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To: FaultLine who started this subject	8/7/2004 9:04:12 PM
From: kumar	Read Replies (1) of 281500

SA apartheid party 'to join ANC' The party that legalised apartheid in South Africa has paved the way for its own extinction. The New National Party says it will fight future elections under the banner of the party that sought to abolish apartheid - the African National Congress. As the National Party it introduced the policy of apartheid after it came to power in 1948, denying black South Africans the right to vote. Now it says it will urge all of its supporters to take out ANC membership. The party will then shut down in September next year. A spokeswoman for the party told Sapa news agency that NNP leader Marthinus van Schalkwyk would be applying for ANC membership in the next few weeks. The leadership will then tour the country with the ANC to help convince NNP members to make the change, she said. When it was in government, the NNP had a policy of reserving the best land for whites and entrenched a host of regulations designed to protect white privilege. This included preserving white only beaches, benches and restaurants. It lost power to the ANC in the country's first truly democratic election in 1994. Story from BBC NEWS: news.bbc.co.uk Published: 2004/08/07 15:11:34 GMT

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