Of course, there are still huge difficulties, among them the resistance of right-wing whites to any accommodation.

Police have attributed the explosions to right-wing whites opposed to the elections.

Black leaders said that the attacks were almost certainly carried out by right-wing whites.

The right-wing whites threaten, as do black extremists.

But many South Africans feared a backlash of vengeful anger from the right-wing whites humiliated here.

The shelved legislation, designed to placate right-wing whites, could have been used to force the sale of residences illegally rented by their owners to nonwhites.

When hundreds of right-wing whites the other day smashed into the hall where South Africa's future is being negotiated, they achieved a paradoxical result.

All have been attributed to right-wing whites opposed to the Government's plans to move the country away from apartheid.

The right-wing whites whose arrests were announced today are being held under Article 29 of the Internal Security Act, which permits indefinite detention.

The provision has mostly been used to hold black opponents of apartheid, but more recently has been employed to haul in right-wing whites for questioning.