World IN BRIEF : SOUTH AFRICA : Mandela to Quit as Party Leader in ’97
From Times Wire Reports
President Nelson Mandela will step down as head of the ruling African National Congress next year ahead of his intended retirement as head of state in 1999, the ANC said. A statement said Mandela told the party of his decision not to stand for reelection as ANC leader during a weekend meeting of its National Executive Committee. Mandela said early last year that he would step down as head of state in 1999, when the five-year term of the country’s first all-race government expires.
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