Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 8, 1994, Winnipeg, Manitoba World Winnipeg Rof Poss sunday May 8 994 a5 White Welcome to reality South Africa 9s Blacks May flex new Muscles to rename streets by Donna Bryson associated press Mandela holds a crying baby after saturday morning services at a Cape town he urged jews who left the country to regional councils give Blacks a voice Reuters Johannesburg powerful new regional parliaments met for the first time yesterday As leading members of the african National Congress prepared to take Over As premiers of seven of the coun try nine new regional spontaneous applause broke out in Johannesburg civic Centre after rising Anc Star Tokyo sex Wale and other Assembly members were sworn in amid strict Security following a reported death threat against the new political prisoner turned president elect Nelson Man who will be sworn in As South Africa first Black head of state has set the tone for the nations entry into a democratic Era by underlining meeting with different groups before his inaugural Mandela told jews gathered in a Cape town Syna Gogue yesterday that the new South Africa needed their skills and and reiterated that Whites had nothing to fear from Black majority we need your we need your he said during Sabbath prayers in the sea Point after a visit to a mosque in Cape towns Muslim he won a standing ovation from the congregation for his speech in which he also paid tribute to the role of jews in opposing Johannesburg the conservative White Farmers of Smith Africa heartland must think their worst Nightmare has come True their new provincial Leader is a Black Man called and he wants to rename their capital City place of the Chee the proposal opened what could become an explosive debate Over the names of highways and streets now that the Black majority is in barely acknowledged hundreds of communities have streets and statues honouring pro apartheid while the lives of Black South africans Are barely the is sue is close to the hearts of Many who see Renam ing As a Chance to write themselves into their country if people feel that they dont want to live in a town that reminds them of the apartheid government or that they dont want to travel through an Airport that reminds them of past then the people should be encouraged to change said Uriel Abrahamse of the Ancs arts and culture but White extremists could rally around the fight to preserve their ancestors Mark on South Busi Ness people Are unlikely to Welcome the expense of changing stationery and addresses to suit the country new there Are far greater priorities that should be occupying our political leaders than tackling potentially Divi Sive issues like changing said Marius de Jae director of the Johannesburg chamber of com afrikaans terms Are but there Are few names in Zulu or any of the other nine african languages along with English and became official National languages in the Constitution that ended Patrick terror the nickname was earned on the soccer Field is an african National Congress activist who was elected Premier of the Orange free state in the country first Al race one of his first acts was to propose changing the name of the provincial capital from Bloemfontein to Man a Soho word meaning place of the Bloemfontein Means Flower Spring in the language of the first White settlers from the nether lands and of their Farmer Over the Black South africans have honoured he roes ignored or reviled by White naming squatter Camps for such Anc leaders As Oliver Tambo and Chris Hani and Dusty township streets after Nelson whose Anc swept the april 2629 is to be elected the country first Black president his followers see no reason Why his name Grace the wide avenues of South Africa major popular efforts Abrahamse said an Anc government plans no unilateral changes but would support popular efforts to re name if we Are forever going to sit with Boer and British history in the names of our towns and our cities and Pur airports and our it would be As if the majority of the people have made no contribution to the that we find monumentally said Abra haitians gain Asylum hearings Bagwe Alfill times news service Washington president Clinton decided yesterday to Grant hearings at sea on political Asylum to haitians who try to reach the United reversing a policy that has required the coast guard to forcibly return boats headed for White House officials responding to growing pressure from Congress and supporters of Haiti deposed and exiled the Jea Bertrand White House officials said the United states would Grant potential refugees Asylum interviews on Board vessels in the Caribbean or at Sites in other countries in the administration officials said they had not yet decided which countries would receive the refugees for they had previously considered and rejected approaching the Honduras and refugees deemed not eligible for Asylum would be returned to shortly before he took office last Clinton announced that he would continue the policy of intercepting boats filled with fleeing haitians and returning them without an Asylum during the presidential he called this which had been instituted in May 1992 by president when he decided to adopt the Bush he defended his action by saying that allowing haitians to land successfully would encourage thousands More to risk their lives on the High but a senior White i Louse official said that recent developments in Haiti had forced a Trade in Sale now is the Best time to Trade your old fur coat on a new one at a firm you can our 85 year experience assures you of outstanding layaway now for next season and take advantage of present Low prices at Huratio furs 262 Portage seniors exhibition May fes4 am May am main floor Winnipeg convention Centre free amiss in Trade show seminars entertainment health Check Points sponsored by Blue Cross Rice financial Hurto soul we Zaniou ass Miloine cred Union Caa Haniote Centra Gas feh Way Tours 010141 pension commission of 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