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- WORLD, Page 39World NotesSOUTH AFRICATerror in The Townships
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- Armed with spears, knives, axes and the occasional AK-47,
- rival supporters of the African National Congress and the Zulu-
- led Inkatha Freedom Party fought one another day and night in the
- townships of Johannesburg last week. At least 100 were killed,
- including two nephews of Nelson Mandela. The struggle between
- the two groups has escalated this year, and President F.W. de
- Klerk warned last week that if the violence is not stopped, the
- country faces civil war.
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- De Klerk called on the groups' leaders to join him at a
- "summit on violence" in late May, but the A.N.C. has declared
- it will boycott the meeting. The A.N.C. alleges that security
- forces side with the Zulus in the fighting, often leaving A.N.C.
- members to be slaughtered by Inkatha supporters, and has set a
- May 9 deadline for the government to dismiss the two Cabinet
- ministers responsible for security matters and to stop the
- bloodshed. The A.N.C. says it will withdraw from all talks on
- the country's future if this deadline is not met, but De Klerk
- maintained last week that he would not allow the process of
- reform to be sabotaged by such threats.
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