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<text id=90TT0164>
<title>
Jan. 22, 1990: World Notes:South Africa
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1990
Jan. 22, 1990 A Murder In Boston
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<source>Time Magazine</source>
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WORLD, Page 47
World Notes
SOUTH AFRICA
Any Week Now, Really
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<p> When Winnie Mandela appeared after a visit to her husband
at the Victor Verster prison farm near Cape Town last week, she
was radiant and smiling. For the first time Nelson Mandela had
talked about making arrangements for his homecoming. According
to family lawyer Dullah Omar, the black nationalist leader who
has been imprisoned since 1962 was "buoyant, confident and
raring to go."
</p>
<p> While no date is set for Mandela's freedom, President F.W.
de Klerk is almost certain to let him go within the next few
weeks, possibly during the opening session of the South African
parliament in early February. Mandela's release could be
followed by the unbanning of the African National Congress, the
liberation of political detainees and the return of A.N.C.
exiles to South Africa, helping prepare the way for a
round-table conference to discuss a new constitution that will
finally give blacks the vote.
</p>
<p> Those actions will depend on the behavior of Mandela and the
A.N.C. In its 78th anniversary message from Lusaka last week,
the A.N.C. urged an intensification of the armed struggle
against the South African government. Privately, however,
A.N.C. officials admitted that they had reduced their military
operations and that if De Klerk delivered a reasonable package
of reforms, they would be prepared to talk about talks.
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