NBC Nightly News - 1993-07-04
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[0:00] elections before
[0:01] >> and I put it in the box here.
[0:05] >> This man complains that already
[0:06] political parties like the ANC led by
[0:09] Nelson Mandela are intimidating people
[0:11] into voting for them.
[0:13] >> Sorry if one of you is here. Don't kill
[0:15] me. I'm I'ming.
[0:18] >> But it isn't a laughing matter. The
[0:20] government here says the move to black
[0:22] majority rule through elections is
[0:24] irreversible. But powerful voices, black
[0:26] and white, say that isn't true. and they
[0:29] warn a civil war could still destroy a
[0:31] peaceful transition.
[0:34] >> Right-wing extremists claim about 80,000
[0:36] armed and trained supporters. They're
[0:38] led by Eugene Tlash, who says civil war
[0:41] is being forced upon him by what he
[0:43] calls the communists. That's anyone
[0:45] black or white who wants majority rule.
[0:47] >> We cannot share power
[0:50] because you can never share power with
[0:53] the communists.
[0:55] Then you have to share your life with
[0:57] the devil himself.
[0:59] >> One ANC leader Chris Hanni was murdered
[1:01] by white racists in April. Tokyo sexual
[1:04] mourned for him. But like Tel, Tokyo
[1:07] also warns the election process is not
[1:09] irreversible. It takes just a few crazy
[1:12] men with grenades, black or white. They
[1:14] don't have to be millions. They can
[1:16] start and trigger a racial war because
[1:17] they their attacks are going to be
[1:19] targeted specifically against black
[1:21] people. so that they should trigger a
[1:24] reaction against whites.
[1:26] >> But Tokyo does believe black people will
[1:28] win power. The question is only, he
[1:31] says, whether the new South Africa will
[1:33] be born in the ballot box or in war.
[1:36] Marlon Fetcher, NBC News,