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DATE: FRIDAY, July 2, 1993                   TAG: 9307020157
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-4   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: WASHINGTON                                LENGTH: Short

S. AFRICA SETS DATE FOR ELECTION

South Africa will conduct its first multiracial general election next April 27, ending centuries of white domination and ultimately clearing the way for the world to lift remaining economic sanctions, President Frederik W. de Klerk and African National Congress leader Nelson Mandela said Thursday.

The two South Africans began separate but parallel visits to the United States on Thursday.

De Klerk, the white Afrikaner who is presiding over the dismantling of apartheid, and Mandela, the black former political prisoner who is poised to inherit South African leadership, said negotiations are virtually complete on an election schedule and the makeup of a transitional executive council to supervise the voting. They said that they expect the pact to be completed today. - Los Angeles Times

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