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Phillip Van Niekerk
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/ 31 March 1988

The ‘secret war’ gets ever more dirty

Murders in Paris and Lesotho, cross-border raids, bombings … diplomacy has taken a black seat.

By Phillip Van Niekerk
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/ 4 March 1988

Elections thrashing: PW slams ‘foreign’ elements

President PW Botha yesterday blamed ”foreign interference” and ”actions by radical elements that break internal laws”

By Phillip Van Niekerk
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/ 29 January 1988

The warlords who walk free

Natal violence: Seven interdicts, yet no investigations …

By Phillip Van Niekerk
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/ 22 January 1988

No union garland for Franz Josef

There has been international speculation that Strauss is on a mission to examine the prospects of a negotiated settlement in the subcontinent

By Phillip Van Niekerk
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/ 4 December 1987

Six mystery SA activists speak at huge ANC summit

Six anonymous activists from inside South Africa addressed delegates at the ANC conference in Arusha, Tanzania, this week.

By Phillip Van Niekerk
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/ 30 October 1987

Behind the Inkatha-UDF violence

Behind the lines in a bloody war which has claimed 150 lives.

By Phillip Van Niekerk
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/ 16 October 1987

Blacks do back sanctions, warns survey

Despite hardships, support for pressure higher than in 1985.

By Phillip Van Niekerk
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/ 28 August 1987

The striker who went home to starve

And to watch his neighbours queuing for his job.

By Phillip Van Niekerk
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/ 14 June 1985

Slow progress in union unity talks

Like the soap opera <em>Dallas</em> the trade union unity talks seem to lurch from season to season without ever reaching finality.

By Phillip Van Niekerk
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