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FBIS-AFR-96-014 22 January 1996
CENTRAL AFRICA
Burundi
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Burundi: U.S. Envoy Albright Warns Against ‘Abuse of Violence’ [London International! _.... 2
Rwandan Refugees Reach Tanzanian Border; Troops Burn Camp [AFP]. ..........:.:cccccsessesssesesees 2
Chad
Chadian Cabinet Reaffirms Commitment to National Reconciliation (Ndjamena Radio] _.......... 2
Chad: Party Leader Views Franceville Talks, Elections [Ndjamena Radio] .............sc0c0sssssseoees 3
Rwanda
U.S. Envoy Albright Begins Visit to Rwanda /Kigali Radio]
U.S. Envoy Notes America’s ‘Concerns’ Over Rwanda [AFP] ou.........c.ccccccccscessessssesesseeees
Rwandan Tribunal Begins Exhuming Victims of Genocide [Kigali Radio] ...........c.ccccccssssssee. 4
Zaire
Zaire: Kinshasa Governor Sacked for ‘Abuse of Power’ [Paris International] ..............ccccccc0000 4
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
Mandela To Initiate "Urgent Peace Talks’ in KwaZulu/Natal [SAPA] .........ccccccsscscscssesseseeeeseeeecneeeeees
South African President Meets With King Zwelithini (Johannesburg Radio] ...........cc.ccsccssseeesesseeeeees
Report Raises Questions on Mandela's Meeting With Zulu King [ILANGA 18-19 Jan] ...........000000+.
Mandela Spokesman Denies King’s Remarks Refer To Buthelezi (Johannesburg Radio] _..................
South Africa: Interparty Relations Improve Following Germany Trip (MAIL & GUARDIAN 19-25
Jan]
South African Justice Minister Discusses Bill of Rights, SUEnSiStAy SEG SEoS vER eSErS nESEm EHe EnEE tEE E SE [SEJEEoSEh EaSEnT nEeEHsESbEEuEErEEg EH EREE aSdESHi oH]EH E HOES
South Africa: ANC Says Report Supports Accusations Against IFP [SAPA] ..............ccssesssssseeseessnees
: Afrikaner Group Said To Embark on Strategy To Confront ANC [NEW NATION 19
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Statistics Show ‘Apartheid Wage Gap’ Persists in South Africa [NEW NATION 19 Jan] ........00..00004
South African Union Says ‘Bad Management’ Behind Planned Mine Retrenchments /SAPA] _..........
NIA: Number of Foreign Spies in South Africa Increases ‘Dramatically’ [Johannesburg Radio] _.....
South African Navy To Hold Exercises With U.S. Navy /SAPA] cc~DUAoosm woAne Doa~Hw
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South African Press Review for 21 Jan [SATURDAY STAR 20 Jan]
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SOUTHERN AFRICA
Angola
Angolan Premier Sees Albright’s Visit as Good Sign “War is Over’ [Lisbon Radio] _............... 12
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U.S. Envoy Albright Gives Angolan Leaders ‘Serious Warning’ [Luanda Radio] __.............000 13
Angola: Albright Arrives in Bailundo, Meets UNITA Leadership /Jamba Voz da Resistencia] 13
Angola: Savimbi Addresses 15th Annual UNITA Party Conference [Jamba Voz da Resistencia] 14
Angola: Savimbi Tells UNITA Conference ‘It Is Time for Peace’ [Lisbon TV] seteseeceaeeeeeees 14
Angola: Savimbi- Dos Santos Meeting Reportedly Postponed [AFP] caeeneelapeaeennameniiamennesmans 15
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Mozambique
Mozambique: AIM Correspondent Replies to U.S. Ambassador [MEDIAFAX] __....... ieeneseeusteses 17
Mozambican Interior Minister: Police To Expel All ‘Chimwenje’ [Maputo Radio] _.................. 18
WEST AFRICA
Ghana
Ghanaian President: Peacekeepers Not To Quit Liberia [AFP] oo... ccccccsscssesesseseeeeseeeneenenenes 19
Ghana: Rawlings Urges Stronger Relations With ‘Friendly Nations’ {Accra Radio] _................. 19
Liberia
Liberian Civilians Drawn Into Conflict, Used as Virtual Hostages [London International] _....... 20
Liberia: ULIMO’s Johnson Denies Holding Civilians Hostage [London International] _............ 20
Mali President Konare Gives Address on Army Anniversary [Bamako Radio] ..............0c0000. 21
Nigeria
Nigeria: Official Confirms Airport Explosion; Panic Experienced [London International] _.......
Nigerian Ballistic Experts Investigate Hotel Parcel Bomb [Lagos TV] o.....cccccccccsssscessseseseeeeeeees
Nigeria: Activist Fawehinmi Denies Links With Explosions {London International] _.................
Nigeria: Investigations Into Presidential Plane Crash Begin [Lagos Radio] ..........cccccseceeeee
Nigeria: Youth Movement Warns ‘Terrorists’ Against Bombings [Kaduna Radio] _...................
Nigerian Government Fires 6,000 Civil Servants in ‘Purge’ [London International] _.................
Nigerian Media Urged To Aid Smooth Return to Civilian Rule [Lagos Radio] ............ccc006
Nigeria: New Sierra Leonean Leader Bio Briefs Abacha on Situation /Lagos Radio] __..............
Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Bio Receives Guinean Delegation, Explains Changes /Freetown Radio] _............
Sierra Leone: Bio Concludes ‘Successful’ Visit to Guinea [Freetown Radio] ............c0c0c00000:
Sierra Leone: Chairman Bio's Ministerial Appointments Announced /Freetown Radio] _..........
Sierra Leone: Biographical Background on Maada Bio Broadcast [London International] _.......
Sierra Leone: Mercenary Convoy Arrives in Bo Despite RUF Attacks /London International |
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Burundi On Friday, the 15-member Council was discussing rec-
ommendations from UN High Commissioner Sadako
Burundi: Government Rules Out UN Presence, Ogata, who visited Bujumbura earlier this month.
Now im ‘War’ Situation Butrus-Ghali also discussed the situation on Thursday
AB1901180296 Paris AFP in English with four key Security Council members.
1729 GMT 19 Jan 96
Ogata is notably calling for urgent dispatch of a
(FBIS Transcribed Text) UNITED NATIONS, Jan 19 "technical security mission" which could study the
(AFP) — The Burundi Government on Friday [19 feasibility of deploying UN guards.
January) firmly rejected any UN military deployment
She also wants closer cooperation between the United
inside or outside the African country’s borders fearing
Nations and Organisation of African Unity military
a troop presence could further fuel tensions.
observers to improve liaison between the humanitarian
The letter released by the Burundian ambassador to community and Burundi's fragiie coalition government.
the United Nations, Nsanze Terence was issued as
Burundi’s state radio is now describing the situation as
the UN Security Council was in session discussing
limited measures aimed at helping to prevent an ethnic “war.”
bloodbath in Burundi.
Bujumbura Reportedly Relaxed; Tutsi Extremists
UN spokeswoman Sylvana Foa said Friday UN Secre- Isolated
tary General Butrus Butrus-Ghali was “extremely pre-
BR1901144096 Groot-Bijgaarden DE STANDAARD
occupied” about the situation in Burundi.
in Dutch 19 Jan96 p6
The letter categorically rejected a proposal from Butrus-
[Report by Rik de Gendt: "Burundian Tutsi Extremists
Ghali for international troops to be stationed in Zaire in
Become Isolated" }
order to intervene if necessary inside Burundi.
(FBIS Translated Text} Brussels — After four days of
It said that “far from serving as a deterrent, the military
general strike in the Burundian capital of Bujumbura,
presence in the immediate vicinity of Burundi would
the initiators, radical Tutsis, are becoming increasingly
appear to be a sword of Damocles" which would
isolated. That this is being brought about through the
provoke “constant psychotic fear.”
actions of the Army is a remarkable development, to
Already, the ambassador said, “the threat of a deploy- say the least.
ment of troops provisionally based abroad or of military
Yesterday Bujumbura was strikingly relaxed, a fellow
intervention without transition is provoking a climate of
Belgian told DE STANDAARD by telephone. Offices,
uneasiness in Burundi.”
schools, and government departments remained closed,
The letter also expressed hostility to Butrus-Ghali's but both the big market and most food shops and
proposal for UN guards to be stationed inside Burundi chemists were open and attracted many customers.
to protect humanitarian workers. Soldiers and policemen were visible in the streets and
had the situation under control. A demonstration in the
The plan had “no raison d'etre and meets with the
Place de |’ Independance in the city center was dissolved
Opposition of my government” which feared that such
before it could get properly under way.
a deployment would be a “Trojan horse" leading to
“military intervention proper.” Unlike in previous strike actions, opposition politicians
and above ail the Army, which consists almost exclu-
The Burundi government stressed that the United Na-
sively of Tutsis, distanced themselves both in public and
tions should instead offer “all necessary assistance with
in practice from the calls and actions of the extremist
a view to the settlement of the nation's problems by Bu-
Tutsi militias. According to two independent sources,
rundians themselves,” including increased humanitarian
their leader, Deo Niyonzima, was reported to have been
assistance.
detained.
The government has previously expressed opposition to
"A power struggle seems to be taking place within the
Butrus-Ghali’s proposals, notably after the secretary-
Tutsi ethnic minority,” according to our correspondent.
general on December 29 insisted that the Security
"Many ordinary citizens are sick to death of the terror
Council should give consideration to his idea for a
and intimidation. Even in the Tutsi Ngagara neighbor-
preventive force and protective guards.
hood the inhabitants are no longer letting themselves
But the Security Council has so far failed to act on the be scared so easily by the otherwise much-feared youth
proposals which were first put forward in 1994.
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President Sylvestre Ntibantunganya and the ministers that 17,000 Rwandan Hutus from the Ntamba camp
of the government of Prime Minister Nduwayo are — untroubled by security problems — headed for the
cuntinuing their "pacification campaign” in the interior. border after Tanzania allowed some 15,000 Rwandan
Yesterday Ntibantunganya even went to the badly hit Hutus from the nearby Mugano camp to cross in the
province of Bubanza. past few days after clashes at or near that camp.
Flight Mise had said Thursday that the first wave of fleeing
refugees had left the Mugano camp empty.
Heavy fighting in the north-east of Burundi had driven
15,000 Rwandan Hutu refugees from their camp over The Rwandans in Burundi had fled their own country
the past days. The Hutus have fled over the Tanzanian during a three-month civil war in 1994 in which Hutu
border, which is 2 km from the Mugano camp. During extremists slaughtered more than $00,000 men, women
the past weeks an approximately equal number of and children before being defeated by a rebel army of
people had already left because they no longer felt the minority Tutsis.
safe. The head of the local UNHCR, Mise Hitoshi,
In Burundi, Rwanda’s twin, they found they were in
said on Thursday [18 January] that the Mugano camp
an incipient civil war, with clashes between the Tutsi-
"had ceased to exist" on Wednesday evening due to the
dominated army and Hutu militias, and massacres of
fighting in the area.
civilians by both sides, resulting in a death toll estimated
by diplomats and relief workers at around 30 a day.
Burundi: U.S. Envoy Albright Warns Against
‘Abuse of Violence’ Tanzania, which already hosts close to 800,000 Rwan-
AB2001 184096 London BBC World Service dan and Burundian refugees, closed its border with Bu-
in English 1705 GMT 20 Jan 96 rundi in March last year and sent soldiers to the frontier
in a bid to halt infiltrations.
(From ‘he African news]
Burundian soldiers went into the Ntamaba camp Sunday
(FBIS Tyanscribed Text] The U.S. ambassador to the
afternoon after the last refugees left it and started setting
United Nations, Madeleine Albright, has warned the
fire to their huts, Mise said later.
Government of Burundi that the country must not be
allowed to fall into what she called a hopeless abuse "My interpretation of that is that the local authorities
of violence. She was speaking after talks in the capital, will not allow the refugees to return,” he said.
Bujumbura, with the prime minister, Antoine Nduwayo,
Mise said he would hold talks early Monday with
on ways of ending the ethnic violence there.
Burundian government officials on the plight of the
Yesterday, the UN Security Council agreed to send a refugees.
delegation to Burundi to examine ways of improving
They are stranded now — unable to enter Tanzania, and
security. particularly for relief workers who have been
with no camp to go back to.
forced by the violence to abandon their operations in
many parts of the country. Ms. Albright has now gone to That means they are camping rough, with little food,
Rwanda. She is due to visit doctors who are exhuming water or shelter.
a mass grave in the western town of Kibuye, where
thousands of Tutsis were killed during the worst period Chad
of ethnic violence almost two years ago.
Chadian Cabinet Reaffirms Commitment to
Rwandan Refugees Reach Tanzanian Border; National Reconciliation
Troops Bura Camp
AB1901123096 Ndjamena Radiodiffusion Nationale
AB2101191796 Paris AFP in English Tchadienne in French 0530 GMT 19 Jan 96
1856 GMT 21 Jan 96
[FBIS Translated Excerpt] The Cabinet met yesterday in
(FBIS Transcribed Text} Bujumbura, Jan 21 (AFP) — its regular session under the chairmanship of President
A second wave of thousands of Rwandan refugees Idriss Deby. Here is a report by Yusuf Mbodou Mbani,
encamped in Burundi reached the country's border with minister of communication and government spokesman:
Tanzania Sunday night but Tanzanian authorities were
[Begin Mbani recording] The Cabinet met in its regular
refusing to allow them across, a senior UN official told
session on 18 January under the chairmanship of His
AFP.
Excellency Idriss Deby, president of the Republic, head
Hitoshi Mise, the senior representative in Burundi of of state, and chairman of the Council of Ministers. Eight
the UN High Commissioner for Refgees (UNHCR) said items were on the agenda. [passage omitted]
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When it came time to present reports, the minister and open elections with the others, and because of that
of public works, housing, and transport and leader of certain conditions have to be met. If those conditions are
the government delegation to the Franceville confer- met, the PNRD will contest the elections. However, it is
ence briefe.| the Cabinet on the conference. This re- Clear that the government wants to force things in order
port was thoroughly discussed by the ministers. Af- to organize the elections, and this is not right. We simply
ter the discussions, the government reaffirmed its de- want to say that whatever measures the government
termination and complete readiness to pursthue peol . takes, it will always find the PNRD standing in its way.
icy of dialogue, peace, and national recunciliation. The [end recording]
Franceville meeting constituted an irnportant stage in
this direction. This process, which has been initiated, Rwanda
will be maintained and contacts continued with the po-
litical parties and the armed political groups which sin- U.S. Envoy Albright Begins Visit to Rwanda
cerely wish to contribute to the advancement uf the EA2001202696 Kigali Radio Rwanda in French
democratic achievements. 1800 GMT 20 Jan 96
In addition to these measures it is taking in favor of (FBIS Translated Excerpt] Ms. Madeleine Albright, the
peace, the government is committed to pursuing the U.S. permanent representative to the United Nations,
democratic process to the end. To this effect, the gov- arrived in Kigali this aftecnoon. Ambassador Albright,
ernment wishes to assure all the political organizations who is heading a presidential mission to many African
that adequate security measures will be taken at the right countries, told Radio Rwanda on arrival in the Rwandan
time to ensure that all the consultations take place in Capital that she is in Rwanda to learn about the real
an atmosphere of calm, quietness, tranquility, and with situation of the country after the tragedy of 1994. She
transparency. has also come to meet high-ranking Rwandan officials
on the future of our country. During her visit, Ms.
Finally, the minister of planning and cooperation briefed
Albright will visit Kibuye, among other places. |passage
the Cabinet on the organization, from 29 to 31 January,
omitted)
of a seminar to finalize the reading of the master plan for
the development of the Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti Region.
U.S. Envoy Notes America’s ‘Concerns’ Over
The meeting began at 1100 GMT and ended at 1445
Rwanda
GMT. [end recording]
AB2101155396 Paris AFP in French
Chad: Party Leader Views Franceville Talks, 1506 GMT 21 Jan 96
Elections
(FBIS Translated Text) Kigali, 21 Jan (AFP) —
AB2201 105096 Ndjamena Radiodiffusion Nationale Madeleine Albright, the U.S. permanent representative
Tchadienne in French 1900 GMT 21 Jan 96 to the United Nations, today conveyed to the Rwandan
Government America’s “concerns” on some aspects
(FBIS Translated Text) (Emmanuel Ngelassem
of the Rwandan situation. After meeting with Rwan-
Ladinga), chairman of the National Party for Demo-
dan President Pasteur Bizimungu and Vice President
cratic Renewal (PNRD], held a news conference
General Paul Kagame, Ms. Albright also made a short
yesterday. He spoke about many issues, notably, the
Statement to the press in which she announced that
faiied Franceville meeting, the democratic process,
the United States has released additional funds from
and the upcoming elections. Concerning the failed
its budget “of up to $1 million” as a contribution to
Franceville meeting, the PNRD chairman said the
funding the UN Mission for the Protection of Human
government and other so-called democratic opposi-
Rights in Rwanda.
tion parties are to blame for the breakdown of the
talks. He said his party is prepared to attend another Several European countries and South Africa have re-
roundtable meeting, provided it is held in France and cently pledged funds to enable the survival of this mis-
brings together all the different political actors. Asked sion which, hit by serious financial crisis, is threatened
about the electoral process, which is continuing with with closure by the end of the month. Ms. Albright also
the upcoming referendum on the draft constitution, disclosed that Washington plans to provide two experi-
(Ladinga) said that the PNRD is prepared to participate enced legal experts to sit on the International Tribunal
in all these political contests: for Rwanda, set up by the UN Security Council, to try
persons suspected of involvement in the 1994 genocide.
{Begin (Ladinga) recording] The PNRD is ready to
contest the elections, but it does not want to do so The United States wants to remain “Rwanda's friend
under just any conditions. This is why we agreed on free and ally in the search for peace, justice, and economic
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development,” Ms. Albright continued. She went on to of crimes committed in Rwanda. A team of necrologists
praise the efforts made by the Rwandan Government and archaeologists working for the tribunal yesterday
"to restore stability and to rebuild the infrastructure.” [18 january) began exhuming the remains of genocide
“However,” she added, “I also conveyed to the govern- victims. This exercise is being carried out around the
ment some of our concerns.” First, she said, “the over- Catholic church in Kibuye, where thousands of Rwan-
crowding of prisons must stop,” and detainees suspected dans took refuge and were then massacred. The team,
of iaking part in the genocide must be brought before made up of 15 people, is led by Andrew Thompson from
court. Some 70,000 detainees of the majority Hutu tribe, New Zealand. The site was identified last December af-
accused of involvement in the Tutsi-organized genocide ter the publication of a list of those guilty of genocide,
which claimed the lives of at least 500,000 people in all originating from Kibuye. The site should be conclu-
1994, are packed in Rwanda’s priso:;. sive Mroof cf their guilt.
“The government should liaise closely with the UNHCR After Kibuye, the exhumation exercise will continue
to ensure the return of refugees,” Ms. Albright contin- at (Tinamba) in Kigali town. As a [word indistinct)
ued. So far, in spite of several international conferences, Official stated, the operation is being carried out with
the Hutu refugees — who still number nearly 2 million the authorisation of the Rwandan Defense Ministry and
among Rwanda's neighbors — have refused to return includes UNAMIR [UN Assistance Mission in Rwanda)
home, either because of pressure from Hutu extremists representatives.
or for fear of reprisals from Tutsi soldiers of the new
After the exhumations, the remains of the genocide
army. Ms. Albright further declared that “the safety of
victims will be buried in a dignified manner, with
aid workers and members of the international tribunal
the financial support of UNAMIR. Other exhumation
must be guaranteed before the withdrawal of the UN
exercises will be carried out throughout the country in
Observer Mission in Rwanda, whose mandate — which
accordance with other accusations.
was extended in extremis in December — expires on 8
March.
Zaire
Ms. Albright, who arrived late yesterday in Kigali from
Bujumbura, this morning visited the southwestern town Zaire: Kinshasa Governor Sacked for ‘Abuse of
of Kibuye where experts have begun exhuming corpses Power’
from mass graves for the international tnbunal. This
LD2001145196 Paris Radio France International
visit, which visibly shook Ms. Albright, also made her
in French 1230 GMT 20 Jan 96
realize that Rwanda has gone through “the worst” that
can happen to a country: “the massacre of its people by [FBIS Translated Text) We have just heard that the
its own people.” Zairean Government has sacked the Governor of Kin-
shasa Mungul Diaka for abuse of power. He is accused
Before leaving Kigali for Cairo in the middle of the
of mismanaging public funds and has been asked to ac-
day, Ms. Albright visited a “center for unaccompanied
count for the whereabouts of a missing $640,000.
children,” an orphanage where 85 children are gradually
recovering from their nightmares. The children executed
Rwandan traditional dances to welcome her, and Ms.
Albright danced with them. Apart from Burundi and
Rwanda, Ms. Albright’s African tour has also taken her
to Liberia and Angola.
Rwandan Tribunal Begins Exhuming Victims of
Genocide
EA1901171896 Kigali Radio Rwanda in French
1100 GMT 19 Jan 96
(FBIS Translated Text] An international criminal tn-
bunal on Rwanda is engaged 1n finding irrefutable proof
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Mandela To Initiate "Urgent Peace Talks’ in [Begin Mandela recording] The real truth is that mem-
KwaZule/Natal bers of the IFP [Inkatha Freedom Party] are killing
MBI1901141196 Johannesburg SAPA in English members of the ANC. Members of the ANC are killing
1350 GMT 19 Jan 96 members of the IFP. Members of the IFP and the ANC
are killing innocent people, but there is also an even
(FBIS Transcribed Text} NONGOMA Jan 19 SAPA more important fact, that there are elements who are
— President Nelson Mandela on Friday said he would not members of the IFP, who are not members of the
initiate a round of urgent peace talks in KwaZulu-Natal, ANC, who are orchestrating this violence because it is
leading up to a gathering of the Zulu nation (imbizo) to in their interest that we should return back to the days
be held pussibly before the end of the month. of apartheid. [end recording)
King Goodwill said he was happy to cal) the imbizo in
The imbizo vould be preceded by a meeting of Inkatha
an attempt to bring to an end the senseless killing of his
Freedom Party [IFP) leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi
subjects.
and African National Congress provincial leader Jacob
Zuma on Saturday to discuss plans for the long-awaited
Report Raises Questions on Mandela’s Meeting
imbizo, which was aimed at stamping out violence in
With Zulu King
KwaZulu-Natal. Speaking after a three-hour meeting
with Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini at the king's MB1901183596 Durban ILANGA in Zulu
KwaKhangela Palace near Nongoma, Mandela said 18-19 Jan 96 p 3
the imbizo, authorised by Zwelithini, would hopefully
(FBIS Translated Text] The upcoming 19 January meet-
recoacile rival political parties in the province.
ing between King Zwelithini and President Mandela has
“This is a very important and significant development,” raised many questions, the main question being what the
meeting's real intention is. Could it be that the publi-
Mandela said. “It (the imbizo) is going to be a wa-
tershed mecting because we are going to address all cized reason is genuine or is there a hidden agenda?
the problems that have led to the killing of people in
The president's office recently announced that the visit's
this province.” Political violence was turning KwaZulu-
purpose would be twofold. First, it would be to mourn
Natal into a “ghost province” and continued to humiliate
the death of King Zwelithini's father, King Bhekuzulu,
the Zulu nation, Mandela said. "We must now concen-
which occurred while President Mandela was still in
trate all our energy to make sure the violence stops.
prison, and, second, to try ending violence in KwaZulu/
Natal.
“We can not see the Zulu people being humiliated by
being made to kill each other,” Mandela said. Both the At one time President Mandela was quoted as saying
ANC and the IFP were partly to blame for the killing, that he would pay the Zulu king a visit to encourage him
he said. However, the role of third force elemenis in to revive an old Zulu custom, imbizo — a gathering of
orchestrating the violence was of particular concern. the king's subjects at his residence to discuss national
“There are clements who are not members of either issues. According to other newspaper reports, Mandela
the ANC or the IFP who are orchestrating the violence will not only meet the Zulu king about the violence and
because it is in their interest to return to the days of peace initiatives in the region, but he also will meet
apartheid,” said Mandela. Gatsha Buthelezi and Jacob Zuma on the same issues.
The reports add that Mandela also would like to mediate
South African President Meets With King
in the conflict between the king and Gatsha, whose
Zwelithini
relations have been strained for some time. It remains
MB1901181896 Johannesburg SAfm Radio Network
to be seen how successful these meetings will be, and
in English 1500 GMT 19 Jan 96
how acceptable it will be to the Zulu nation.
{[FBIS Transcribed Text] Zulu King Goodwill ILANGA can reveal that there are attempts being made
Zwelithini, following discussions with President by certain church leaders to mediate the conflict between
Nelson Mandela today, is to call for a multiparty meet- the Zulu king and Buthelezi, and President Mandela has
ing in KwaZulu/Natal. Speaking after their meeting at been asked to be present at that meeting, though it is
the king's Nongoma palace in northern KwaZulwNatal, not clear what his role will be. When President Mandela
President Mandela said he wanted the Zulu nation, in met traditional leaders on 15 December in Durban he
the light of worsening violence in the province, to lay made a promise that he would meet them later. It is
their complaints against the central government at an now unclear whether this series of meetings is part of
imbizo, or national gathering. his promise.
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Mandela Spokesman Denies King’s Remarks Refer power to make decisions, certain!y there would have
To Buthelezi been movement on issues because we were able to
understand a lot of things collectively.”
MB2101210096 Johannesburg SAfm Radio Network
in English 1600 GMT 21 Jan 96 Mzimela believed there would be follow-up talks be-
tween parties on what had been learnt, but would not
(FBIS Transcribed Text} Presidential spokesman Parks
commit himself on whether the IFP would return to the
Mankahlana has confirmed that Zulu King Goodwill
Zwelithini has asked President Nelson Mandela to pre- Constitutional Assembly to participate fully in the final,
vent traditional leaders from being involved in party pol- and most important, phases of the constitutional nego-
itics. Mr. Mankahlana was reacting to a Sunday news- tiations.
paper report indicating that the monarch had referred He said international mediation had not been mentioned
specifically to Inkatha leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi. during the visit, and in any case “the media have
According to the report, King Goodwill had appealed overplayed the whole issue”.
to President Mandela to impose a constitutional ban on
political involvement by Mr. Buthelez) and other tradi- “If we in South Africa could solve our problems, we
tional leaders. would not need international mediation ... What we did
realise abroad was that the international mediation was
Mr. Mankahlana said President Mandela had not un-
not just an IFP and ANC problem, it was a problem to
derstood the king to be addressing his remarks directly
be resolved by all the parties,” he said.
to Mr. Buthelezi. It was nevertheless clear, he said, that
King Goodwill was concerned about traditional leaders’ A source in the German delegation said that a partic-
involvement in party politics. ularly good relationship had been established between
the three M's — Mzimela, National Party Consutuuonal
South Africa: Interparty Relations Improve Affairs Minister Roelf Meyer, and his ANC deputy Valli
Following Germany Trip Moosa — the same trio who met to resolve the inter-
MB2101154296 Johannesburg MAIL & GUARDIAN national mediation crisis last year, and abandoned the
in English 19-25 Jan 96 p4 attempt in bad humour.
[Report by Marion Edmunds] Democratic Party constitutional expert Colin Eglin said
this week the trip could be interpreted as a “diluted form
(FBIS Transcribed Text] Over drinks in hotel bars in of international mediation,” as it was away from home
Germany last week, new friendships were formed that and because they learnt from the Germans.
bode well for the writing of the final constitution.
A report on the tour is being drawn up by the three tech-
During a week-long, fact-finding tour to Germany, nical advisers who accompanied the team. It is possible
Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP), African National Congress
that this report will form the basis of further discussions
(ANC) and National Party (NP) politicians were able, with the IFP and parties within the Constitutional As-
for the first time since the IFP walked out of the sembly.
Constitutional Assembly last year, to talk to each other
— sometimes late into the night — about South Africa's South African Justice Minister Discusses Bill of
constitutional future. Rights, Unity Government
Back home this week, the delegates were cautiously MB2001144296 Johannesburg SAfm Radio Network
optimistic about the effect the mission would have in English 0500 GMT 20 Jan 96
on the constitution-writing process and, in particular,
{[FBIS Transcribed Text) Justice Minister Dullah Omar
on the stand-cff between the IFP and the ANC over
Says a review is needed of Clause 35 in the Bill
international mediation.
of Rights, which places limits on the government's
At this stage — and it is early days yet — the signs Capacity to deal with crime.
of a new interpaty rapport are good, with even the IFP
Addressing an ANC constitutional conference in Johan-
delegates taking a more amiable line than usual.
nesburg, he said consideration would have to be given
IFP negotiator, Correctional Services Minister Sipo Mz- to whether such a clause was reasonable or necessary.
imela, said this week he had already briefed party leader There was a danger, he said, that limitation clauses guar-
Mangosuthu Buthelezi about the trip and Buthelezi had antecing the right to privacy could be restrictive, as, for
been “positively surprised” at what he had to say. instance, in the fight against drug dealing.
Mzimseaidl oaf t he trip: “I think we got the chance to Referring to the government of national unity, Mr. Omar
intaecrorss aparcty tlin es ... If the group had had the said it had been useful in the transformation phase, but
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22 January 1996
could not be permanent. He said there were sufficient sive, hardline strategy to confront the ANC leader-
safeguards in the Constitution to ensure that the majority ship,including President Nelson Mandela, on issues in-
party did not abuse its powers. vo!ving so Called Afrikaner interest.
Key playersi n this regard are Dr Theo de Jager, leader
South Africa: ANC Says Repor) Supports
of the Ruiterwag [Mounted Guard] — the secret junior
Accusations Against IFP
Broederbond [Afrikaner Brotherhood) and Dr Isak de
MB19011830S6 Johannesburg ‘APA in English
Villiers, the editor of Rapport.
1717 GMT 19 Jan 96
The events at and around the joint meeting of the
(FBIS Transcribed Text) PIETERMARITZBURG Jan
Ruiterwag and junior Rapportryers (Dispatch Riders)
19 SAPA — Claims by the African National Con-
addressedb y Mandela last Saturday [13 January] at Har-
gress that KwaZulu-Natal Government members ille-
tebeespoortdam, highlighied this important new politi-
gally funded the Inkatha Freedom Party's self-protection
cal development. (The Junior Rapportryers is a public
units were vindicatebdy a report tabled in the KwaZulu-
front of the Ruiterwag and most of its members are also
Natal Legislature on Friday, the ANC said.
members of the Ruiterwag. Not surprisingly, De Jager
"The report's conclusions are even more shocking in is chairman of both organisations.)
that they indicate that after the April 1994 electiontsh e
The meeting culminated in a direct confrontation be-
IFP continued to treat the KwaZulu-Natal Government
tween the president and De Jager, who received a se-
simply as an extension of the KwaZulu Bantustan,” the
vere dressing down from the president, like a headmas-
ANC in KwaZulu-Natal said in a statement. "Indeed,
ter dealing with a schoolboy.
we have also contended that a significant amount of
the violence we have experienced emanates from those A week oefore the mecting, De Villiers, in an editorial in
forces trained using state funds at the Mlaba and other Rapport entitled: “Versoening en kruip” (reconciliation
secret IFP camps.” and grovel) urged the Ruiterwag to adopt a tough no-
nonsense attitude in the meeting with Mandela and to
The ANC said the report's conclusions were clear
beware not to fall for his charm.
and had “very serious implications” for the province.
However, it believed the legislature and the law were De Villiers and his newspaper has become outspoken
best placed to ensure that appropriate action was taken critics of the “sellout” strategy of the F W de Klerk lead-
against all guilty parties. It said it did not wish to com- ership, advocating open confrontation with the ANC.
ment further until the matter was properly brought be- De Villiers urged the Ruiterwag to tell Mandela in no
fore the legislature's Public Accounts Portfolio Commit- uncertain terms how widespread dissatisfaction among
tee, but said the following actions should be considered Afrikaners with his government there is.
by the committee:
De Villiers warned: "Pres Mandela is a master in self
— Thatal l statements made by Premier Frank Mdlalose marketing. And on Saturday he will be his charming
and his finance MEC [member of the Executive Coun- self before the young Afrikaners. It can be expected
cil] to the legislature in respect of this matter be scruti- that he will pacify and assure, and be received with
ised to deterwhmethier noer n ot Parliamhaed nbtee n great courtesy. But experience has learned that such nice
misled; words make no difference in the ANC which is pursuing
its own agendas.
— That late action in terms of the KwaZulu-
Natal Exchequer Act be taken against all persons who “Therefore the group of young leaders must realise that
acted illegally; and, the borderline between reconciliation and grovel has
already been reached. It is now time that in all decency
— That the process be “completely transparent” and all
there should be frank discussions.”
information solicited had to be furnished.
De Villiers stressed that the event should not become a
Soutkt Africa: Afrikaner Group Said To Embark on
“smiling — coffee grovelling — session” which will
StraTo tConefrgonty A NC
be forgotten tomorrow, without any of the problems
MB1901205096 Johannesburg NEW NATION properly discussed.
in English 19 Jan 96 p6
It is understood that Mandela and other ANC leaders
{Article by Hennie Serfontein] were deeply annoyed by this hostile editorial.
(FBIS Transcribed Text] An influential section of the Adding to the growing tension before the Ruiterwag
Afrikaner establishment has embarked on an aggres- meeting was the role of De Jager as convener of the
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