Tag: Cape Town
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"A Tiny Ripple of Hope"
I came across this speech (Facebook, then Daily Kos) and thought I should share: Mr. Chancellor, Mr. Vice Chancellor, Professor Robertson, Mr. Diamond, Mr. Daniel, and Ladies and Gentlemen I come here this evening because of my deep interest and affection for a land settled by the Dutch in the mid-seventeenth century, then taken over…
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BREAKING THE CHAINS
By GENE MUSTAIN and MICHAEL O. ALLEN, Daily News Staff Writers | Sunday, April 3, 1994 JOHANNESBURG—Against a backdrop of hope and fear, a nation’s epic march toward democracy has entered a bloody home stretch. The people of South Africa—including, for the first time, the majority black population—will go to the polls later this month…
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SEARCH FOR MEANING IN SLAY
By GENE MUSTAIN and MICHAEL O. ALLEN, Daily News Staff Writers | Sunday, April 24, 1994 CAPE TOWN—The trial is in its sixth tedious month, but residents of the area anxious whites call the Ring of Fire still come into town to cheer the young comrades accused of murdering Amy Biehl. From the courtroom balcony,…
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S. AFRICA IS EYING THE PRIZE
By MICHAEL O. ALLEN, Daily News Staff Writer | Sunday, April 24, 1994 SOWETO—With rousing gusto, Nelson Mandela and some 60,000 frenzied supporters celebrated the approaching end of a bitter journey yesterday here in the place where their freedom quest began nearly 20 years ago. They did the toyi-toyi, the dance of celebration. They sang…
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Mandela, ANC Readying for Power
By MICHAEL O. ALLEN, Daily News Staff Writer | Sunday, May 8, 1994 JOHANNESBURG—South Africa’s new national assembly sits for the first time tomorrow, and the African National Congress, which holds 252 of the chamber’s 400 seats, will select Nelson Mandela, as president. On Tuesday, he will be sworn in as the nation’s first president…