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<text id=89TT2229>
<title>
Aug. 28, 1989: World Notes:South Africa
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1989
Aug. 28, 1989 World War II:50th Anniversary
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<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
WORLD, Page 27
World Notes
SOUTH AFRICA
Are Only the Initials New?
</hdr><body>
<p> Trailing King Lear-like complaints of being ignored,
President P.W. Botha, 73, resigned last week. National Party
leader F.W. de Klerk was named acting President by the Cabinet
until next month's parliamentary elections can formalize the
succession. The question is whether this change will make a
difference.
</p>
<p> None at all, sniffed Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu. "It
is just a change of initials from P.W. to F.W.," said the Nobel
laureate. Other black leaders took the same view, noting that
while De Klerk talks of dismantling apartheid, he supports
segregation in housing, education and politics.
</p>
<p> De Klerk insisted that the country was on the "threshold of
a new era" and announced he would meet on Aug. 28 with Zambian
President Kenneth Kaunda. Kaunda is expected to press De Klerk
to negotiate with the outlawed African National Congress.
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</body></article>
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