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South Africa in a Time of Transition |
| Section: CURRENT ISSUES / SPECIAL REPORT--SOUTHERN AFRICA: PEACE AT LAST? |
| Author: Robert I. Rotberg |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 12/1/1989 |
| Size: 2,418 Words, 15,090 Characters |
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Whites in South Africa endorsed liberal reform in September's national election, when President Frederik W. de Klerk received the mandate he wanted. Now a skeptical world watches closely to see how he and his new government act.
Past South African leaders talked energetically of reform while doing too little--certainly far less than the black majority and the Western world demanded. De Klerk says that he wants to do far more and to advance the cause of power sharing in tension-filled South Africa. Whether he and his government have a clear plan for change is, however, far less certain.
Although de Klerk's National Party lost almost 30 seats in an elected parliament of 166, the left leaning Democratic Party gained a surprising 33 seats. Together, nearly 75 percent of the white e...
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... see if de Klerk, pushed by sanctions, internal realities, the threat of renewed violence, the state of the economy, and Washington and London, and with his new, slimmed-down party and the Democrats behind him, prepares his country for the release of black political prisoners, the unbanning of the ANC and other black groups, the further dismantling of apartheid, and serious multiracial talks.
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