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- Feb. 15, 1993: On Second Thought ...
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- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1993
- Feb. 15, 1993 The Chemistry of Love
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- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- THE WEEK, Page 16
- WORLD
- On Second Thought...</hdr>
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- <p>South Africa's ruling whites propose a bill of rights of their
- own
- </p>
- <p> During its 45 years in power, South Africa's governing National
- Party has routinely detained, deported and denied blacks their
- right to vote. Now that it must soon share power with blacks,
- the white regime is undergoing what one white M.P.
- sarcastically called a "deathbed conversion." Officials unveiled
- a postapartheid bill of rights aimed at preventing a black
- government from ever carrying out similar abuses against the
- white minority. The African National Congress swiftly denounced
- the proposal as a blatant move "to protect the haves against the
- have-nots."
- </p>
- <p> Johannesburg, meanwhile, was virtually shut down by a
- violent taxi-driver strike. The protesters, whose minibuses
- daily shuttle thousands of blacks between the city and adjacent
- townships, claim they are constantly harassed by traffic police.
- Gasoline-bomb attacks against government-owned buses and a
- blockade of city streets led to pitched battles with security
- forces, during which at least two people were killed and 100
- injured.
- </p>
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- </body>
- </article>
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