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- WORLD, Page 64World NotesSOUTH AFRICAGood News, Bad News
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- When President F.W. De Klerk lifted emergency rule last
- June, he left the security regulations intact in the province
- of Natal, where fighting between the followers of the Zulu
- political movement Inkatha and the African National Congress
- has claimed 4,000 lives since 1986. Last week De Klerk freed
- Natal from the restrictions, thus removing a major obstacle to
- negotiations with the A.N.C. over a new constitution. Though
- violence still flares occasionally in Natal, the province has
- grown calmer since De Klerk dispatched additional troops there
- in April.
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- Meanwhile, De Klerk is not likely to attain full compliance
- with last week's repeal of the Separate Amenities Act, the
- 37-year-old law that segregated public facilities such as
- beaches, swimming pools, parks and libraries. Towns controlled
- by the right-wing Conservative Party are ready to keep blacks
- out of their public places under "undesirable visitors" laws.
- Others will charge blacks up to $200 for library membership and
- allow entrance to swimming pools only to white season-ticket
- holders.
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