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World IN BRIEF : SOUTH AFRICA : Rightist Whites Push Election Demands

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From Times Staff and Wire Reports

Thousands of pro-apartheid South African whites marched on government buildings in Pretoria demanding an election to test the popularity of President Frederik W. de Klerk’s apartheid reform program. Conservative Party leader Andries Treurnicht told a crowd of 3,000 people that De Klerk has no mandate to scrap formal racial segregation. “De Klerk wants to be something for everyone and ends up giving nothing to anyone,” Treurnicht said.

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