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.
The battle between the government and the ANC is now on the centre court but no one appears to be serving up the aces.
In his television address FW de Klerk presented himself as the reasonable man. But beneath the benign tone lay a much harsher message.
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.