"un fficial." Th
Dominic n governm nt h
refused to recognize the Bazin
regime in Haiti.
Balaguer has repeatedly of
fered to mediate between Bazin
and depo ed president Jean
Bertrand Ali tid , toppled in
. Sept. 30, 1991. .
Talks between Aristide rep
resentativ and members of the
Bazin government are currently
und rway in Washington, pon
sored by the Organization of
American States.
Haitian government offi
cials had refused to confinn or
deny rumors about the meeting
Thursday night.
Court Protects
'Hotocau tTheory
Ot tawa-Canadian publisher,
Ernst Zundel, who claimed that
the World War n massacre of
Jews by Germany's Nazis was a
hoax, w acquitted by Canada'
highes�co�'1 11.:) . I
Zundel � '�j:' published a
.pamphlet saying the o1ocaust
"was an over t " fft
pettated by a worldwide Jewish
�nspiracy.
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WORLD/NATION
BU I 00,
Apartheid archi ect'
grand on join A C
By SAHM VENTER
and i a member of the local execu
tive committee.
Both believe the ANC, the
nation's main Black opposition
group, i the only alternative for
tho e who believe in a non-racial,
'peaceful future for South Africa.
"The decision has hurt Verwoerd's
family ties.
Hi father, Wilhelm V ttl
Sr., upports the p -ap�id n-
servative Party; rus grandmother,
Betsie, widow of the slain prime
'minister, makes her home in the
privately owned, whites-only town
of Orania.
CONSERVATIVES consider
President F.W. de KJerk's disman
tling of apartheid and legalization of
the ANC a mi take, arguing it will
lead to a Black, Communist
dominated government. .
They are a minority but have
created headaches for de Klerk by
refusing to join multiparty negotia
tions on political reform and ul
timately forcing him to call a
referendum in March on support for
change. The referendum passed
overwhelmingly, but -pro-apartheid
forces still are demanding a separate,
white homeland.
"My father's generation still
works with this picture of the ANC
as the enemy. They can't see how
you can still be loyal to your own
people and be involved in the ANC,"
said Verwoerd.
In addition to his wife's involve
ment, Ve�oerd aid meetingANC
President Nelson Mandela last year
spurred his decision to join the group.
"I wanted to talk to him about the
. past and tell him that I'm sorry,"
Verwoerd said. "But he was saying
don't worry; forget about the past,
let's work together for the future."
STELLEN II. tb Afrka (AP)
- Hi grandfather wa the architect
of apartheid, but Wilhelm Verwoerd
has joined the African National Con
g in hopes of bringing together
tflt Blacks and whites his forebear
,>ught to para .
· Prime Mini ter Hendrik Ver-
�oeJ'(f was tb y
ago Sunday by a deranged white Par
liament mes enger, when his
grandson was only 2 years old.
. Verwoerd, prime minister from
1958 to 1966, is most clo ely as
sociated with the design and im
plementation of laws mandati�g
racial separation.
In an interview last week, the
younger Verwoerd said he did not
remember his grandfather, but was
brought up with the image of a
6' great leader who gave his life for
his country:'.
Verwoerd said he decided in his
teens that apartheid, which denied
the Black majority political rights,
was wrong. TAe realization was fur
ther enforced during later years of
study in Europe.
HE JOINED the ANC in May,
32 years after his grandfather's
government outlawed it. He said the
gesture was meant to apologize to
blacks and to try to help undo what
was wrought by the elder Verwoerd.
"It requires more than just saying
sorry. You've got to be involved in
the process of restitution and making
things right,' Verwoerd said. I' What
has happened is not just wrong
policy, it's fundamentally a moral
mistake which was made, a moral
evil which happened."
Verwoerd is a philosophy lecturer
at Stellenbosch University. His wife,
Melanie, joined the ANC last year
from Bri tain in 1
South America
Beca e the pol are perceived
fair for the first time, Ki oon
ay ,Indians feel it i just a matt r
of using their majority to r v
the three-decad of tatus quo.
Incumbent President D mond
Hoyte, 63, an Black Guyanese, ay
the election is a two-man conte t
between him and the PPP's Ch ddi
Jagan, an Indian and former
colonial premier of Guyana in the
1950s and 1960s.
The P C ha con i tently
accused the PPP of appealing to
raci t sentiment a the country
prepares for what i considered the
fir t free poll here since
Police do not like a mural palnte� by Boston teenager. d plctlng th Rodney King verdict.
Covering the walls of an abandoned building. Its erles of panels _ man driving a c.r ••
vldeocamera, four white police officers clubbing the Black motorlat. a courthouae and Jury, a
tipped scal of Juatlce,. city burning In bright orange flames - tell the atory of the King be ••
ing and verdict In bold Egyptian- tyle pictograph and symbols, In the t.ckground bordering
the final panel. In-huge white letters. Is the word - history, - -.Cops are .Ick and tired of hearing
about Rodney King as If they ahve something to do with It, - aid Frank McGhee. the lawy r for
th Boston Police Patrolman's Asaoclatlon. -This mural Is an Insult to Soaton pollc aft., all
th work th y have done, at the communlty's r qu st, to .top gang violence, drlve-by .hoot •
Ing and th ale of drugs In the neighborhood, - Fifteen-y ar old Trlcla Thoma. anaw red the
cop, saying, -It happen d. You can't hide from it. It'. part of history.·
. .
Korean
deny rio
By LARRY STILL
The South Korean government did not
seek "reparation" orreimbursements form the
United State government or local authorities
for Korean business or family 'property
destroyed during the Los Angele rebellions a
top official in Seoul told a delegation of
African-American journali ts vi iting the
country recently.
"Yes, I visited the Korean community in
California after th conflict, but I urged them
to be good citizens and to eek olutions (to
their problems) from U.S. official ... "Ho
Seung, a sistant foreign mini ter told the
media group representing. cveral
Black-owned publications and broadcast
claim
made
of China officials in Taipai, Taiwan, for four
days until August 31, to discus relations
between South and North Korea and the
Chinese mainland.
As one of the peakers at the World Media
essions, William Christian, WHUR-FM
Radio emphasized that although broadcasting
has played a major role in bringing about a
New World Order, "the jury is still out on the
future of television ... Will (it) achieve its full
potential in presenting our ociety with ... ome
of the needed tool to further greater
understanding?"
Christain and co-panili t Mark Holston, a
former West Coast televi ion new editor
referred to TV's increasing use of tabloid
new p per techniqu in around-the-clock
facilities.
Minister Ho Seung said he was called to
the USA by Korean representatives in Los
Angeles after they received complaints from
re idents and Korean language new papers.
"We did not wish to interfere in American
affairs and we urged our people to cooperate
with all authorities," the assistant minister for
economic affairs insisted. He urged more
meetings between Blacks and Koreans.
Members of the group were among some
50 participants attending the Twelfth World
Media Conference in Seoul, August 22-27.
In addition to the e sions with South
Korean busin s and cul tural fficial, the
delegation was invited to meet with Republic
coverage.
Stan West, a Chicago talk show host and
former correspondent for Asian language
publications in California, told the conferees
that "mainstream (white) medi
... inaccurately and unfairly pits Blacks and
Koreans against each other" sometimes"
unconsciously and ometime maliciously
premedi tated ...
" ... For journalist of color, "West continued
"we have an added responsibility of defining
civilization not merely in Western terms but
in term of the Arabs, Latinos, Pacific
Islanders and Indians as well as women,
student and labor groups. This is our charge.
This is our mission. This i our job!"