Word: africanists
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...jobs and unprepared to make constructive contributions to society. They are the deprived, activists, layabouts or thieves. They live in bleak urban townships, where the standard four-room house shelters an average of 10 people. They are often murderous supporters of rival groups like the A.N.C., the Pan Africanist Congress and the Inkatha Freedom Party. What unites them is lives that have known little besides political conflict. When the day of liberation comes, what will they...
...violence that racks the country. In the latest spasm of unrest last week, more than 40 people were killed when rival black groups fought in the township of Kagiso and mixed-race rioters clashed with police in the coastal city of Port Elizabeth. Some black groups, notably the Pan Africanist Congress, say they will not abide by the A.N.C.'s cease-fire...
...compromise to be reached, Abernethy says, the concerned parties will have to agree on who may participate in negotiations--a tough task in itself. Right now, the major players include the ANC, the Pan-Africanist Congress, the United Democratic Front and Inkatha--a 1.5 million member group led by Chief Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi of the Zulu nation...
...blacks for its history of cooperation with the government. The A.N.C. despises Buthelezi as a white puppet, and violent rivalry between the two organizations over the past two years has left more than 1,200 blacks dead. Also at odds with the nonracial A.N.C. is the much smaller Pan Africanist Congress, whose slogan is Africa for the Africans. But its main disagreement is over tactics: the P.A.C. does not believe blacks can get a fair deal in negotiations when all the weight is with the whites. The P.A.C. refuses to countenance talks and wants to keep up the struggle until...
...most notable absentees were Inkatha, a relatively conservative Zulu organization opposed to the ANC's militant tactics, and so-called Africanist groups, which oppose the ANC's philosophy of non-racism...