Black Newspaper Urges ANC to Attend Talks
Associated Press
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa —
The country’s largest black newspaper urged the African National Congress on Sunday not to abandon talks on ending white rule, saying if it did, South Africa could be pushed into “self-destruction.”
The appeal came a day after the ANC announced that it would boycott talks with the government on South Africa’s political future until demands on ending violence in black townships were met.
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