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The University Daily Kansan
Tuesday, November 30, 1999
World
Nelson Mandela's ex-wife may face criminal charges for ordering murders
The Associated Press
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa
SHAKENBURG, South Africa — A convicted murderer testified Monday that Winnie Madikizela-Mandela ordered at least two killings in 1988, opening the possibility that she could face criminal charges.
Madikizela-Mandela, the ex-wife of former South African President Nelson Mandela, was shown on television shaking her head as she listened to her former chief bodyguard, Jerry Richardson, during a hearing of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. She previously has denied involvement in any killings.
The testimony could leave Madikizela-Mandela open to prosecution because — unlike
Richardson, who is serving a life prison term — she has not applied for amnesty. Truth Commission
spokesman
Nhlanhla
Mbatha said.
"These hearings are being documented. The documents will be handed to the attorney general who will decide what course of action to take," Mbatha told The Associated Press.
Mandela: Convicted in 1991 of kidnapping and being an accessory to assault
Madikizela-Mandela, who is head of the African National
Congress' Women's League and a member of the party's policymaking national executive committee, quietly consulted with her lawyer during the hearing but didn't comment publicly.
She was convicted in 1991 of kidnapping and being an accessory to an assault on four young men at her Soweto home in December 1988. She was sentenced to six years in jail but ended up paying a $3,200 fine on appeal.
In a 1997 Truth Commission hearing, Madikizela-Mandela said accusations that she was behind a terror campaign in the black township of Soweto were lunacy.
The Truth Commission, created to expose abuses committed during apartheid, can grant amnesty to those who fully confess to politically motivated crimes.
GROZNY, Russia — Russian officials on Monday urged civilians hiding in basements beneath ruined homes in Grozny to flee the Chechen capital — a risky endeavor with Russian rockets screaming volleys into the city.
The Associated Press
Russia intensifies Chechen bombings
Federal forces showed no signs of easing up raids on the breakaway republic of Chechnya even as a top international mediator held talks in Moscow to arrange a visit to the republic. The Kremlin has dismissed international criticism of its campaign in Chechnya as meddling in Russia's internal affairs.
In brief intervals between the strikes Monday, civilians crawled out of basement shelters to fetch water and try to find food.
The Russians have intensified their bombardment of Grozny in the past week, leaving hundreds dead or wounded and destroying scores of buildings and homes. Russian officials estimate 50,000 civilians remain in the city, many of whom are old, infirm or lack transportation to leave.
Monday's raids hit one of Grozny's main thoroughfares, Vartkashenov Avenue, as well as residential
neighborhoods and a car market. Witnesses said there were casualties, but no figures immediately were available.
In Moscow, Deputy Prime Minister Nikolai Koshman, Russia's representative to Chechnya, said Moscow would rebuild Grozny when the war ended, but now was the time for civilians to flee.
Russian warplanes have been dropping leaflets on Grozny offering civilians a safe corridor out of the city, but it was not immediately clear how the residents would be able to safely flee the steady strikes.
Fleeing Chechnya also was proving difficult. The border post with neighboring Ingushetia was closed during the first half of the day, and an estimated 3,000 civilians, many of them from Grozny, formed a line more than a half-mile long at the border.
The closure was due to electricity and computer problems that prevented authorities from properly registering the refugees. They were fixed, and the border was opened in the afterpart, the military said.
The international community is pressing Russia to halt the offensive, complaining of widespread civilian casualties and the plight of the 233,000 refugees who have fled the fighting.
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