Tag: South Africa
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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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They pray for beloved country By GENE MUSTAIN and MICHAEL O. ALLEN, Daily News Staff Writers
Monday, April 18, 1994 DURBAN—Slowly, Teressa Nxumalo rose to her feet. Eleanor Sidiya was next. And then, around the giant stadium, others began to follow. “Let all those who’ve lost loved ones to political violence please rise,” the preacher said again. Dozens more people began standing. The preacher led a prayer, and then others in…
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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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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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DEMOCRACY MAY BE FACING A DIFFICULT BIRTH
By MICHAEL O. ALLEN and GENE MUSTAIN, Daily News Staff Writers | Sunday, April 24, 1994 JOHANNESBURG—After living much of her life with the perverse indignities of apartheid, voting in South Africa’s historic first all-race elections this week comes down to one thing for Louisa Rakale: “I’ll vote if somebody comes to take me to…
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Face-off in S. Africa_Mandela, de Klerk Share Debate Stage
By GENE MUSTAIN and MICHAEL O. ALLEN, Daily News Staff Writers | Friday, April 15, 1994 DURBAN, South Africa—In what was unimaginable just four years ago, a black man and a white man seeking to lead this country into democracy appeared on the same stage last night and asked South Africans for color-blind support. The…
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CASTING OUT APARTHEID: White Rule Dying Amid Ballots
By MICHAEL O. ALLEN and GENE MUSTAIN, Daily News Staff Writers | Wednesday, April 27, 1994 JOHANNESBURG—Filled with indescribable emotions, South Africa’s liberation hero, Nelson Mandela, will vote today for the first time in his remarkable life. Mandela, the former political prisoner poised to become the first president of the new South Africa, is set…
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NATION HEADS TO POLLS: South Africans Turn Out in Force in 1st All-Race Vote
By MICHAEL O. ALLEN and GENE MUSTAIN, Daily News Staff Writers | Thursday, April 28, 1994 JOHANNESBURG—Their freedom finally at hand, millions upon jubilant millions of blacks voted for the first time yesterday and began sending the last colonial outpost on the Africa continent into the history books. On an epic day of stirring images…
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NATION HEADS TO POLLS_Family Steps Out of Shadows
By MICHAEL O. ALLEN and GENE MUSTAIN, Daily News Staff Writers | Thursday, April 28, 1994 SOWETO—As dusk turned to dawn on the historic day, Wilson Gwala forgot about his bad heart and his recent kidney problems, and refused to wait. Someone was supposed to come take him to the polls later in the day,…