David Beresford, the Guardian correspondent who died in Johannesburg last week, leaves a remarkable legacy.
How President FW de Klerk responds to the present political crisis will determine the fate of South Africa.
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/ 19 September 2008
John was born into the African cultural aristocracy. His uncle, Meekly Matshikiza, was a pioneer of South African jazz.
Mail & Guardian editor Phillip van Niekerk’s submission to the Human Rights Commission.
In his television address FW de Klerk presented himself as the reasonable man. But beneath the benign tone lay a much harsher message.
The battle between the government and the ANC is now on the centre court but no one appears to be serving up the aces.
Mandela: An angry man, taking a harder line than before. De Klerk: Under heavy pressure from abroad to get talks moving.
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/ 1 September 1989
FW de Klerk had one moment of public spontaneity in his two days of talks in Zambia and Zaire.
South Africa faces the prospect of a full-scale, extremely costly war in Angola…
2 500 identified as carriers. But some experts put figure at 4 000.