European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 02, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday february 2, 1991 the stars and strikes a a a Page 9end to All apartheid Laws proposed c a be town Sou in afr Ica apr president de Klerk on Friday proposed the repeal of All major Laws enforcing racial Diseri Minatto and pro apartheid White lawmakers stormed out of parliament in protest thousands of demonstrators marched outside parliament and Iri cities across the country to demand the immediate abolition of apartheid closure of parliament and formation of a multiracial government. Others stayed away from work in protest. De Klerks speech coming one year after he stunned the world by promising to end apartheid represented another major step toward his Promise of sharing Power with this coi try . However scrapping the last of the apartheid Laws will not in itself resolve the country a Black White political conflict. De Klerk has said a new Power sharing Constitution must be negotiated with Black opposition groups before the a h fee a Morita government gives up a Quot Ower on Friday he rejected Calls for a multiracial interim government. A a a a Africa National Congress Leader Walter Sisulu speaking to an opposition rally in Cape town said de Klerks reforms fell far Short of what most South africans want. Quot we done to have the vote. This is what our people want today a lie said. However de Klerk speaking to parliaments opening session said his proposals augur a Quick end to Sanc-4ioned racial discrimination a the repeal of these last remaining discriminatory Laws will bring us to the end of an Era an Era in which it was sought to Deal with the reality of a diversity of Peoples. By Means of discriminatory coercion his de Klerk said the government will propose scrapping the last three pillars of apartheid. He said it will Call for ending outright the group areas act and the land acts while modifying the population registration act in and Vance of its abolition. The group areas act segregates residential areas along racial lines and the land acts similarly regulate land ownership rights. The population act forces South. Africans to Register in separate racial groups for political educational and other purposes. Do Klerks National party controls parliament and repeal of the remaining apartheid Laws during this parliamentary session appears certain. However de Klerks speech prompted a walkout by outraged lawmakers of the pro apartheid conservative party the main White opposition party. Conservative party lawmakers interrupted the address storming out of the chamber As the parliamentary speaker roared a order order a As the president spoke at least 10,000 protesters calling for the end to White Rule marched through Cape town As part of the nationwide protests. Pro apartheid lawmakers Friday walkout of parliament during South african president fax. De Klerks speech. Sisulu and other anti apartheid activists led the chanting column of demonstrators in Cape town. Protesters carried placards calling for a constituent Assembly to form a new multiracial government. Nelson Mandela the Deputy president of the african National Congress was to Lead the March but he did not appear because of doctors concerns it would be too tiring for him. About 8,000 protesters marched peacefully in Pretoria. / a. A u. Re a an Anc sponsored a by workers struck Cape town port Elizabeth Durban and parts of Pretoria and Johannesburg local authorities said absenteeism among Black workers reached up to 95 percent in some areas. In making the announcement Friday de Klerk who has been in Power for 18 months said he intends for South Africa Blacks to eventually gain the right to vote. A fall the people of our land shall participate at All Levels of government on the basis of Universal adult franchise a he said. But lie did no to say How Long that would take. In the past he has also said he wants guarantees for minority rights a a. / -./�/. There arc about 5 million Whites and 30 million Blacks in South Africa. Nobel peace laureate archbishop Desmond Tutu in comments after de Klerks address said a for most Black people nothing has happened to change their material position appreciably As a result of the initiatives that Klerk has taken.�?�. The Anc had no immediate official reaction to do Klerks is hard for kuwaitis in exile continued from Page 1., to the refugees without charge. The kuwaiti government gives monthly stipends to its exiled citizens since most left with Little or no Money. Saad and her husband left their Homeland within Days after the invasion. They settled Here in the Brown Concrete towers that soar above the Flat coastal landscape. At first they thought it would be a Short stay. R a we think just two weeks and then we go Back again to Kuwait a she said. Then she furrowed her5row with frustration at the thought of this extended stay and said a fall of our wishes Are gone. Nada Al Oraibi 22, shares a three bedroom apartment with five members of her family who fled Kuwait on aug. 10 a two aunts a grandmother a brother and a sister. She feels the same frustration and isolation As Saad. She listens to the radio and watches television. She reads books related to her study of political science at Kuwait University. A this year is supposed to be my last year and 1 will be graduated a she said. Quot but what can 1 do a Al Oraibi and relatives scattered Iri other apartments brought with them Only the clothes they wore and some handfuls of kuwaiti Sand. A i miss my Mother. I miss my friends. I miss my University a my life there a Al Oraibi said. An Uncle Vyp arrived in dam Mam after Al Oraibi told her that her Mother had heard she and the others had been killed. In an interview with a kuwaiti radio reporter recently she sent a personal message to her Mother telling her they were Well. A i Hope she will hear a she said. So far the Best Day of the exile has been the Day Thea i miss my Mother. I miss my friends. I miss my University my life there a Nada Al Oraibi War began. A we Felt very Happy because we knew this was the liberation of our country a said Al Oraibi. The children among the kuwaitis attend schools with saudi children. Al Oraibi said the adults spare no details when answering the children a Are always asking and we hide nothing from them a she said. To the children Are told to expect to see much destruction in their City when they return. Their schools will have been destroyed. Do not be afraid the adults Tell them Kuwait wih some Day be whole again. _ Al Ora Ifim a Cousin Mohammed 13, said he remembers the night his country was invaded. A i heard something a bombs and planes and soldiers. I was scared a said Mohammed who was wearing a a free Kuwait to shirt. A sometimes the invasion comes to him in dreams. He hears again the a orbs and gunfire. A a he now has one wish a kill Saddam a he said. Kuwait has raised a sizable army from the refugees. As Many As 10,000 Are said to have enlisted and Many arc now on the Border preparing to liberate their country. Al Ora Ifim a brother Muaid 20, was unable to join a i am the Only Man Here a he said. A i cannot leave my family. I want to but i he said he did not think when he left Kuwait in August that he would still be in saudi Arabia in february Quot we thought it would last Only two weeks three weeks a month a he said. A we did riot think it would last six months or Masour Al Shaw Aihan 30, a firefighter also left Kuwait soon after the invasion. For the past six months he has spent his Days at this apartment Complex listening to the radio for Good news about Kuwait. Only recently did he hear some. A when the bombing started in Iraq that is Good news a he he knows too that the bombing raids have blasted Kuwait just As they have Iraq. When he returns to his country at the end of the War he knows much of Kuwait will be rubble. A we make it again. No problem a he said. Among his relatives is his mothers Cousin a Man More than 100 years old named Fahad Al Mota Irh Ai Motari a former Pearl diver has been Blind for Many years. His memory stops Many years ago when the current Emir of Kuwait was a Small boy. He thinks people in Kuwait have two professions a diving for team and shepherding sheep i in knows nothing of recent history. A nothing happened in Kuwait a he said through an interpreter. A they did no to invade Kuwait you Are they ther refugees know the truth. But they also seem Ottiave a devout belief that some Day they Hope within weeks they will be in Kuwait once again. A your Faith in god is Strong a said Adnan Shaw Aihan. A it gives us a Strong
