World IN BRIEF : SOUTH AFRICA : Postponed Talks to Begin May 2
The government and the African National Congress announced that they will open discussions May 2 to lay the groundwork for negotiations on South Africa’s racial conflicts. The date was agreed to after a meeting last week between President Frederik W. de Klerk and Nelson R. Mandela, the black nationalist group’s deputy president. The discussions will replace talks, scheduled for Wednesday, that the ANC postponed to protest the police shooting of black demonstrators in Sebokeng, south of Johannesburg. Meanwhile, police said 14 people were killed in clashes in Natal province.
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