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<text id=90TT1067>
<title>
Apr. 30, 1990: World Notes:South Africa
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TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1990
Apr. 30, 1990 Vietnam 15 Years Later
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<source>Time Magazine</source>
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WORLD, Page 67
World Notes
SOUTH AFRICA
A Zephyr Of Change
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<p> President F.W. de Klerk promised major changes in apartheid
last week--but not yet in the system's mainstays. The
reformist politician said he would pursue repeal of the
Separate Amenities Act, a 1953 law that provides for
segregation of public facilities. Disappointingly, De Klerk
pledged reform but not repeal of the laws that define
residential apartheid, reserve just 13% of the nation's land
for the black majority, and classify all citizens by race.
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<p> The South African leader again rejected the central demand
of the opposition African National Congress: majority rule on
the basis of one man, one vote. White power, the President made
clear, must be protected. Said De Klerk: "Those who enjoy full
political rights at present are not prepared to bow out
apologetically from the stage of history."
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