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Contents: SOUTH AFRICA: Constitutional proposals • The newsletter includes the "Declaration of Intent" signed by 17 of the 19 political groups that took part in the Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA) in Johannesburg on 20 and 21 December 1991 and says the lnkatha Freedom Party (IFP) and the Bophuthatswana Government did not sign the Declaration. The newsletter reprints newspaper articles including: "Who's who big at the talks", "Female fury", "Mandela calls for unity government within six months" by John Carlin, "Boil down all the issues and you are left with one question" by Allistar Sparks, "Serious Sabre-rattling from private armies" by Paul Sober, "Psychological win for Mandela in clash of SA heavyweights" by David Beresford, "South Africa must dilute its witches' brew" by John Carlin, "Millions spent to 'convert' coloureds" by Drew Forrest, "Who is Dr Pasque?" by Drew Forrest, "Police silent on Inkatha funding" by Eddie Koch, and "Quiet death of the Walking-bomb case" by Ferial Haffajee. The newsletter includes STATEMENT ON THE POLITICAL PRISONER issue by the Human Rights Commission. The newsletter discusses the National Party, the African National Congress (ANC), the South African Communist Party (SACP), F.W. de Klerk, Chris Hani, Joe Slovo, the Ciskei government, the Transkei government, the Venda government, the Solidarity Party, the United People's Front, Nelson Mandela, Helen Suzman, Sheena Duncan, the Black Sash, the National Council of Churches, Daphne Mashile, the ANC Soweto Crisis Committee, Bantu Holomisa, Oupa Gqozo, Sydney Mufamadi, Nelson Mandela, P.W. Botha, the KwaZulu police force, the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC), the Azanian People's Liberation Army, Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB), Boerstaat Party leader Robert van Tonder, the Boer Republican Army, Captain Craig Kotze, SADF (South African Defence Force), the Democratic Party, Peter Gastrow, Umkhonto we Swize (MK), Ismail Mohammed, Justice Minister Kobie Coetsee, detention, apartheid, repressive legislation, political trials, the South African Christian Cultural Organization, Du Plessie Sermon, Dr. Louis Pasque, Pedro Saul, the North-West Cape Christian Cultural Organization (NWCCCO), Police Commission Johan van der Merwe, Gavin Woods, the security police, the Inkatha Youth Brigade, Mangosuthu Buthelezi, Seipati Mlangeni, Major-General Ronnie van der Westhuizen, Bheki Mlangeni, Ronnie Kasrils, and David Klatzow. The newsletter discusses the firm Cheadle, Thompson and Haysom.

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