Rival to Fill In for Mandela--for a Day
From Times Wire Reports
President Nelson Mandela announced that his main rival will run the country for a day next week while he and his deputy president are in Switzerland. Home Affairs Minister Mangosuthu Buthelezi, leader of the Zulu nationalist Inkatha Freedom Party, will be acting president Monday while Mandela and Thabo Mbeki attend the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. The move appeared to be a conciliatory gesture by Mandela toward Buthelezi, who has criticized Mandela’s governing African National Congress.
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