at the first sign of trouble the A.N.C. would "pack its bags and go home." The comment does not bode well for black cooperation as South Africa tries to negotiate its way to a more enlightened future...
...concerned parties will have to agree on who may participate in negotiations--a tough task in itself. Right now, the major players include the ANC, the Pan-Africanist Congress, the United Democratic Front and Inkatha--a 1.5 million member group led by Chief Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi of the Zulu nation...
...Congress. The government wanted to speed up the "talks about talks," designed to get formal negotiations under way. On Dec. 13, at the presidential residence in Cape Town known as Tuynhuys, the two men held the first of a planned series of meetings on ways to convene an indaba (Zulu for "negotiations") that would write a new constitution granting blacks the right to vote for a national government. The meeting signaled that De Klerk, unlike his predecessors, was willing to negotiate with the outlawed 78-year-old A.N.C., which only months ago was still officially vilified as a band...