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- <title>
- Dec. 31, 1990: World Notes:South Africa
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1990
- Dec. 31, 1990 The Best Of '90
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- WORLD, Page 33
- World Notes
- SOUTH AFRICA
- A Divided Congress
- </hdr>
- <body>
- <p> Joy should have reigned last week among members of the
- African National Congress as the long-outlawed group held its
- first conference inside South Africa in 30 years. Instead,
- rancor erupted as the A.N.C.'s veteran leadership clashed with
- the younger, hard-line rank and file. President Oliver Tambo,
- back from three decades of exile, suggested the easing of
- economic sanctions against South Africa in light of recent
- reforms, but was voted down. Nelson Mandela, criticized for
- meeting with government officials without consulting the A.N.C.
- membership, said his opponents "do not understand the nature of
- negotiations."
- </p>
- <p> The conference ended with a warning that the A.N.C. would
- pull out of talks with Pretoria unless the government freed all
- political prisoners and permitted all exiles to return by next
- April 30. Delegates also threatened a campaign of strikes and
- boycotts to back up their demands. President F.W. de Klerk
- warned in turn against such "outmoded" radicalism, calling on
- the A.N.C. to decide whether it wanted peaceful, negotiated
- solutions or a return to the confrontations of the past.
- </p>
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- </body>
- </article>
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