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SOUTH AFRICA: APARTHEID ERA MILITARY LEADERS APPEAR IN COURT

(3 Nov 1995) English/Nat The leader of South Africa's right-wing Freedom Front has condemned the ANC's decision to prosecute former Defence Minister General Magnus Malan and 10 other senior retired officers. General Constand Viljoen said it threatened the process of reconciliation in the country. But the ANC has defended the move, saying it was the only way to break the cycle of violence. South Africa's former Defence Minister Magnus Malan and 10 other apartheid-era military leaders are appearing in court -- as defendants. They're charged with the 1987 killings of 13 relatives of a pro ANC activist in what was then Natal Province -- a longtime battleground for the ANC and its main black rival, the Zulu nationalist Inkatha Freedom Party. For many blacks, it's a moment they thought they would never see. But Sydney Mufamadi, the A-N-C Minister of Safety and Security, says it's time to crack down -- and unless that's done the violence will continue. SOUNDBITE: (English) "Hard nosed investigations are necessary if we are to break the back of that organised violence. For it is the knowledge that chances of getting arrested and prosecuted exist which would bring about a much needed element of deterrent. Needless to say, if and when the perpetrators are arrested, this must result in their incapacitation." SUPERCAPTION: Sydney Mufamadi - Minister of Safety and Security Leader of the right-wing Freedom Front General Constand Viljoen is outraged by the case. He also claims the government's approach to alleged criminal activities during the apartheid-era is one-sided and unlawful. SOUNDBITE: (English) "I had a long discussion with my legal advisors with this regard and I'm more convinced than ever that the court case and the general action of the A-N-C to now carry on with criminal cases only on the one side of the conflict of the past. It is right against the constitution and it is bedeviling the whole issue of reconciliation." SUPERCAPTION: Former Army Chief of Staff General Constand Viljoen Archbishop Desmond Tutu also says it's time for reconciliation but a price must be paid in order to obtain it -- the truth. SOUNDBITE: (English) "Our major concern is towards a reconciliation. But reconciliation does not mean pretending that things have not happened and so it must be based on truth. Reconciliation is not cheap and if you're going to have reconciliation you must have forgiveness but forgiveness requires confession and therefore I would hope that we would get people coming forward to the Truth Commission to make a clean breast of it." SUPERCAPTION: Archbishop Desmond Tutu Mufamadi has said the investigation will continue even if the evidence leads to former president and current National Party leader F-W de Klerk or Inkatha leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi. Some former generals have already implicated de Klerk and Buthelezi, and could also be called to testify. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...