UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Monday, August 28.1995
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Protesters jeer African president
The Associated Press
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe arrived in South Africa on Saturday to jeers and catcalls from hundreds of gay protesters angry over his recent condemnations of homosexuality.
Mugabe, arriving for today's summit of the Southern African Development Community, brushed past reporters as he disembarked and ignored shouted questions on the protests. He slipped out a rear exit and sped away in a limousine, taking a back road to avoid the demonstrators who had waited for two hours along the main airport road.
"It's a victory that he ran out the back door," said Peter John du Toit, a 28-year-old businessman taking part in the demonstration. "He couldn't face us."
Gay activists here said they felt compelled to speak out on behalf of homosexuals in neighboring Zimbabwe, who do not have the same legal protections and access to the media.
Mugabe raised hairs among human-rights advocates when he banned a display by the Gay and Lesbian Association of Zimbabwe at the country's annual book fair, one of
Africa's largest.
In several speeches since then, the 71-year-old president has turned up his anti-gay rhetoric, dismissing homosexuals as "perverts and sodomists" and homosexuality as intrinsically "un-African."
Phumi Mtetwa, a 22-year-old student and leader of the Gay and Lesbian Organization of the Witwatersrand, said Mugabe's arrival could have a salutary effect on Mugabe, who has led Zimbabwe since its black majority won control of the country in 1980, changing its name from Rhodesia.
"He must come to this country and learn from the human rights culture here," she said.
Zimbabwe has no effective opposition and in recent years Mugabe's rule has become increasingly autocratic.
In contrast to their hostility to Mugabe, the demonstrators repeatedly voiced approval for South African President Nelson Mandela, whose African National Congress insisted on including a gay-rights clause in the country's post-apartheid constitution.
South Africa is the only country in the world whose basic law expressly forbids discrimination based on sexual orientation.
Plane propellers replaced
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — About 370 propeller blades on various commuter aircraft were replaced over the weekend as a result of government-ordered inspections following a plane crash that killed five people last week in western Georgia.
No flight disruptions were reported because of the maintenance.
On Friday, The Federal Aviation Administration ordered the immediate removal of Hamilton Standard 14RF and 14SF propeller blades from about 19 Embrair 120 aircraft, which is the model of plane that crashed near Atlanta Aug. 21, killing five passengers.
Both the FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board have
focused on a broken propeller blade, made by Hamilton Standard of Windsor Locks, Conn., in searching for the cause of the Atlantic Southeast Airlines crash near Carrollton, Ga.
The FAA also ordered the replacement of about 350 Hamilton Standard 14RF and 14SF blades on commuter aircraft other than the Brazilian-made Embraer 120. Airlines must replace the blades within 10 flights.
FAA officials worked through the weekend on a plan for inspecting other propeller blades that have logged more than 1,250 flight hours since their last ultrasonic inspections, said agency representative Drucella Anderson.
Officials expect to present the plan to the National Transportation Safety Board today, she said.
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