Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: TUESDAY, March 28, 1995 TAG: 9503280075
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL PAGE: A-3 EDITION: METRO
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CAPE TOWN, South Africa - President Nelson Mandela fired his estranged wife from the Cabinet on Monday after enduring weeks of her insubordination. What's uncertain now is whether the woman he once loved, Winnie Mandela, will cause even more trouble outside government.
Mandela summarily dismissed his wife of 37 years from her post of deputy minister of arts and culture with a curt letter carried 100 yards to her office by a secretary.
Some political analysts think Winnie Mandela, 60, may still have the last laugh, because she now is free to build a power base independent of her 76-year-old husband, who plans to retire in four years.
The African National Congress and most of its allies quickly backed Mandela's decision to get rid of Winnie Mandela, whose acts of defiance had become an embarrassment.
- Associated Press
Military to keep power in Burma
RANGOON, Burma - The military, which has ruled Burma for 35 of the past 50 years, reaffirmed Monday it would retain a hold on political leadership even after a new constitution is introduced.
When the army seized power in 1988 after crushing a pro-democracy movement, leaders promised a new constitution that would install civilian rule. But at a celebration marking the 50th anniversary of the army's founding, junta leader Than Shwe said the military would figure prominently in the new charter, which is to be ready next year.
- Associated Press
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