Tag: Nelson Mandela
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Mandela Sworn in as Freedom Reigns
By MICHAEL O. ALLEN, Daily News Staff Writer | Wednesday, May 11, 1994 PRETORIA—Climaxing his journey from political prisoner to nation builder, Nelson Mandela assumed the office of president of South Africa yesterday vowing that “never again” would racial exploitation be tolerated. In a joyous ceremony that marked the end of the country’s pariah status…
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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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TAKE NOTE, AMERICANS_Lessons from Across the Sea
By MICHAEL O. ALLEN, Daily News Staff Writer | Sunday, April 3, 1994 Saraan Ajaye did not even know South Africa was a country until she took a human rights course a year ago. Ajaye, a senior at the Bronx alternative high school Schomburg Satelite Academy, now sees the country’s gallop to democracy after three…
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CAULDRON OF CHANGE
Text: MICHAEL O. ALLEN; Maps & Design: JIM WILLIS | Sunday, April 3, 1994 HISTORY’S LESSONS South Africa, as it enters a world made uncertain by the end of apartheid, should look to the post-independence experiences of Namibia and Zimbabwe. The same fears being raised today about South Africa’s stumble to democracy were raised in…
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MANDELA—BORN TO RULE
By GENE MUSTAIN and MICHAEL O. ALLEN, Daily News Staff Writers | Sunday, April 3, 1994 JOHANNESBURG—He carries himself like he was born to power—and he was, 75 years ago, in a hut at the bottom of the African continent. His family ran the village; a cousin, with whom he lived while a teen, was…
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DE KLERK—WHITE HOPE
By MICHAEL O. ALLEN, Daily News Staff Writer | Sunday, April 3, 1994 The scenes are stunning: blacks lustily cheering apartheid scion Frederik Willem de Klerk as he campaigns for re-election to the presidency of South Africa. The happy candidate obliges by donning Zulu tribal hats, carrying spears and cowhide shields. “I’m white,” he told…
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Blacks live in N.Y.—that’s no put on
By GENE MUSTAIN and MICHAEL O. ALLEN, Daily News Staff Writers | Monday, April 11, 1994 JOHANNESBURG—This is a time and a city for keeping a journal: Yes, Princess, New York is in the U.S.A. and black people live there. Most black South Africans have had little contact with American blacks, so little that Princess…
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The killing fields of Zululand
By GENE MUSTAIN and MICHAEL O. ALLEN, Daily News Staff Writers | Sunday, April 17, 1994 DURBAN—Andy Cox wept for South Africa last week. He cried when his frantic search through the lush green bush of Zululand came to its dreadful end, and he wept again when he faced the relatives of the missing men.…
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Deal to Bring Zulus into Election Nears
By MICHAEL O. ALLEN and GENE MUSTAIN, Daily News Staff Writers | Tuesday, April 19, 1994 JOHANNESBURG—South African leaders appear to be the on the brink of a breakthrough agreement that would bring the Inkatha Freedom Party into next week’s historic election. During talks in Pretoria involving Inkatha leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi, President F. W. de…
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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…