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- WORLD, Page 61World NotesSOUTH AFRICAUnexpected Visitor
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- As the entourage made its way around the country's largest
- black township, young men cried, "Viva, comrade!" and children
- shouted, "Welcome!" Greetings for African National Congress
- leader Nelson Mandela? No. Last week crowds in Soweto (pop. 2
- million) were showing appreciation for a white politician.
- President F.W. de Klerk took an unannounced tour of Soweto
- following weeks of violence involving rival black factions and
- security forces. Blacks cheered De Klerk, explained Agnes
- Molahlehi, 25, a nursing student, because he freed Mandela and
- has taken steps to abolish apartheid.
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- But the violence shows no sign of abating. Later in the
- week, two black gunmen opened fire at a Johannesburg train
- station, killing five blacks.
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