David Beresford, the Guardian correspondent who died in Johannesburg last week, leaves a remarkable legacy.
Mail & Guardian editor Phillip van Niekerk’s submission to the Human Rights Commission.
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/ 25 February 2000
The Human Rights Commission says that it served subpoenas on newspaper editors, including the editor of the Mail & Guardian, Phillip van Niekerk, because it believed this was the only way of ensuring their attendance at the hearings. The Mail & Guardian never refused to attend.
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 trial: The mother of the nation has been killed — politically. <b>Phillip van Niekerk</b> reports.
Mandela: An angry man, taking a harder line than before. De Klerk: Under heavy pressure from abroad to get talks moving.
Like the soap opera <em>Dallas</em> the trade union unity talks seem to lurch from season to season without ever reaching finality.