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Releases
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: MARSHA BERRY
NOVEMBER 13, 1998
TOBY GRAFF
JULIE MASON
202/456-2960
TRIP OF FIRST LADY HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
TO CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
Washington, D.C. - - On Monday, November 16, First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton will
embark on a six-day trip to Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala, the Dominican
Republic and Haiti. Throughout the trip, especially in Honduras and Nicaragua, the First Lady
will underscore the commitment of the United States to support these countries as they confront
the difficulties caused by recent hurricanes and tropical storms.
The First Lady's visit to El Salvador and Guatemala comes in the wake of long-term internal
conflicts. In these emerging democracies, she will focus on the progress they have made, as well
as the challenges that remain. She will emphasize the development of legal, economic and
political systems in the countries' post-war era and stress the importance of the role of women.
In both countries, the First Lady will meet with women leaders from across the political
spectrum who have played a critical role in the peace process and are now working to build
vibrant democracies.
Her visit to Haiti and the Dominican Republic, originally planned for October and delayed as a
result of hurricane damage, will provide an opportunity for the First Lady to demonstrate the
friendship and support of the people of the United States for these nations as their democracies
develop and mature. Throughout her trip, Mrs. Clinton will visit U.S. Agency for International
Development programs that highlight America's role in supporting democracy-building
initiatives, health and education programs, and economic reform and private sector development.
Below are some highlights of the First Lady's upcoming trip:
El Salvador (November 16 - 17)
- Visit school to illustrate the importance of education in achieving economic prosperity
and social progress, and to announce a USAID initiative.
- Tour a government-sponsored center that works with private organizations to provide
women throughout El Salvador with information and counseling on issues ranging from
domestic violence, to microcredit, to legal assistance.
- Deliver a opening address at a conference on domestic violence. In her remarks, Mrs.
Clinton will address ways that all sectors of society can work together to support victims
of domestic violence.
Guatemala (November 18 - 19)
- Speech to the Legislative Assembly where she is expected to celebrate the enormous
progress that Guatemala has made in the two years since the peace accords and address
the challenges Guatemalans are meeting in ensuring that all citizens are full participants
in building a strong, peaceful and democratic future.
- Tour a health center that works with indigenous Mayans to improve maternal health
care and to highlight Guatemala's success in reducing its maternal mortality rate.
- In the city of Antigua, participate in a discussion on education reform and a model
partnership that enables indigenous students to pursue their education at universities.
- Visit Tikal National Park, the location of ninth-century Mayan ruins.
Dominican Republic (November 20 - 21)
- Participate in a discussion with non-governmental organization representatives on
building a civil society.
- Visit a family planning program where she will announce support for new health
care initiatives.
- Tour a unique daycare center that meets the critical needs of the poor families and the
children it serves.
Haiti (November 22)
- Visit a highly successful rural hospital that not only provides curative and preventative
health care to over 125,000 citizens, but also training in life skills, including maternal
care, literacy, and family planning.
- Visit a family planning clinic that is a model for reducing adolescent pregnancy.
- The First Lady will be accompanied in Haiti by representatives of several U.S.
foundations, including George Soros and William H. Gates, to announce foundation
grants to Haiti for health care and family planning.
Editor's Note: A logistical schedule of the First Lady's trip will be released as soon as it is
available.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
November 16, 1998
STATEMENT BY THE PRESS SECRETARY
First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton announced today in Tegucigalpa, Honduras a major
expansion in the United States' contribution to relief and reconstruction efforts in Central
American countries struggling to cope with the devastating effects of Hurricane Mitch. Current
estimates of U.S. emergency assistance now reach over $250 million.
In the coming weeks, the Defense Department will more than quadruple its personnel
from 1,300 to over 5,600 and further expand its helicopter fleet from 39 to 55 in the region.
Starting this week, the Department of Defense will deploy a second package of military support
estimated to cost $55 million for the first 30 days. The package includes 16 additional
helicopters, engineering and road-building units, bridges, medical detachments and supplies, a
field hospital, and 11 water purification systems to help alleviate the suffering and begin to
rebuild countries shattered by catastrophic flooding. In addition to Joint Task Force Bravo in
Honduras, a second Joint Task Force was established today in El Salvador to coordinate U.S.
military relief efforts in Nicaragua, Guatemala and El Salvador. President Clinton has already
approved $75 million in defense equipment and services to cover current efforts.
The First Lady also announced a significant increase in food aid to help Honduras and
Nicaragua, the countries most devastated by the deadly storm, feed its people and free up
resources to address other emergency needs. The United States Agency for International
Development (USAID) will provide an additional $15 million in emergency food aid to help
meet immediate food needs. This brings AID's Honduras food aid response to $25 million,
consisting of approximately 50,000 tons of rice, beans, vegetable oil and corn meal.
Also, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has approved a further donation of
100,000 tons of wheat to Honduras and Nicaragua worth approximately $12 million. USDA will
also provide $20 million in grants to Honduras and Nicaragua for the purchase of beans, dry
milk, vegetable oil, rice and other basic commodities. In addition, USDA will provide another
$10 million in concessional loans for food purchases to Guatemala and El Salvador, bringing
total U.S. food aid to over $81 million.
Already, as a result of damage to roads and bridges, an emergency air convoy of 25
USAID financed flights has carried 1,300 tons of rice, beans, corn and vegetable oil to the
region. Private U.S. citizens have already contributed $5 million in relief supplies, being
transported into the region in another 50 U.S. Government financed flights. In addition, 10
flights have delivered plastic sheeting, water containers and other relief supplies from stockpiles
in the U.S. to the region.
The First Lady also announced that the U.S. is prepared to provide debt relief of up to
$50 million for Nicaragua and Honduras, the two countries most severely affected by Hurricane
Mitch. These actions would have the immediate effect of relieving these countries of the
obligation to service their bilateral debts to the U.S. through the year 2000. The U.S. believes
that these countries should be relieved of all their debt service obligations for the next two years
and will be working with our partners to accomplish this objective. The U.S. will take a leading
role in organizing a meeting of international donors in early December in Washington to discuss
long-term financial assistance.
Beyond the immediate crisis of caring for the hundreds of thousands of displaced people,
the First Lady is particularly concerned about the long-term effect of the storm on the burgeoning
micro enterprise sectors in these countries. Many small businesses have lost their modest
investments in equipment, vehicles and infrastructure. To help put these micro entrepreneurs
back on their feet, the First Lady announced that the Inter-American Development Bank and
USAID will provide $17 million in grants and loans to rebuild workplaces, reestablish
inventories and generate employment for those hit by the storm.
The First Lady also announced a new infusion of current and former Peace Corps
volunteers who will lend their expertise to help meet both emergency relief and long-term
reconstruction needs. The Peace Corps Crisis Corps of returned volunteers will be sending
several dozen former volunteers to Honduras and Nicaragua to contribute critical skills to the
rebuilding effort.
The First Lady's announcement comes on the heels of President Clinton's joint radio
address last Saturday with Mrs. Tipper Gore, who led a Presidential Mission to the region last
week. The President announced that the Department of Justice will extend the stay of
deportation for citizens from Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador and Guatemala through the end
of the year and that he will examine on an urgent basis recommendations for further relief.
A Fact Sheet is Attached.
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THE CLINTON/GORE ADMINISTRATION RELIEF EFFORTS IN CENTRAL
AMERICA IN THE WAKE OF HURRICANE MITCH
President Clinton has been leading an aggressive relief effort in response to the disaster
caused by Hurricane Mitch in Central America. Today, First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton
visited Honduras and Nicaragua and announced the deployment of a second package of
military support that will allow the U.S. to substantially increase relief and reconstruction
efforts. The First Lady also announced additional food aid, debt relief, and other assistance,
bringing total U.S. assistance to more than $250 million. Many United States government
agencies are working tirelessly with us to help bring disaster relief to Central America. Here
are some specifics:
Department of Defense
The President has directed the Department of Defense to release $75 million in emergency
assistance for Central America. Over 1,300 soldiers are in the region as part of a special
Joint Task Force of the four branches of service of the U.S. Military. This force will
increase to more than 5,600 in the coming weeks. This task force is assisting in relief
efforts on a number of fronts:
Dozens of U.S. military helicopters and aircraft operate daily and have delivered over 2.5
million pounds of relief supplies (food, water, blankets, sheeting, sanitation services) to
date; additional helicopters arrived in the area on November 12, bringing the total to 39.
Military engineering units are clearing and repairing key roads;
DOD has transported $5 million in relief supplies donated by U.S. citizens under the
Denton Program;
DOD's new package of support will deploy to the region this week to supplement current
efforts. This support includes: 16 additional helicopters, engineering, bridge companies
and road-building units, medical detachments and supplies, a field hospital, and 11 water
purification systems;
A second Joint Task force was established today in El Salvador to coordinate military
relief efforts in Nicaragua, Guatamala, and El Salvador.
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
A 31-member Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) from USAID is present in
Honduras, Nicaragua, Guatemala, and El Salvador, coordinating U.S. relief activities with
national and private voluntary efforts;
USAID is providing $30 million to purchase and distribute plastic sheeting, blankets and
other relief supplies, procure food locally, provide health, water and sanitation services
(including restoration of Tegucigalpa's water system), and purchase supplies for road
repair and reconstruction. Ten flights have delivered relief supplies from stockpiles in the
U.S. to Central America;
USAID is providing $25 million in emergency food aid, including 50,000 tons of rice,
beans, oil and corn meal;
USAID is airlifting food to the region and has delivered almost 1,300 metric tons on 18
flights to Honduras, Nicaragua and Guatemala;
An estimated 6,000 metric tons is expected to arrive in the region by ship before the end
of the month;
USAID and the Department of Housing and Urban Development will lead a mission, in
partnership with the private sector, to address housing reconstruction and infrastructure
repair needs;
USAID and the Inter-American Development Bank will provide $17 million in grants and
loans to rebuild workplaces, reestablish inventories, and generate employment.
Department of Agriculture:
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is providing 100,000 metric tons of wheat, worth
approximately $12 million to Honduras and Nicaragua;
USDA will provide $20 million in grants to Honduras and Nicaragua for the purchase of
beans, dry milk, vegetable oil, rice, and other basic commodities;
USDA will also provide another $10 million in concessional loans for food purchases to
Guatamala and El Salvador.
Department of Treasury:
The U.S. is prepared to provide debt relief of up to $50 million for Nicaragua and
Honduras, thereby relieving these two countries of their obligation to service their debt
with the United States through the year 2000. The United States believes that these two
countries should be relieved of all of their debt service obligations for the next two years
and will work with our partners to accomplish this objective;
The United States will take a leading role in organizing a meeting of international donors
in early December in Washington to discuss long-term financial assistance.
Department of Justice:
The President has asked the Immigration and Naturalization Service to extend a stay of
deportation for nationals from Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador and Guatemala through
the end of the year. In addition, the Administration is examining on an urgent basis
recommendations for further relief.
Peace Corps:
Additional members of the Peace Corps and former Peace Corps volunteers will travel to
Nicaragua and Honduras to offer their expertise to help meet emergency needs and begin
the rebuilding effort.
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U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
USAID
FACT SHEET
WASHINGTON, DC 20523
PRESS OFFICE
http://www.info.usaid.gov.
(202) 712-4320
#98-164
U.S. ASSISTANCE TO HAITI
BUDGET
FY 1997
FY 1998
Development Assistance
$ 15.1 million
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Economic Support Funds
58.9 million
$ 70.0 million
PL-480 Food Aid
$ 27.1 million
$27.3 million
Total
$101. 1million
97.3 million
OBJECTIVES
The objective of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) program in Haiti is to mitigate
the effects of poverty. address the underlying causes of poverty population pressure, poor education, and
environmental degradation - and create sustainable income opportunities for the poor. The AID program
also addresses security, justice, and governance concerns, and promotes greater popular participation in the
political, economic and social development of Haiti.
PROGRAM AREAS
Reduce Poverty: USAID programs increase access to credit by microenterprises, and help
small farmers to increase their yields while protecting the environment. AID is planning a
new secondary cities program to assist local governments and civic groups to attract
investment and improve public services.
Promote Economic Reform: USAID programs are helping to rebuild the economy with
support for macroeconomic reform and privatization of state-owned enterprises. AID is
financing the privatization costs for the airport. port and telephone company.
Reduce Environmental Degradation: USAID programs support local environmental
initiatives by community groups and local government to improve the management of natural
resources at the local level, and help strengthen policies at the national level through
implementation of a National Environmental Action Plan.
Improve Social Sector Services: USAID programs alleviate malnutrition and illness among
children with feeding programs, health services, family planning, and primary education.
AID currently supports preventive, curative and reproductive health services to two million
people, as well as school feeding and nutritional supplement programs assist those at greatest
risk.
Byild Democracy: USAID programs are helping to build basic democratic institutions and
representative government with assistance for judicial reform, police training, elections, local
government development, and community-based civic action groups.
NOV-13-1998 21:07
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SAID
U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
PRESS RELEASE
WASHINGTON, DC 20523
PRESS OFFICE
http://www.info.usaid.gov
(202) 712-4320
# 98-161
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Laura Gross
Saturday, November 21, 1998
FIRST LADY HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON VISITS WITH YOUNG ADULTS AT HAITI'S
LEADING FACILITY FOR REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti - Today, First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton visited the Foundation for
Reproductive Health and Family Life Education (FOSREF), Haiti's leading reproductive health provider.
The U.S. Agency for International Development has supported FOSREF since its inception. This
year, FOSREF will receive a total of $230,000 from the U.S. Agency for International Development to
provide family planning services, reproductive health services, and technical assistance to other
organizations in these areas.
FOSREF, a Haitian non-governemental organization founded in 1988, has directly provided
reproductive health services to approximately 750,000 people in six clinics in congested areas of Port-au-
Prince. FOSREF averages nearly 38,000 clients monthly, making it the nation's leading reproductive
health provider and the leading national authority on reproductive health for young people and family life
education programming. Programs provided by this program include: family planning; HIV and STD
testing and counselling; prevention education; and prenatal care.
The U.S. Agency for International Development's Health System 2004 program and FOSREF are
helping the Ministry of Public Health and Population and other partners to develop youth specific
reproductive health programs. Fifty percent of FOSREF's clients are less than 24 years old, therefore
FOSREF has trained more than 300 adolesce:nts to educate their peers. These educators are now able to
provide information about disease prevention, family planning, and reproductive health to thousands of
young people throughout Haiti. Technical assistance is also provided in adolescent reproductive health
services to other organizations serving an estimated 800,000 youth in the provincial cities of Gonaives, Cap
Haitian, Jacmel, and Cabaret. FOSREF and its partners have been able to reach over 70,000 families
nationally with education messages.
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USAID
U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
PRESS RELEASE
WASHINGTON. DC 20523
PRESS OFFICE
http://www.info.usaid.gov
(202) 712-4320
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# 98-172
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Laura Gross
Saturday, November 21, 1998
The U.S. Agency for International Development Partners with Philanthropic
Foundations to Provide Family Planning Programs for Haitians
PORT AU PRINCE, HAITI - Today, First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton announced that the U.S.
Agency for International Development (USAID) will work with the William Gates Foundation, the U.N.
Foundation. the Summit Foundation, and the George Soros Open Society Institute to provide family
planning programs for Haitians.
These programs are building blocks which will help support and further the work USAID has
already provided to strengthen family planning services in Haiti. These foundations worked in partnership
with the USAID and the Haitian government to identify the needs in the country and create programs based
on those requirements.
Poor Haitian women of reproductive age are faced with considerable obstacles when they seek care.
Access to services are limited; and facilities are poorly staffed, equipped and supplied. Over the next three
years. the William Gates Foundation will provide $1.5 million to establish full service reproductive health
centers within private secondary care facilities. The William Gates Foundation will also grant $1.25
million to the Foundation for Reproductive Health and Family Life to provide reproduction health
information, education, and related services to more than one million youth living in five cities.
The U.N. Foundation will provide $700,000 to the United Nations Fund for Population Activities
over the next three years in order to grant access to reproductive health services, launch education
campaigns, and train health providers. Over the next year, the Summit Foundation will provide $189,000
to initiate and foster the growth of youth clubs throughout the country that will educate children on
reproductive health, focus on HIV/AIDS, sexually transmitted diseases, and unwanted pregnancies.
Improvements in maternal and child health in Haiti will require well-trained health professionals
with a broad range of skills and the capacity to operate with modest resources and technology. The George
Soros Open Society Institute will provide $1-million over six years to begin a project that will show the
benefits of restructuring Haiti's medical education and service delivery system to address family and
community health needs. Under this grant, the University of Miami School of Medicine, private hospitals
in Haiti, and the Haitian Ministry of Health will provide training in family and community-based preventive
medicine, primary care, and patient education.
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USAID
U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
PRESS RELEASE
WASHINGTON, DC 20523
PRESS OFFICE
http://www.info.usaid.gov
(202) 712-4320
# 98-169
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Laura Gross
Samirday. November 21, 1998
First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton Announces $3.4 Million in Disaster
Relief Assistance for Haiti
HAITI--Today, First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton announced that the U.S. Agency for
International Development (USAID) will provide an additional $2.1 million in disaster relief assistance to
Haiti in response to the devestation that was created by Hurricane Georges. This brings the total amount of
U.S. support for disaster assistance efforts in Haiti to $14.1 million. U.S. funds are being used to provide
emergency food aid and repair damage to irrigation systems. road networks, and rural health centers.
As a result of the hurricane, Haiti lost much of its agricultural production potential, particularly in
the southeast and Artibonite regions. Heavy rainfall and flash flooding destroyed crops and livestock,
damaged roads that linked farms to markets, and filled irrigation canals with silt and debris. USAID will
grant $1.3 million to repair irrigation canals in this region. Damage to road networks in rural areas has
seriously impaired the ability of farmers to transport crops and agricultural supplies. Winrock
International was granted $50,000 to rebuild access roads destroyed by Hurricane Georges in the areas
surrounding the Periner community.
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USAID
U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
PRESS RELEASE
WASHINGTON, DC 20523
PRESS OFFICE
http://www.info.usaid.gov
(202) 712-4320
# 98-165
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Laura Gross
Sunday, November 22, 1998
FIRST LADY HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON VISITS THE
WELFARE COMMITTEE OF PIGNON, HAITI
PIGNON, HAITI - Today, First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton visited with members of the Welfare
Committee of Pignon, a non-governmental organization that provides quality and preventative health
services, women's literacy and credit programs, and an innovative water and sanitation program to 160,000
people in Pignon, Haiti. The U.S. Agency for International Development provides approximately $700,000
annually through its Health Systems 2004 Project to the Welfare Committee of Pignon.
The government of Haiti officially recognized the Welfare Community of Pignon in 1984 and. in
-7, the Ministry of Public Health and Population designated the Pignon Hospital and four satellite centers
d the community as the area's official health service provider. Now, the Welfare Committee of
Pignon is widely recognized as one of the most innovative and effective community organizations in Haiti.
It has recently launched a collaborative nutrition program with the Adventist Development and Relief
Agency and supported by USAID for children under five years of age. Each year, several hundred
American medical volunteers visit Pignon and spend approximately two weeks transferring their skills to
the local population.
Mrs. Clinton also witnessed the presentation of checks to four representatives of newly established
village banks, which will provide access to formal credit and will give women the opportunity to make
financial choices important to themselves and their families. Each village bank is formed by women who
have accepted loans from the bank for working capital, to promote family savings and training. With this
additional assistance, the program will reach an additional 1,750 women in the first year. Over the next
three years, the program is expected to reach approximately 4,000 women borrowers.
The U.S. Agency for International Development has many successful microcredit programs like this
one in the region. It takes account of women's interests and constraints while designing and achieving their
objectives. This integration results in projects that not only contribute to specific achievements such as
improved water quality and stronger financial services, but also provides opportunities for women to
participate in leadership and decision making roles.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: MARSHA BERRY
NOVEMBER 20, 1998
JULIE MASON
TOBY GRAFF
202/456-2960
PRESS SCHEDULE OF FIRST LADY HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON'S
TRIP TO THE CARIBBEAN
(NOVEMBER 21 - 22, 1998)
++++ UPDATED INFORMATION ++++
(Note: Updated information is in UPPERCASE BOLD font.)
Note the addition of the photo-op with Mrs. Clinton and children on Sunday.
The First Lady's trip includes visits to Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala, the Dominican
Republic, and Haiti. Below is the schedule for Haiti.
Mrs. Clinton concluded her visits to Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatamala and the
Dominican Republic November 16 - 20. For details on her visits to these countries, please see the
previously released schedules. For an overview of the trip, see the announcement released last week.
This schedule is subject to change.
Saturday, November 21
Note: The First Lady will travel to Haiti on Saturday. Departure from the Dominican Republic is
closed to press coverage.
3:20 p.m.
Arrival in Haiti
Haiti International Airport
Port au Prince, Haiti
Press Note
Open press. Press identification required. Press access time is 2:30 p.m. Press
should assemble at ADAG. Local contact is Meg Gilroy, 509-22-5726. On-site
contact is Dan Lenos.
3:55 p.m.
Arrival at Presidential Palace
The First Lady will be met upon arrival by Mrs. Geri Preval in front of the
Presidential Palace.
PRESS NOTE
CLOSED PRESS.
4:00 p.m.
Courtesy Call with Mrs. Preval
Diplomatic Receiving Room
National Palace
Port au Prince, Haiti
Press Note
Closed press.
4:20 p.m.
Meeting with President Preval
President's Conference Room
Presidential Palace
PRESS NOTE
OPEN SPRAY AT THE TOP -- DONE IN WAVES. Local contact is Meg Gilroy,
U.S. Embassy, 509-22-5726. On-site contact is Joao Ecsodi. 25' throw.
4:55 p.m.
Viewing of "Serment des Ancestres," a painting by Guillame Guillon-Lethier
Presidential Palace
PRESS NOTE
CLOSED PRESS.
5:30 p.m.
Haitian Civil Society Reception
U.S. Ambassador's Residence
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
PRESS NOTE
OPEN PRESS. Press identification required. Consecutive translation. Mult and
power provided. Local press contact is Meg Gilroy, 509-22-5726. On-site
contact is Dan Lenos. 25' throw.
6:10 p.m.
Peace Corps Swearing-In
U.S. Ambassador's Residence
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Press Notes
Pool press. Press identification required. Consecutive translation. Mult and
power provided. Local press contact is Meg Gilroy, 509-22-5726. On-site
contact is Dan Lenos. 20' throw.
Sunday, November 22
9:30 a.m.
Visit to the Well-Being Committee of Pignon
The Well-Being Committee Hospital
Pignon, Haiti
The First Lady will tour the hospital and deliver brief remarks.
PRESS NOTE - HOSPITAL TOUR
POOL PRESS -- PRINT ONLY. Local press contact is Meg Gilroy, 509-22-5726.
Press Note - Remarks
Open press. Consecutive translation. Mult and power will be provided.
12:25 a.m.
Disaster Relief Event / USAID Signing Ceremony
Pernier Fatima, Petion-Ville, Haiti
Press Note
Open press. Press identification required. Consecutive translation. Mult and
power provided. Local and on-site press contact is Meg Gilroy, 509-22-5726.
1:40 p.m.
Visit to Basile Moreau School (Ensemble Scolaire Pere Basile Moreau)
Bizoton/Port au Prince, Haiti
Press Notes
The First Lady will tour the school, participate in a brief discussion with parents
of students at the school and deliver brief remarks. Valid press identification
required. Press should be at the site by 12:45 p.m.
Photo Op in Classroom:
Pool press. Consecutive translation. Mult and power provided. Local press
contact is Meg Gilroy, 509-22-5726. On-site contact is Dan Lenos.
PHOTO OP WITH CHILDREN:
MRS. CLINTON WILL STOP TO WATCH CHILDREN PLAYING A GAME.
POOL PRESS. CONSECUTIVE TRANSLATION. LOCAL PRESS CONTACT
IS MEG GILROY, 509-22-5726. ON-SITE CONTACT IS DAN LENOS.
MEETING WITH PARENTS:
POOL SPRAY AT TOP. Consecutive translation. Local press contact is Meg Gilroy,
509-22-5726. On-site contact is Dan Lenos.
Remarks:
Open press. Consecutive translation. Mult and power provided.
2:55 p.m.
Visit to FOSREF
(Reproductive Health and Family Education Foundation)
#22 Delmas 19
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Press Note
The First Lady will participate in a discussion with youth. Open press. Press
identification required. Discussion will be in English. Consecutive translation.
20' throw. Mult and power provided. Local press contact is Meg Gilroy, 509-22-
5726. On-site contact is Dan Lenos.
5:05 p.m.
Departure from Haiti
Part-au-Prince International Airport
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Press Note
Closed press.
Editor's Note: Upon conclusion of her events in Haiti, the First Lady will return to Washington, D.C.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT:
MARSHA BERRY
NOVEMBER 18, 1998
JULIE MASON
202/456-2960
PRESS SCHEDULE OF FIRST LADY HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON'S
TRIP TO CENTRAL AMERICA & THE CARIBBEAN
(NOVEMBER 19 - 22, 1998)
The First Lady's trip includes visits to Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala, the Dominican
Republic, and Haiti. Below is the schedule for Guatemala, the Dominican Republic and Haiti.
Mrs. Clinton concluded her visits to Honduras, Nicaragua and El Salvador November 16 and 17.
For details on her visits to these countries, and on her first day in Guatemala on November 18,
please see the previously released schedule. For an overview of the trip, see the announcement
released last week. This schedule is subject to change.
Thursday, November 19
11:00 a.m.
Address to Congress
Congressional Hall
Guatemala City, Guatemala
Press Note
Open press. Mult (Spanish and English). Simultaneous translation. Press
identification required. Local press contact is Alberto Fernandez, U.S. Embassy,
502-331-1541 (x4278). On-site contact is Joi Hilton.
Editor's Note: In the afternoon, the First Lady will travel to the Dominican Republic. Her departure
from Guatemala will be closed to press coverage.
11:10 p.m.
Arrival in the Dominican Republic
Las Americas International Airport
Old Terminal
Press Note
Open Press. Press wishing to cover the arrival should contact Franklin Polanco of
USIS, 809-541-3030, for details.
Friday, November 20
9:00 a.m.
Visit to Center for Family Integration
Center for Family Integration/Centro de Integracion Familiar
Villa Duarte, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Press Note
Pool press will arrive with motorcade. Press identification required. 10' throw.
Local press contact is Mike Stanton, 809-541-3030. On-site contact is Paula
Thomasson Scott, 809-383-9825.
10:00 a.m.
Discussion with Democracy Initiative Project Representatives
Pontificad Universidad Catolica Madre y Maestra
Bolivar and Abraham Lincoln Streets
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Press Note
Pool press will arrive with motorcade. Press identification required.
Simultaneous translation. 25' throw. Local press contact is Mike Stanton, 809-
541-3030. On-site contact is Paula Thomasson Scott, 809-383-9825.
11:45 a.m.
Courtesy Call with President Fernandez
President's Office
National Palace
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Press Note
Pool spray. Press identification required. Press access time is 11 a.m. 20' throw.
Local press contact is Adriano Tujada, Director of Press & Information for the
National Palace, 809-695-8135. On-site contact is Paula Thomasson Scott, 809-
383-9825.
3:00 p.m.
Visit to Carl Theodore Georg Regional Hospital
Calle Presidente Enrique Numero Uno
Barrio Miramar
San Pedro, Dominican Republic
Press Note
Open press. Press identification required. Press access time is 2 p.m. 30'
throw. Local press contact is Mike Stanton, 809-541-3030, or Sheila Hoban, 809-
543-7028. On-site contact is Natalie Hartman, 809-685-9412 or 809-523-8604.
4:20 p.m.
Visit to Hogar del Nino Daycare Center
Carretera Romana Higueral
Calle N
Preconca Nueva
La Romana, Dominican Republic
Press Note
Open press. Press identification required. Press access time is 3:30 p.m. 50'
throw. Local press contact is Mike Stanton, 809-541-3030, or Sheila Hoban, 809-
543-7028. On-site contact is Natalie Hartman, 809-685-9412 or 809-523-8604.
Saturday, November 21
Note: The First Lady will travel to Haiti on Saturday. Departure from the Dominican Republic is
closed to press coverage.
3:20 p.m.
Arrival in Haiti
Haiti International Airport
Port au Prince, Haiti
Press Note
Open press. Press identification required. Press access time is 2:30 p.m. Press
should assemble at ADAC. Local contact is Meg Gilroy, 509-22-5726. On-site
contact is Dan Lenos.
4:00 p.m.
Arrival at Presidential Palace
The First Lady will be met upon arrival by Mrs. Geri Preval in front of the
Presidential Palace.
Press Note
Pool press. For local pool information, contact Meg Gilroy at the U.S. Embassy
at 509-22-5726. On-site contact is Joao Ecsodi. 10' - 20' throw.
4:05 p.m.
Courtesy Call with Mrs. Preval
Diplomatic Receiving Room
National Palace
Port au Prince, Haiti
Press Note
Closed press.
4:15 p.m.
Meeting with President Preval
President's Conference Room
Presidential Palace
Press Note
Pool spray at the top. For local pool information, contact Meg Gilroy at the U.S.
Embassy at 509-22-5726. On-site contact is Joao Ecsodi. 25' throw.
4:50 p.m.
Viewing of "Serment des Ancestres," a painting by Guillame Guillon-Lethier
Presidential Palace
Press Note
Open press (photo op with Mrs. Clinton, President and Mrs. Preval only). Press
identification required. Consecutive translation. Mult and power provided.
Local press contact is Meg Gilroy, 509-22-5726. On-site contact is Joao Ecsodi.
5:30 p.m.
Haitian Civil Society Reception
U.S. Ambassador's Residence
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Press Note
Pool press. Press identification required. Consecutive translation. Mult and
power provided. Local press contact is Meg Gilroy, 509-22-5726. On-site
contact is Dan Lenos. 25' throw.
6:10 p.m.
Peace Corps Swearing-In
U.S. Ambassador's Residence
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Press Notes
Pool press. Press identification required. Consecutive translation. Mult and
power provided. Local press contact is Meg Gilroy, 509-22-5726. On-site
contact is Dan Lenos. 20' throw.
Sunday, November 22
9:25 a.m.
Visit to the Well-Being Committee of Pignon
The Well-Being Committee Hospital
Pignon, Haiti
The First Lady will tour the hospital and deliver brief remarks.
Press Note - Hospital Tour
Pool press. Local press contact is Meg Gilroy, 509-22-5726.
Press Note - Remarks
Open press. Consecutive translation. Mult and power will be provided.
11:50 a.m.
Disaster Relief Event / USAID Signing Ceremony
Pernier Fatima, Petion-Ville, Haiti
Press Note
Open press. Press identification required. Consecutive translation. Mult and
power provided. Local and on-site press contact is Meg Gilroy, 509-22-5726.
1:20 p.m.
Visit to Basille Moreau School (Ensemble Scolaire Pere Basille Moreau)
Bizoton/Port au Prince, Haiti
Press Notes
The First Lady will tour the school, participate in a brief discussion with parents
of students at the school and deliver brief remarks. Valid press identification
required. Press should be at the site by 12:45 p.m.
Photo Op in Classroom:
Pool press. Consecutive translation. Mult and power provided. Local press
contact is Meg Gilroy, 509-22-5726. On-site contact is Dan Lenos.
Discussion with Parents:
Pool spray at top. Print reporters only for discussion. Consecutive translation.
Local press contact is Meg Gilroy, 509-22-5726. On-site contact is Dan Lenos.
Remarks:
Open press. Consecutive translation. Mult and power provided.
3:15 p.m.
Visit to FOSREF
(Reproductive Health and Family Education Foundation)
#22 Delmas 19
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Press Note
The First Lady will participate in a discussion with youth. Open press. Press
identification required. Discussion will be in English. Consecutive translation.
20' throw. Mult and power provided. Local press contact is Meg Gilroy, 509-22-
5726. On-site contact is Dan Lenos.
5:05 p.m.
Departure from Haiti
Part-au-Prince International Airport
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Press Note
Closed press.
Editor's Note: Upon conclusion of her events in Haiti, the First Lady will return to Washington, D.C.
###
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: MARSHA BERRY
NOVEMBER 18, 1998
TOBY GRAFF
JULIE MASON
202/456-2960
PRESS SCHEDULE OF FIRST LADY HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON'S
TRIP TO CENTRAL AMERICA
(NOVEMBER 16 -22, 1998)
Draft #4
The First Lady will be traveling to Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala, the
Dominican Republic, and Haiti.
This schedule is subject to change. Please see the previously released trip announcement for
an overview of this trip.
Monday, November 16, 1998
11:45 a.m. Greet United States Troops Providing Disaster Relief
Tarmac
Soto Cano Military Base, Honduras
Press Note
Open press.
No mult. On-site contact is Ltc. John Snyder, Joint Area Public Affairs
Officer (phone: 234-4637, x4676). Press enter via main entrance of military
base. Meet military PAO at entrance for escort.
Press pre-set:
10:45 a.m.
Press final access:
11:00 a.m.
1:00 p.m.
Arrival in Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Tarmac
Toncontin Airport (military side)
Boulevard de Toncontin
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Press Note
Open press.
Mult provided. Local press must be credentialed by Casa Presidencial or have
valid press identification to access the site. On-site contact is Liz Sears.
Press access: 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
1:50 p.m.
Press Statement/Remarks to Rescue Workers
Tarmac
Tegucigalpa Airport
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Press Notes
Open press. No mult provided. On-site contact is Liz Sears.
4:30 p.m.
Arrival in Nicaragua
Managua International Airport
Managua, Nicaragua
Press Note
Open press. Press interested in covering events at the airport must assemble at
Protocol Door at main airport entrance by 4:00 p.m. for escort for arrival site.
On-site contact is Kelly Crawford.
5:30 p.m.
Photo Opportunity with President Chirac and President Aleman
Blue Room
Managua International Airport
Managua, Nicaragua
Press Note
Open press. Press will be escorted from airport arrival to this site. On-site
contact is Kelly Crawford.
6:10 p.m.
Disaster Relief Event
Processing Center
Managua International Airport
Managua, Nicaragua
Press Note
Open press. Mult provided. Press must assemble at the Protocol Door at main
airport entrance by 3:30 p.m. for escort to arrival site. On-site contact is Kelly
Crawford.
8:10 p.m.
Arrival in San Salvador
Comolapa International Air Base
San Salvador, El Salvador
Press Note
Open press. Press identification required. Press must assemble at the Cepa
Cafeteria at Comolapa International Air Base between 4:30 p.m. 6:00 p.m.
for escort to event site. On-site is Laura DiBiase.
8:30 p.m.
Remarks to Joint Task Force Eagle
Hangar 2
Comolapa International Air Base
San Salvador, El Salvador
Press Note
Open press. 30' throw. Mult provided. Press must assemble at the Cepa
Cafeteria at Comolapa International Air Base between 4:30 p.m. 6:00 p.m. for
escort to event site. Consecutive translation. On-site is Laura DiBiase.
Tuesday, November 17
10:00 a.m.
Visit to ISDEMU Headquarters
ISDEMU Headquarters
9 Avenue del Norte 120
San Salvador, El Salvador
Press Note
Pool press. Local press should contact Janet Rivas, Casa Presidencial,
503-270-3841 or 503-886-8422. Or fax 503-271-1334. On-site contact is Laura
DiBiase.
11:15 a.m.
Education Event at School / Orphanage
Multi-purpose Room
Hogar del Nino San Vicente de Paul
1131 Avenida Cuba
San Salvador, El Salvador
Press Note
Open press. Consecutive translation. Mults (English and Spanish) provided.
45' throw. Press must have valid press identification to enter the site. On-site
contact is Laura DiBiase.
Press pre-set:
8:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m.
Press final access:
10:15 a.m.
12:30 p.m.
Peace and Reconciliation Discussion
Auditorium
U.S. Embassy
San Salvador, El Salvador
Press Note
Pool spray for opening remarks. Print reporters may remain for entire
discussion. Simultaneous translation. Mults provided (Spanish and English).
Local press should contact Janet Rivas, Casa Presidencial, 503-270-3841
or 503-886-8422. Or fax 503-271-1334. On-site contact is Laura DiBiase.
4:00 p.m.
Domestic Violence Speech
Bristol Room
Hotel Princess
Avenida Las Magnolias y Blvd. del Hipodromo
San Salvador, El Salvador
Press Note
Open press. Mults (Spanish and English) provided. 50' throw. Press entrance via
left of main hotel lobby by Salon Bristol I. Press must have valid press
identification to enter site.
Press pre-set:
1:00 p.m. -2:00 p.m.
Press final access:
3:00 p.m.
Wednesday, November 18
Note: In the morning, the First Lady will depart El Salvador en route to Guatemala. Departure
from El Salvador will be closed to press coverage.
10:15 a.m.
Arrival in Guatemala
Guatemala City Airport
Guatemala City, Guatemala
Press Note
Open press. Press identification required to access the site. Local press should
contact Alberto Fernandez at 502-331-1541 (x4278) for arrival details. On-site
contact is Joi Hilton.
11:00 a.m.
Courtesy Call with President and Mrs. Arzu
President's Office
National Palace
Guatemala City, Guatemala
Press Note
Pool spray (stills and video only) at the top. Press identification required. Local
press please contact Alberto Fernandez, US Embassy, at 011-502-331-1541
(x4278).
12:30 p.m.
Peace and Reconciliation Discussion
Dining Room
Ambassador's Residence
Guatemala City, Guatemala
Press Note
Pool spray at the top. Print reporters may remain for discussion. Press
identification required. Simultaneous translation. Mult provided.
For local pool information, please contact Alberto Fernandez at the US Embassy
at 502-331-1541 (x4278). Press pre-set before 11:00 a.m. On-site contact is Joi
Hilton.
2:30 p.m.
Education Reform Event
Salon Principal
Colonial Museum
5 Calle Oriente #5
Antigua, Guatemala
Press Note
Open press. Press identification required. Throw is 55'. Mult provided.
Simultaneous translation.
Press pre-set:
11:00 a.m. -12:00 p.m.
Press final access:
1:30 p.m. -2:00 p.m.
On-site contact is Joi Hilton.
4:00 p.m.
Mothercare R'xin Tinamit Event
Room All
Brother Pedro de Betancourt Hospital
San Felipe de Jesus
Antigua, Guatemala
Press Note
The First Lady will visit midwife training facilities and deliver remarks. Press
identification required to cover this event. On-site contact is Joi Hilton.
Tour of training facilities:
Pool press. For local pool information, please contact Frank Neville at the U.S.
Embassy at 502-331-1541 (x4252).
Speaking program:
Open press. Simultaneous translation. Mult is provided. 40' throw.
Editor's Note: The schedule for the remainder for the First Lady's trip will be released as soon as
it is available.
Thursday, November 19
11:00 a.m.
Address to Congress
Congressional Hall
Guatemala City, Guatemala
Press Note
Open press. Mult (Spanish and English). Simultaneous translation. Press
identification required. Local press contact is Alberto Fernandez, U.S. Embassy,
502-331-1541 (x4278). On-site contact is Joi Hilton.
3:45 p.m.
Tour Tikal Ruins
Tikal, Guatemala
Press Note
Open press. Local press contact? Press assembly point? On-site contact is
Andrew Browning.
Editor's Note: At the end of the day, the First Lady will travel to the Dominican Republic. Her
departure from Guatemala and arrival in the Dominican Republic will be closed to press
coverage.
Friday, November 20
9:00 a.m.
Visit to Center for Family Integration
Center for Family Integration/Centro de Integracion Familiar
Villa Duarte, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Press Note
Pool press will arrive with motorcade. Press identification required. 10' throw.
Local press contact is Mike Stanton, 809-541-3030. On-site contact is Paula
Thomasson Scott, 809-383-9825.
10:00 a.m.
Discussion with Democracy Initiative Project Representatives
Pontificad Universidad Catolica Madre y Maestra
Bolivar and Abraham Lincoln Streets
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Press Note
Pool press will arrive with motorcade. Press identification required.
Simultaneous translation. 25' throw. Local press contact is Mike Stanton, 809-
541-3030. On-site contact is Paula Thomasson Scott, 809-383-9825.
11:45 a.m.
Courtesy Call with President Fernandez
President's Office
National Palace
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Press Note
Pool spray. Press identification required. Press access time is 11 a.m. 20' throw.
Local press contact is Adriano Tujada, Director of Press & Information for the
National Palace, 809-695-8135. On-site contact is Paula Thomasson Scott, 809-
383-9825.
3:00 p.m.
Visit to San Pedro de Macoris Hospital
Carl Theodore Georg Regional Hospital
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Press Note
Pool press. Press identification required. Press access time? Mult? Throw?
Local press contact is Mike Stanton, 809-541-3030. On-site contact is Natalie
Hartman, ###.
4:20 p.m.
Visit to Hogar del Nino Daycare Center
Address?
La Romana, Dominican Republic
Press Note
Open press. Press identification required. Press access time? Mult? Throw?
Local press contact? On-site contact is Paula Thomasson Scott.
Saturday, November 21
Schedule TBD.
Note: The First Lady will travel to Haiti on Saturday. Departure from Dominican Republic is
closed to press coverage.
3:20 p.m.
Arrival in Haiti
Haiti International Airport
Port au Prince, Haiti
Press Note
Open press. Press identification required. Press access time? On-site contact is
Stephanie Jones.
4:00 p.m.
Courtesy Call with President Preval
President's Conference Room
National Palace
Port au Prince, Haiti
Press Note
Pool spray at the top. Press identification required. Local press contact? On-site
contact is Stephanie Jones.
5:30 p.m.
Haitian Civil Society Reception
U.S. Ambassador's Residence
address?
Port au Prince, Haiti
Press Note
Open press. Press identification required. Press access time? Mult? Lights? On-
site contact is Stephanie Jones.
TBD
Peace Corps Swearing-In
U.S. Ambassador's Residence
address?
Port au Prince
Press Notes
Pool press. Press identification required. Local press contact? Press access time?
Mult? Lights? On-site contact is Stephanie Jones.
Sunday, November 22
9:25 a.m.
Visit to the Well-Being Committee of Pignon
The Well-Being Committee Hospital
Pignon, Haiti
Press Note
Pool press. Local press contact? Mult? On-site contact is Stephanie Jones.
11:50 a.m.
Disaster Relief Event / USAID Signing Ceremony
Pernier Fatima, Petion-Ville, Haiti
Press Note
Open press. Local press contact? Mult? On-site contact is Stephanie Jones.
20' - 60' throw. Mult provided for remarks. Consecutive translation for remarks.
On-site contact is Stephanie Jones.
1:20 p.m.
Visit to Bazile Moreau School (Ecole Moreau School)
Bizoton/Port au Prince, Haiti
Press Note
The First Lady will tour the school, participate in a brief discussion with parents
of students at the school and deliver brief remarks. Press must have valid press
identification. Press should be at the site by 12:45 p.m.
Photo Op in Classroom:
Pool press. Local press contact: ??. 15' throw.
Discussion with Parents:
Print reporters only. Local press contact: ?? Consecutive translation.
Remarks:
Open press. Consecutive translation. Mult is provided.
3:15 p.m.
Visit to FOSREF
(Reproductive Health and Family Education Foundation)
#22 Delmas 19
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Press Note
The First Lady will visit a family life education class and participate in a
discussion with youth.
Visit to Family Life Education Class:
Pool press. 20' throw. Consecutive translation.
Discussion with Youth:
Open press. 20' throw. Discussion will be in English. Mult provided.
Editor's Note: Upon conclusion of her events in Haiti, the First Lady will return to Washington,
D.C.
###
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: MARSHA BERRY
NOVEMBER 14, 1998
TOBY GRAFF
JULIE MASON
202/456-2960
PRESS SCHEDULE OF FIRST LADY HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON'S
TRIP TO CENTRAL AMERICA
(NOVEMBER 16 - 22, 1998)
The First Lady will be traveling to Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala, the Dominican
Republic, and Haiti. Below is the press schedule through Wednesday, November 18. The remainder
of her schedule will be released as details become available.
This schedule is subject to change. Please see the previously released trip announcement for an
overview of this trip.
Monday, November 16, 1998
11:45 a.m. Greet United States Troops Providing Disaster Relief
Tarmac
Soto Cano Military Base, Honduras
Press Note
Open press.
No mult. On-site contact is Ltc. John Snyder, Joint Area Public Affairs
Officer (phone: 234-4637, x4676). Press enter via main entrance of military base.
Meet military PAO at entrance for escort.
Press pre-set:
10:45 a.m.
Press final access:
11:00 a.m.
1:00 p.m.
Arrival in Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Tarmac
Toncontin Airport (military side)
Boulevard de Toncontin
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Press Note
Open press.
Mult provided. Local press must be credentialed by Casa Presidencial or have valid
press identification to access the site. On-site contact is Liz Sears.
Press access: 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
1:50 p.m.
Press Statement/Remarks to Rescue Workers
Tarmac
Tegucigalpa Airport
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Press Notes
Open press. No mult provided. On-site contact is Liz Sears.
4:10 p.m.
Arrival in Nicaragua
Managua International Airport
Managua, Nicaragua
Press Note
Open press. Press interested in covering events at the airport must assemble at
Protocol Door at main airport entrance by 3:30 p.m. for escort for arrival site.
On-site contact is Kelly Crawford.
5:30 p.m.
Disaster Relief Event
Managua International Airport
Managua, Nicaragua
Press Note
Open press. Mult provided. Press must assemble at the Protocol Door at main airport
entrance by 3:30 p.m. for escort to arrival site. On-site contact is Kelly Crawford.
7:00 p.m.
Arrival in San Salvador
Comolapa International Air Base
San Salvador, El Salvador
Press Note
Open press. Press identification required. Press must assemble at the Cepa Cafeteria
at Comolapa International Air Base between 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. for escort to event
site. On-site is Laura DiBiase.
7:30 p.m.
Disaster Relief Event
Hangar 2
Comolapa International Air Base
San Salvador, El Salvador
Press Note
Open press. 30' throw. Mult provided. Press must assemble at the Cepa Cafeteria
at Comolapa International Air Base between 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. for escort to event
site. On-site is Laura DiBiase.
Tuesday, November 17
10:00 a.m. Visit to ISDEMU Headquarters
ISDEMU Headquarters
9 Avenue del Norte 120
San Salvador, El Salvador
Press Note
Pool press. Local press should contact Janet Rivas, Casa Presidencial, 503-270-3841.
or 503-886-8422. Or fax 503-271-1334. On-site contact is Laura DiBiase.
11:15 a.m.
Visit to School / Orphanage
Multi-purpose Room
Hogar del Nino San Vicente de Paul
1131 Avenida Cuba
San Salvador, El Salvador
Press Note
Open press. Consecutive translation. Mults (English and Spanish) provided.
45' throw. Press must have valid press identification to enter the site. On-site contact
is Laura DiBiase.
Press pre-set:
8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
Press final access:
10:15 a.m.
12:30 p.m. Peace and Reconciliation Discussion
Auditorium
U.S. Embassy
San Salvador, El Salvador
Press Note
Pool spray for opening remarks. Print reporters may remain for entire
discussion. Simultaneous translation. Mults provided (Spanish and English).
Local press should contact Janet Rivas, Casa Presidencial, 503-270-3841.
or 503-886-8422. Or fax 503-271-1334. On-site contact is Laura DiBiase.
4:00 p.m.
Domestic Violence Speech
Bristol Room
Hotel Princess
Avenida Las Magnolias y Blvd. del Hipodromo
San Salvador, El Salvador
Press Note
Open press. Mults (Spanish and English) provided. 50' throw. Press entrance via left
of main hotel lobby by Salon Bristol I. Press must have valid press identification to
enter site.
Press pre-set:
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Press final access:
3:00 p.m.
Wednesday, November 18
Note: In the morning, the First Lady will depart El Salvador en route Guatemala. Departure from
El Salvador will be closed to press coverage.
10:15 a.m. Arrival in Guatemala
Guatemala City Airport
Guatemala City, Guatemala
Press Note
Open press. Press identification required to access the site. Local press should
contact Alberto Fernandez at 502-331-1541 (x4278) for arrival details. On-site
contact is Joi Hilton.
11:00 a.m. Courtesey Call with President and Mrs. Arzu
President's Office
National Palace
Guatemala City, Guatemala
Press Note
Pool spray (stills and video only) at the top. Local press please contact Alberto
Fernandez, US Embassy, at 011-502-331-1541 (x4278).
12:30 p.m. Peace and Reconciliation Discussion
Ambassador's Residence
Guatemala City, Guatemala
Press Note
Pool spray at the top. Print reporters may remain for discussion.
Simultaneous translation. Mult provided.
For local pool information, please contact Alberto Fernandez at the US Embassy at
502-331-1541 (x4278). Press pre-set before 11:00 a.m. On-site contact is Joi Hilton.
2:30 p.m.
Education Reform Event
Salon Principal
Colonial Museum
5 Calle Oriente #5
Antigua, Guatemala
Press Note
Open press. Throw is 55'. Mult provided. Simultaneous translation.
Press pre-set:
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Press final access:
1:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
On-site contact is Joi Hilton.
4:00 p.m.
Mothercare R'xin Tinamit Event
Room All
Brother Pedro de Betancourt Hospital
San Felipe de Jesus
Antigua, Guatemala
Press Note
The First Lady will visit midwive training facilities and deliver remarks. On-site
contact is Joi Hilton.
Tour of training facilities:
Pool press. For local pool information, please contact Frank Neville at the U.S.
Embassy at 502-331-1541 (x4252).
Speaking program:
Open press. Simultaneous translation. Mult is provided. 40' throw.
Editor's Note: The First Lady will overnight in Guatemala on Wednesday. The remainder of her
schedule will be released as details become available.
###
Volunteerism
Arkansas Democrat Gazette
2A
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 1997
PHOTOCOPY
PRESERVATION
Volunteerism summit ends;
now the 'real work' begins
BY KATHY KIELY
members of Pine Bluff's delega-
ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE
tion awaited the summit's final
PHILADELPHIA - First lady
gathering on the sunny outdoor
Hillary Rodham Clinton sent 5,000
mall in front of Independence
delegates at the first national sum-
Hall.
mit on volunteerism home Tues-
President Clinton convened the
day to do the "real work" that is
three-day summit, endorsed by all
"essential to revitalizing democra-
four of his living White House pre-
cy."
decessors, to tackle problems fac-
The first lady represented Pres-
ing American youth.
ident Clinton at the closing cere-
In the final hours of the summit,
mony of an unusual gathering that
the all-star cast of national lead-
brought Republicans together
ers, whose presence gave the gath-
600
with Democrats, movie stars with
ering its media cachet, ceded the
unsung heroes, all for the cause of
stage to the people they said were
helping needy children.
the real stars of the show - the
Participants seemed unani-
delegates.
mous in declaring the summit a
The delegates promised to con-
success.
vene local summit meetings in
Associated Press
"We are really committed and
their own communities within six
First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, former President George Bush and retired
we are going back to make a
months and come up with ways to
Gen. Colin Powell applaud a performance of the Philadelphia Orchestra during
change," Beverly Morrow of the
meet the national goal: touching
closing ceremonies of the Presidents' Summit for America's Future. Clinton was
United Way of southeast Arkansas
the lives of 2 million at-risk chil-
introduced by the summit's chairman, Powell, as "a lady who has devoted her
declared, as she and the other five
See VOLUNTEERS, Page 9A
entire life to the cause of children and their welfare."
Arkansas Democrat
Gazette
PHOTOCOPY
2A
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 1997
PRESERVATION
as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Volunteers
Staff, said he owed his success in
part to "Mr. Sixer," the proprietor
of a neighborhood toy store who
Continued from Page 1A
gave him his first after-school job.
dren by the year 2000.
"It was a safe place, away from
"Now the real work begins,"
the streets, and it gave me a sense
Hillary Clinton said.
of structure," said Powell. He
The first lady - introduced by
called on other Americans to give
the summit's chairman, retired
the same for today's youth.
Gen. Colin Powell, as "a lady who
"We have no choice but to go for-
has devoted her entire life to the
ward if we're going to keep this na-
cause of children and their wel-
tion marching in the direction that
fare" - downplayed her role.
the men who met here more than
"The real work will be done on
220 years ago wanted," said Powell,
the front lines by volunteers and
gesturing behind him at the brick
those who organize and support
building where the nation's found-
volunteers," Hillary Clinton said.
National leaders can "encour-
CARTER
GERALD FORD
ing fathers gathered to sign the De-
claration of Independence.
age and motivate," but it will be
SA
USA
The summit ended with a touch
the 5,000 rank-and-file volunteers
of brass - as well as strings and
and local community leaders who
Associated Press
winds - courtesy of the famed
attended the summit who deter-
mine whether it is a success, she
Former Presidents Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford listen to English translations
Philadelphia Symphony Orches-
emphasized.
of questions during an agenda for the Americas panel discussion Tuesday in At-
tra, whose members assembled on
lanta. Carter and Ford are participating in a forum of former and current leaders
the steps of Independence Hall to
The first lady asked delegates
of Central, South and North American countries.
serenade the delegates.
to help the country develop
The musicians called to order
"habits of the heart that will make
America continue to be the great-
crowd rippled with appreciative
goodism?" the retired general
the last meeting of the three-day
gathering with Aaron Copland's
est and best nation in the world."
laughter, Bush added: "But what
said. "I'm telling you, it's for real."
Her sentiments were echoed by
matters is what you all do."
Powell has formed an organiza-
Fanfare for the Common Man and
former President George Bush,
Participants in the summit say
tion called "America's Promise" to
closed it to the stirring strains of
who attended all three days of the
the gathering in Philadelphia has
ensure that delegates and corpora-
John Philip Sousa's "Stars and
summit with his wife Barbara.
left them ready and eager to do
tions make good on the promises
Stripes Forever."
Bush's attendance at the gather-
more than ever.
they made here.
Mayor Ed Rendell invited the
ing, called by the man who ousted
"People need to be motivated,"
He started his accountability
delegates to return to Philadel-
him from the White House, was
said Carolyn Staley, a high school
program right away, holding up a
phia in the year 2000 to assess
emblematic of the summit's bipar-
classmate of President Clinton's in
note passed to him by one busi-
their progress.
"We've always said this has to
tisan support.
Hot Springs who now works at the
nessman who promised to start a
Bush acknowledged that the
National Institute for Literacy in
mentoring program.
be more than just three days," the
summit, which attracted three for-
Washington. "We were overdue for
"It's on television now, Roger,"
mayor said. But even after the
mer presidents and countless
a dose of optimism."
Powell laughed as he waved the
three years the summit delegates
celebrities, involved "a lot of glitz."
The delegates got a large one
sheet of paper over the lectern. "I
have allotted to meet their goals,
"Who wouldn't like to stand up
from Powell.
hope you knew what you were do-
they shouldn't stop, he said.
there with Brooke Shields or cud-
"Everybody's asking, is this for
ing."
"It has to be more than three
dle up next to John Travolta?" the
real or is this just a nice three
Powell, the first black to hold
years," the mayor said. "It has to
former president asked. As the
days basking in the sun, talking do-
the nation's highest military rank
be the rest of our lifetimes."
Kansas
City
PHOTOGOPY
Thursday, February 20, 1997 The Kansas City Star
Hillary Clinton visits KC
TAMMY LJUNGBLAD/The Star
Americans must "work together to make sure every child gets
day at a Stand for Children rally at the University of Missouri-
what any child needs," Hillary Rodham Clinton said Wednes-
Kansas City.
Children have ally in first lady
By DONALD BRADLEY
and DONNA McGUIRE
Cosby, at a Boys & Girls Clubs
"We know what children need and what
of Greater Kansas City bene-
Staff Writers
fit.
First lady Hillary Rodham
works. There's not a problem in America that
At'one point, she received a
Clinton championed two of
has not been solved somewhere in America."
bumper sticker that read: "Is it
good for the children? That's
her favorite topics - children
and helping women become
- Hillary Clinton
the number one question."
"What we have to do now is
self-sufficient - while dashing
work together to make sure
through four Kansas City
events Wednesday.
every child gets what any child
read a few minutes each day to
fice.
needs," Clinton told about 500
She came to help start a Chil-
their children.
Clinton also posed for pic-
people at a Stand for Children
dren's Mercy Hospital pro-
The program also asks all
tures with children, challenged
gram, modeled after one in
rally at the University of Mis-
area pediatricians to "pre-
adults to support children and
souri-Kansas City.
Boston's low-income neighbor-
scribe" books to children every
capped the day alongside an-
hoods, that calls on parents to
On Wednesday evening,
time they visit the doctor's of-
other child advocate, Bill
See HILLARY, A-14, Col. 1
Hillary
Clinton
in KC
Continued from A-1
souri-Kansas City.
On Wednesday evening, about
Children
300 children applauded Clinton
when she entered a room at Bartle
Hall for the Boys & Girls Club
benefit.
She applauded them back.
"I'm so happy to see all of you
here today," she said. "I've been in
Kansas City all day and when I
heard you were going to be here for
dinner tonight, I wanted to come
by and see some of the best boys
and girls in the United States."
She then addressed about 2,000
adults gathered in a separate room
for a fund-raising dinner.
"There is nothing more impor-
tant than providing opportunity
for our children to feel safe and
stimulated." she said I thank
the Boys and Girls Clubs for lead-
ing the way, for showing that if we
do put children's needs first, the
entire community can prosper.
Clinton expects to spend the next
four years working on behalf of
children and families in areas such
as education, health care and foster
care.
Three events she attended
WENDY YANG/The Star
Wednesday focused on children.
Americans must "work together to make sure
Rodham Clinton said at a Stand for Children rally
The fourth was a fund-raising
lunch for the Women's Employ-
every child gets what any child needs," Hillary
at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.
ment Network, where the audience
was moved by a former welfare
astounding effects that early stimu-
In the audience were community
and together to stand for chil-
mother's story about resurrecting a
lation through physical touch and
leaders, children's advocates and
dren.'
life ruined by a drug-addicted hus-
talking have on infants and young
people who rode a bus to Washing-
Organizers handed out a blue
band. Tears streamed down the
children." Kilo said.
ton last June to attend a Stand for
sheet that listed 100 ways people
woman's face as she returned to
At Children's Mercy, volunteers
Children rally.
could stand for children, such as
her table, where Clinton shook her
will be on hand to read to children
Federal and state officials rattled
visiting a library, checking home-
hand and thanked her for telling
in waiting rooms, and doctors will
off long lists of programs already
work and sharing hobbies.
her story.
counsel parents on how to use
established or soon to be imple-
Then they asked each guest to
books to help their child's develop-
mented that will help children, in-
list ways they could help by filling
Reach Out and Read
ment. Every child will leave with
cluding an improved training pro-
out a personal commitment form
At Children's Mercy, 6-year-old
an age-appropriate book.
gram for foster parents.
on the back of the blue sheet.
Jakob Grayson didn't jump on
Kilo predicted that more than
Then Jim Caccamo, executive di-
Not everyone was thrilled with
Clinton's bandwagon.
30,000 children will benefit from
rector of Partnership for Children.
Clinton's visit.
A couple of minutes before the
Children's Mercy's efforts. She
proclaimed that Kansas City is be-
A handful of abortion protesters
first lady entered a hospital room
asked for Kansas City's help in
coming the child opportunity capi-
waved signs at her motorcade as it
to read to a group of children, a
providing donations and "an end-
tal of the world. He predicted that
neared her stop at UMKC.
woman handed each child a copy
less supply of books."
in five years, when Partnership for
"She says she's such a big sup-
of If You Give a Moose a Muffin.
Jenny and Jeff Hunter of Blue
Children's 10-year campaign ends,
porter of children, but she's not
"Book," Jakob said with a scowl,
Springs applauded "Reach Out
the city will receive an A for the
standing up for the unborn," said
and slung it aside.
and Read.
way it treats children. Large gains
Hilary Trossen, a demonstrator.
Nobody said that "Reach Out
Their daughter, Lily, 5, was one
are needed, however, because the
Shortly after noon, about 1,200
and Read" would be an easy sell.
of the children Clinton read to
city received a C-plus on its last re-
people most of them women
Clinton would like to see the
Wednesday, and she could be the
port card.
gave Clinton a standing ovation at
Children's Mercy reading program
program's poster child.
Before Mayor Emanuel Cleaver
the Women's Employment Net-
expand nationwide. She visited just
"She's read 500 books so far this
introduced the featured speaker, he
work annual fund-raising lun-
days after her husband told Ameri-
school year," Jenny Hunter said.
motioned 15 children 12 of
cheon at the Hyatt Regency Crown
ca-that 40 percent of its fourth-
Lily, a kindergartner, began
whom attend day care at St. Vin-
Center hotel.
graders don't know how to read.
looking at books during regular
cent's Operation Breakthrough
The ballroom's walls were deco-
Illiteracy is expected to be a focus
trips to Children's Mercy for cere-
toward the stage.
rated with 2,000 red hearts, each
of President Clinton's second term.
bral palsy.
One by one, the children lifted a
representing someone who had
Hillary Clinton put out a call for
"And we read to her all the time."
giant, heart-shaped poster, took a
graduated from the network's pro-
hundreds of Kansas City volun-
her mother said. "One day she
deep breath and belted out the
gram.
teers to fill in for parents who
started to complete the sentences.
message he or she carried.
Clinton challenged the audience
won't crack a book.
Every child has that potential.
"Join my PTA!"
to take advantage of welfare re-
Reading to her daughter,
They just need a little push."
"Ask me what I think!"
form. America must provide jobs,
Chelsea, was a daily ritual, Clinton
Parents have to assume the role,
"Get to know kids in the neigh-
day care and transportation to
said. She told a Children's Mercy
Clinton said.
borhood!"
help welfare mothers succeed, or
audience that reading to children
"I've not met many parents who
In her 24-minute speech, Clinton
the reforms will fail. she said.
"strengthens bonds, enriches vo-
didn't want to do best for their
explained the Children's Mercy
"I don't delude myself about the
cabulary and helps a baby's brain
children, but I've known a lot
reading program and mentioned
difficulty that we face," she said.
to grow."
myself included - who didn't
several of the president's goals in-
"Many factors conspire to keep
Michele Kilo, chief of develop-
know what that meant," Clinton
volving children, such as health
women on welfare and out of
mental medicine and behavioral
said.
care for those who lack it.
work. And many of the ingredients
science at Children's Mercy, said
"I think we are at a turning point
to assist women off public assis-
Stand for Children
neurological research backs up
in this country." she said. "We
tance are ones that have to be
Clinton.
Later in the day, Clinton was one
know what children need and what
looked at carefully and packaged
The brain at birth has all the
of six speakers who addressed
works. There's not a problem in
on a much bigger scale than even
nerve cells it will ever have, but the
"Giving Our Hearts to the Chil-
America that has not been solved
(the Women's Employment Net-
connections can change dramati-
dren," an invitation-only rally at
somewhere in America Our
work) has been able to do
cally if properly stimulated such
UMKC organized by Kansas
challenge now is to take what we
Staff writers Brian McTavish and
as by reading to a child, Kilo said.
City's Stand for Children commit-
know in our hearts we should do
Laura R. Hockaday contributed to
"On a daily basis we witness the
tee.
and muster the will individually
this article.
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Hillary speaks
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from January 1996, when she
stood at 42 percent approval and
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47 percent disapproval.
More troubling for Hillary Clin-
ton, 41 percent in December still
Columbia who has studied the first
thought she had too much influ-
lady. "One of the things that
ence on her husband, compared
women are supposed to do is to
PHOTOCOPY
with 44 percent who thought it was
be one thing or another - a sex
PRESERVATION
"about right."
kitten or a villain. But they can't
In large measure, Hillary Clin-
be a complex person."
ton's increased approval rating,
But Clinton is exactly that,
like her husband's, was due to an
Brown said. She is a mother,
image makeover. Gone was the
lawyer, first lady, children's advo-
hard-driving champion of national
cate, health-care crusader. For
health-care reform. In came a
some people, that's too much.
more traditional first lady who
Clinton is now experiencing
pushed causes such as children and
what Brown called a conservative
family issues.
backlash. Americans appeared to
"She's become more of a sup-
embrace the first lady early in the
porter of her husband's agenda
first term when people were open
and priorities, and that is in con-
to new ways. But that changed
trast to the impression Americans
after she became engulfed in
had in the first term," said Larry
Whitewater.
Sabato, a University of Virginia
"This country is still very am-
political scientist. "You can't lose if
bivalent about women in power,
you're talking about children's
Is she role model or woman scorned?
Even though Clinton took on a lower
profile at the start of her husband's second
term, she stands as a pivotal figure, if only
because of the political havoc she could
wreak if indicted in the Whitewater scan-
She remains a lightning rod who rarely
attracts anything but heartfelt passion.
Her fans are devoted. Her enemies are
more than a little annoyed by her. When it
See CAN'T, A-14, Col. 5
and women themselves are very
health care and education."
ambivalent about their work," said
The role she will assume over the
editor Anne Mollegen Smith at
next four years remains to be seen.
Media Studies Center forum last
dal.
In September, the president said he
fall.
wanted his wife to focus on re-
At the same meeting, Republi-
forming the welfare system.
can pollster Kellyanne Fitzpatrick
"That's the first I've heard of it,"
said Clinton was born at the wrong
Hillary Clinton then said on
time. If she had come along 10
ABC's "20/20."
years earlier, she would not have
In December, the president said
tried to be such an assertive first
her mission would be "human
lady. If she had been born 10 years
rights around the world."
later, she would have run for office
Later that month, the first lady
herself.
said her focus would be children
"The cruel trick of timing has
and family "issues that I have
put her where she is," Fitzpatrick
worked on for more than 25
said.
years." Those issues made up
much of her emphasis Wednesday
So the debate rages.
Olathe Republican. She doesn't hold back,
"I really view her as pretty much a non-
credible person," O'Connor said. "I think
many of her notions are very socialistic."
So what is Hillary Clinton? Role model
or bad example? Courageous national
leader or presidential partner who doesn't
read to patients at Children's
role model," said Tim Golba, an
abortion opponent in Johnson
either.
know her place?
Five years after becoming first lady, Clin-
ton remains a national debate in progress.
in Kansas City, where she also
"I don't think she's a very good
And there's no end in sight.
Mercy Hospital.
Sabato suggested another mis-
County. "She and Bill
sion: "Stay out of controversy."
both sound very conservative,
But the first lady was controver-
but their actions prove otherwise.
sial from the start. Her bold style
To me, it's double-talk. It's hypo-
critical."
made some wince. She spoke out.
She called for dramatic changes.
Then there's this: "She exhibits
She took pride in carrying out a set
for
us the idea that women can
of duties completely separate from
pretty much do whatever they
her husband.
want to do," said Imogene Reed, a
America had not seen anything
Health Midwest nurse who lis-
like it since Eleanor Roosevelt.
tened to Clinton's speech. dilemma
Whitewater and Clinton's high
The first lady is caught in a
profile in health-care reform
quandary, suggested Missouri
brought endless problems and gave
Rep. Bonnie Sue Cooper, a Kansas
opponents new reasons to scorn
City Republican. All women want
her.
someone they can admire.
"People have a hard time catego-
"But we also would like them to
By STEVE KRASKE
Political Correspondent
Ask Mollie Carroll about first lady
Hillary Rodham Clinton and the words
"I'd stop a bullet for her," Carroll said
Wednesday, minutes before Clinton spoke
at the Hyatt Regency Crown Center hotel.
"I think she is what women in the '90s are
Now ask Kansas Rep. Kay O'Connor, an
rizing her," said Mary Ellen
still be women."
gush out.
all about."
Brown, a communications profes-
That, Cooper acknowledged, is a
sor at the University of Missouri-
tough act to pull off.
Brazil
CLINTON NA AMÉRICA DO SUL Presidente taz, em discurso, citaçoes a musica,
Clinton prega aber tu
Música brasileira, Jorge Ama-
do, Pelé, Portinari e Santos Du-
mont. o primeiro discurso de Bill
PHOTOCOPY
Clinton no Brasil foi de exaltação
PRESERVATION
às virtudes nacionais. O presiden-
te dos Estados Unidos evitou se
aprofundar em assuntos espinho-
sos, mas, mesmo superficialmen-
te, pediu a cooperação brasileira
para derrubar as barreiras econô-
micas que existem entre os países
do do continente americano. "Es-
pero que possamos trabalhar ain-
da mais proximamente para elevar
a vida de nossos povos, através da
criação de empregos com abertura
do mercado e do comércio, disse
o presidente.
Clinton se referia à formação
da: Área de Livre Comércio das
Américas (Alca), cujo ritmo de
consolidação é a principal diver-
gência entre Brasil e Estados Uni-
dos. Respondendo a perguntas de
jornalistas sobre a formação do
bloco comercial, Clinton afirmou
que irá conversar com o presiden-
te brasileiro e que espera chegar a
um consenso até 2005, ano em
que, segundo o Acordo de Miami,
firmado em 1994, a Alca deverá
começar a funcionar.
Ao lado da mulher, Hillary, o
presidente tocou em todos os as-
suntos que fazem parte de sua
agenda de compromissos. Infor-
mou que também espera ajuda do
Brasil para melhorar a educação,
permitindo a prosperidade das
crianças do continente, expandir o
acesso à tecnologia moderna para
conectar todos os países à idade
da era da informação, combater o
narcotráfico e o crime organizado
e protegendo as maravilhas da na-
tureza.
Clinton enfatizou que sua vin-
da ao Brasil tem como objetivo
aprofundar as parcerias entre os
No coquetel do Itamarati, Fernando Henrique disse que falará com Clinton sobre diferenças entre O'
dois países com respeito e igual-
dade. Segundo ele, os dois países
têm aspirações comuns.
FH marca
depois para o Palácio da Alvorada,
tivo ambicioso que compa
Sorridente, o presidente ameri-
onde jantou com o presidente bra-
mos, nossa agenda se pat
sileiro e 80 convidados.
propósitos comuns, sem
cano se disse feliz por estar no
diferenças
Dando a devida importância à
de oferecer um amplo espa
Brasil, um país que sonhava em
conhecer há 30 anos, desús que se
visita do presidente do país mais
ra que se expressem as
apaixonou pela música brasileira,
com EUA
poderoso no mundo, Fernando
fortes individualidades,
Henrique não omitiu, porém, a
interesses legítimos", diss
em sua juventude.
existência de divergências na área
nando Henrique.
O presidente demonstrou bom-
humor brincando com o formato
BRASÍLIA No discurso de
comercial, além de ressaltar a im-
A posição brasileira S
boas-vindas ao presidente Bill
portância "para o desenvolvimen-
Alca é conhecida. 0 Bras
de Brasília. "É maravilhoso estar
hoje aqui no Brasil. É maravilho-
Clinton, que iniciou ontem visita
to social" do acordo na área de
negocia em bloco com o
so sobretudo para mim, que quis
de 45 horas e 30 minutos ao Bra-
educação que será assinado hoje.
sul, não aceita a abertura
durante muito tempo visitar o
sil, o presidente Fernando Henri-
Além das barreiras comerciais
cial completa antes do ano
Brasil. (..) Hoje o dia chegou e eu
que Cardoso disse, durante o co-
impostas pelos EUA aos produtos
porque a economia nacior
feliz me encontro na cidade do
quetel oferecido no Palácio do Ita-
brasileiros, os dois países tam-
da não é suficientemente
céu".
marati, que "a nova ordem global
bém discordam sobre o ritmo pa-
titiva. Já os americanos
Ao final dos discursos, a sena-
não pode ser imposta, mas com-
ra a implantação da Área de Li-
antecipar a integração. 1
dora Marina Silva (PT-AC) disse
partilhada. Não deve ser espolia-
vre Comércio das Américas (Al-
curso de ontem, Fernando
à primeira-dama americana que
dora, mas promotora do bem-estar
ca). Quanto à integração conti-
que buscou no próprio fe
ela deveria conhecer a Amazônia.
da humanidade". Clinton desem-
nental, o presidente brasileiro de-
mo americano o argumen
Dona Ruth apressou-se a informar
barcou em Brasília, vindo da Ve-
fendeu o respeito à soberania de
defender a posição bra
que o Itamarati está agendando
nezuela, e seguiu diretamente para
cada nação e a seus interesses.
"Buscando inspiração na
uma viagem para Hillary à região
o Itamarati, onde participou do co-
"Para a criação de uma área de li-
ção Americana, que asseg
quetel para 800 pessoas, seguindo
vre comércio na Américas, obje-
Constituição os direitos,
em 1998.
TERÇA-FEIRA, 14 DE OUTUBRO DE 1997
BRASIL
JORNAL DO BRASIL
3
CLINTON NA AMÉRICA DO SUL Presidente faz, em discurso, citações a música, futebol, Portinari, Jorge Amado e Santos Dumont
Clinton prega abertura comercial
Brasília Gilberto Alves
Música brasileira, Jorge Ama-
do, Pelé, Portinari e Santos Du-
mont. o primeiro discurso de Bill
Clinton no Brasil foi de exaltação
às virtudes nacionais. O presiden-
te dos Estados Unidos evitou se
aprofundar em assuntos espinho-
sos, mas, mesmo superficialmen-
te, pediu a cooperação brasileira
para derrubar as barreiras econô-
micas que existem entre os países
do do continente americano. "Es-
pero que possamos trabalhar ain-
da mais proximamente para elevar
a vida de nossos povos, através da
criação de empregos com abertura
do mercado e do comércio", disse
o presidente.
Clinton se referia à formação
da Area de Livre Comércio das
Américas (Alca), cujo ritmo de
consolidação é a principal diver-
gência entre Brasil e Estados Uni-
dos. Respondendo a perguntas de
jornalistas sobre a formação do
bloco comercial, Clinton afirmou
que irá conversar com o presiden-
te brasileiro e que espera chegar a
um consenso até 2005, ano em
que, segundo o Acordo de Miami,
firmado em 1994, a Alca deverá
começar a funcionar.
Ao lado da mulher, Hillary, o
presidente tocou em todos os as-
suntos que fazem parte de sua
de
Infor
4
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BRASIL
TERÇA-FEIRA, 14 DE OUTUBRO DE 1997
CLINTON NA AMÉRICA DO SUL Rigor do esquema de segurança faz convidados desistirem do coquetel para a comitiva americana
Recepção teve poucas autoridades
CESAR FELÍCIO*
Brasília-Arnildo Schulz
BRASÍLIA De mãos dadas com a
mulher, Hillary, o presidente dos Esta-
dos Unidos, Bill Clinton, desembarcou
em Brasília pontualmente às 19h30 de
ontem, procedente da Venezuela, para
uma visita de 45 horas e meia ao país.
Clinton e Hillary foram levados imedia-
tamente ao Itamarati, onde foram recep-
cionados pelo presidente Fernando
Henrique Cardoso e Dona Ruth. Logo
atrás de Clinton. desceu do avião a se-
OF
THE
cretária de Estado, Madeleine Allbright.
Hillary trajava um tailleur amarelo de
seda e desceu junto com o marido.
Cumprimentados pelo chefe do ce-
rimonial do Itamarati, Frederico Cé-
sar de Araújo, e pelo comandante do
VI Comando Aéreo, brigadeiro Henri-
que Marine Souza, todos seguiram no
comboio de 20 automóveis, 15 fur-
gões e dois ônibus que compuseram a
comitiva. Um grupo de atiradores de
elite estava na pista e oficiais da Aero-
náutica coordenavam a operação, re-
comendando aos fotógrafos que não
fizessem movimentos bruscos.
Dez minutos antes de o avião tocar
o solo, já estava ligada e com faróis
acesos a limusine que conduziria o
presidente Clinton. A segunda limusi-
ne, onde depois embarcou Madeleine
Allbright, também seguiu o mesmo
procedimento. Cerca de 60 soldados
da infantaria da Aeronáutica, armados
uma visita de 45 horas e meia ao país.
Clinton e Hillary foram levados imedia-
tamente ao Itamarati, onde foram recep-
cionados pelo presidente Fernando
Henrique Cardoso e Dona Ruth. Logo
atrás de Clinton, desceu do avião a se-
cretária de Estado, Madeleine Allbright.
THE
Hillary trajava um tailleur amarelo de
seda e desceu junto com o marido.
Cumprimentados pelo chefe do ce-
rimonial do Itamarati, Frederico Cé-
PHOTOCOPY
sar de Araújo, e pelo comandante do
PRESERVATION
VI Comando Aéreo, brigadeiro Henri-
que Marine Souza, todos seguiram no
comboio de 20 automóveis, 15 fur-
gões e dois ônibus que compuseram a
comitiva. Um grupo de atiradores de
elite estava na pista e oficiais da Aero-
náutica coordenavam a operação, re-
comendando aos fotógrafos que não
fizessem movimentos bruscos.
Dez minutos antes de o avião tocar
o solo, já estava ligada e com faróis
acesos a limusine que conduziria o
presidente Clinton. A segunda limusi-
ne. onde depois embarcou Madeleine
Allbright, também seguiu o mesmo
procedimento. Cerca de 60 soldados
da infantaria da Aeronáutica, armados
com metralhadoras HK, isolaram a
pista. O desembarque foi bastante rá-
pido, com o presidente e a primeira-
dama americana entrando imediata-
mente na limusine.
O presidente Bill Clinton e sua mulher Hilary desembarcaram pontualmente às 19h30 de ontem, em vôo que veio da Venezuela, e foram conduzidos diretamente para o Itamarati
Às 20h, Clinton foi recebido por
Fernando Henrique no Itamarati, diri-
onde fica o Palácio do Itamarati, o que
gindo-se depois para o Salão Brasília,
tomou sua decisão domingo à tarde,*
dificultou ainda mais a chegada das
ton, como uma afronta à população
cia não rima com diplomacia, embo-
quando foi informado por seus segu-
da no Brasil distribuído a jornalistas
onde foi realizada uma cerimônia de
brasiliense. O governador concorda
autoridades. Depois, Clinton e Hillary
ra as duas palavras terminem com
ranças de que, a exemplo dos demais
americanos que cobrem as viagens
boas-vindas, seguida de coquetel. Ini-
jantaram no Palácio da Alvorada.
que Clinton é um personagem muito
cia", disse, fazendo um trocadilho
convidados, teria de se submeter a.
Recusas O governador do Dis-
visado pelo terrorismo internacional
internacionais de Clinton. "Acho que
cialmente previsto para 800 convida-
um detector de metais antes de en-
com a CIA, o serviço de inteligência
eles não consultaram os diplomatas
dos, o coquetel não teve mais de 300
trito Federal, Cristóvam Buarque, e
mas, mesmo assim, acredita que os
dos americanos. Cristóvam também
trar no Alvorada.
que moram aqui", reagiu o governa-
pessoas. Um dos motivos para o grande
americanos estão exagerando.
o presidente do STF, Celso de Mel-
ficou irritado com o documento. dis-
"Não aceito passar por este cons-
dor. Segundo Cristóvam, ao contrá-
número de ausências foi o rigor da se-
Para Cristóvam. tudo isso não
lo, foram algumas das autoridades
tribuído pela Casa Branca. que
rio do relatório da Casa Branca. di-
gurança do presidente americano. Além
trangimento numa cidade em que
passa de pura arrogância de um país
que recusaram o convite para jantar
sou governador". disse Cristóvam.
aponta Brasília como a uma cidade
plomatas americanos estão sempre
disso, às 19h30 foram fechados os
rico e poderoso, como os Estados
com Clinton e Fernando Henrique,
"estéril". exatamente igual à sua
que encarou a exigência, feita pela
elogiando a vida em Brasília.
acessos à Esplanada dos Ministérios,
no Palácio da Alvorada. Cristóvam
Unidos, com um país em desenvol-
"burocracia governamental"
equipe de seguranças de Bill Clin-
vimento. como o Brasil. "E arrogân-
0 texto é um relatório sobre a vi-
*Colaborou Jailton de Carvalho
Lampreia
Um protesto solitário STE
Temor de
THE FIRST LADY OF THE UNITED STATES
HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
South Africa
March 18 - 21, 1997
BEELD, Johannesburg, S.A.
March 6, 1997
(Circulation: 110,311)
Hillary en Chelsea Clinton
land op 17 Maart in SA
van vroue, kom op 17 Maart in Jo-
Johann Holzapfel
hannesburg aan. Sy vertrek die vol-
gende dag na Kaapstad, waar sy haar
Washington. - Die Amerikaanse pre-
besoek op 19 Maart sal afsluit.
sidentsvrou, mev. Hillary Clinton,
Ander lande op haar reisprogram
vertrek later vandeesmaand op 'n
van vyftien dae is onder meer die
private besoek aan Afrika en sal drie
Ivoorkus, Zimbabwe, Tanzanië en
dae in Suid-Afrika deurbring. Sy sal
Uganda.
vergesel word van haar enigste dog-
Die uitgesproke blonde presi-
ter, Chelsea.
dentsvrou, wat haar as advokaat be-
Die besoek, wat reeds geruime tyd
kwaam het, was vir die inhuldiging
beplan word, is gister deur 'n betrou-
van mnr. Nelson Mandela as Presi-
bare bron in die Amerikaanse Inlig-
dent vir die eerste keer in Suid-Afri-
tingsagentskap bevestig. Die Wit
ka.
Huis sal na verwagting vandag 'n
Hoewel haar besoek privaat is, is
amptelike aankondiging oor die be-
die verwagting dat sy verskeie hoog-
soek doen.
geplaaste vroue in die Suid-Afrika
Mev. Clinton, wat 'n aktiewe en in-
sal ontmoet. Indien pres. Mandela
vloedryke rol in die Amerikaanse
beskikbaar is, word 'n hoflikheids-
politiek speel en haar veral toespits
besoek op 19 Maart in Kaapstad ook
op opvoeding en die bemagtiging
in die vooruitsig gestel.
Translation: BEELD
HILLARY AND CHELSEA CLINTON ARRIVE IN SOUTH AFRICA ON MARCH 17.
Washington - The U.S. President's wife, Mrs Hillary Clinton, will depart later this month for a
private visit to Africa and will spend three days in South Africa. She will be accompanied by
her only daughter, Chelsea.
The visit, which has been planned for some time, was confirmed yesterday by a reliable source
in the U.S. Information Agency. The White House is expected to make a public
announcement on the visit today. Mrs. Clinton, who plays an active and influential role in
American politics and concentrates particularly on education and the empowerment of
women, will arrive in Johannesburg on March 17. The next day she departs for Cape Town
and will complete her visit on March 19.
Other countries on the agenda for the visit, which will last 15 days, are Ivory Coast,
Zimbabwe, Tanzania and Uganda, among others. The outspoken, blonde President's wife,
who was trained as an advocate, was first in South Africa for the inauguration of President
Nelson Mandela. Although her visit is private, it is expected that she will meet various high
ranking South African women. If President Mandela is available, there will also be an official
visit on March 19 in Cape Town.
THE PRETORIA NEWS, Pretoria, S.A.
March 7, 1997
(Circulation: 13,885)
Hillary Clinton
in SA this month
Washington - US First Lady Hillary Rodham
Clinton will visit South Africa for three days this
month to promote the empowerment of women
and "test the waters" for President Clinton's visit
later this year, White House sources said yester-
day.
The sources said she would arrive in Johan-
nesburg on March 17 and leave the next day for
Cape Town where she would spend two days.
While in Cape Town, she will meet President
Mandela, several other government leaders and
prominent South Africans, particularly women.
Her visit is part of a 15-day tour of five Afri-
can countries, including Zimbabwe, Ivory Coast,
Tanzania and Uganda.- - Foreign Service
THE CITIZEN, Johannesburg, S.A.
March 12, 1997
(Circulation: 134,261)
Hillary Clinton
to visit South
WASHINGTON. - Hil-
ning;
lary Rodham Clinton
embarks on Saturday on
Africa
A discussion with
members of the UN War
a six-nation tour of
Crimes Tribunal in
Africa that will under-
Arusha, Tanzania, on the
score US commitment
and encouraging small
to train citizens about the
impact of genocide and
to an active engagement
businesses, as well as "our
institutions of democracy;
rape as a war crime;
collective commitment to
with the continent, the
A tour of projects in
Programmes focus-
the survival and well-
White House announced
Soweto, aimed at bringing
ing on AIDS prevention
being of children".
yesterday.
new opportunities for the
and education in Uganda;
During her March 15-
"Mrs Clinton's good-
people of the township:
A speech in Uganda
30 trip, President Clin-
will trip will underscore
A tree-planting with
on the economic, political
the United States' commit-
ton's wife will visit Se-
Archbishop Desmond Tutu,
and social progress in the
ment to continued active
negal, South Africa, Zim-
symbolising the nation's
region and US efforts to
babwe, Tanzania, Uganda
engagement with the con-
path to reconciliation;
support democracy, civil
and Eritrea. It will mark
tinent and highlight the
A speech at the
society and social invest-
her ninth solo trip outside
progress of democracy in
University of Cape Town
ment in Africa;
the countries she will
the United States.
on South Africa's efforts
A visit to Africa's
A White House state-
visit," the White House
to build a multi-racial
newest country, Eritrea.
said.
ment said Mrs Clinton
democracy and the impor-
The White House said
hopes her visit will stress
Among the first lady's
tance of South Africa to
that as on all of her foreign
the importance of democ-
planned stops and activi-
the United States;
travels, Mrs Clinton will
racy and human rights,
ties are:
A visit with President
participate in roundtable
women's issues and social
Goree Island in
Mandela to Robben Is-
discussions with promi-
investments in areas such
Senegal, a hub of much of
land;
nent women from the re-
as education, health care
the African slave trade:
Projects in Zimbabwe
gion and non-governmen-
Saam Njaay Village
devoted to encouraging
tal organisations helping
in Senegal, where grass-
"microenterprise" devel-
to build civil society. -
roots efforts are under way
opment and family plan-
Reuter.
THE CITIZEN, Johannesburg, S.A.
March 13, 1997
(Circulation: 134,261.)
Hilary Clinton's
team is here
WASHINGTON.
-
day. They include round
the local branch of the
Members of United
table discussions in Jo-
American Civil Libertics
States First Lady Hill-
hannesburg on education,
Union.
ary Rodham Clinton's
and on crime and domes-
She will visit Robben
advance team have ar-
tic violence.
Island with President
rived in Cape Town
In Johannesburg, she
Mandela but it has not yet
will visit the Hector Pe-
and Johannesburg to
been decided if they will
tersen memorial named
get there by boat or heli-
make sure everything
for the 13-year-old
copter.
runs smoothly during
schoolboy who died in the
Neel Lattimore, a
her much-anticipted
anti-apartheid protests in-
member of the First
visit next week.
Soweto in 1976. She is
Lady's staff, said at the
Other members of her
also scheduled to visit the
White House yesterday
staff have returned to
Orlando
Children's
that she enjoyed taking
Washington after check-
Home.
informal walks during her
ing out the events and ve-
In Cape Town, Mrs
foreign visit but that noth-
nues on her schedule. Se-
Clinton is to visit a hous-
ing had been arranged for
curity is a primary con-
ing project and will be ac-
her schedule so far.
cern in every country she
companied to Kali House
"I am sure she would
visits.
by Archbishop Desmond
love to visit Table Moun-
Mrs Clinton will be ac-
Tutu, who is at present in
tain. Cape Town is a
companied by teenaged
Washington to receive a
beautiful city," said Mr
daughter Chelsea, who is
human rights award from
Lattimore, - Sapa.
about to start her college
education, and officials
of the US State Depart-
ment, as well as her own
staff and representatives
of the American media.
The party leaves Wash-
ington on Saturday in a
military tansport plane -
not in the famous Air
Force One Boeing 747
which is used only by the
president and his staff.
Further details of her
schedule in South Africa
became available yester-
THE STAR, Johannesburg, S.A.
March 13, 1997
(Circulation: 156,358.)
N
EWS
Soweto, Robben Island
on Hillary's agenda
By RICH MKHONDO
and five other countries, be-
Star Foreign Service
ginning next week.
"I will be privileged to be
Washington Hillary Clinton
visiting Senegal, South
and her daughter, Chelsea,
Africa, Zimbabwe, Tanzania,
arrive in Johannesburg on
Uganda and Eritrea.
Tuesday morning.
"And I hope to be able to
They will spend the day
witness first hand and to
in Soweto and then travel to
highlight each country's ef-
Cape Town on Wednesday.
fort to build a democracy and
While in Cape Town, from
a strong civil society," she
Wednesday to Friday, she
told the delegates.
will meet President Mandela,
She added: "I will focus
who will accompany her to
particularly on grassroots ini-
Robben Island.
tiatives and on efforts that af-
She will attend a tree-
fect women and children. I
planting ceremony with
hope this trip will give the
Archbishop Desmond Tutu
American people a renewed
to symbolise reconciliation
sense of the importance of
and speak at the University
our commitment to Africa,"
of Cape Town on the grow-
she said.
ing importance of US-South
The last time she visited
Africa relations.
South Africa was in May 1994
At a women's conference
when she attended the inau-
in Washington this week, she
guration of President Man-
praised economic growth in
dela in Pretoria.
sub-Saharan Africa and
Government sources said
urged Americans to invest in
her visit is a prelude to Presi-
the continent's emerging
dent Clinton's visit later this
democracies.
year.
"Africa is growing eco-
The president's visit, the
nomically, moving from their
first by an American leader,
suffocating state-controlled
may include a few other
economies, to open markets
countries on his way to or
that can give full life and
from South Africa.
scope to human endeavours.
President Mandela ex-
Last year no fewer than 30
tended the invitation to his
countries recorded positive
US counterpart when he was
economic growth," she said
in Washington on a state visit
of her trip to South Africa
in October 1994.
BUSINESS DAY, Johannesburg, S.A.
March 18, 1997
(Circulation: 38,989.)
Jo'burg drivers braced
for Clinton motorcade
Reneé Grawitzky
JOHANNESBURG motorists could be well advised
to brace themselves for traffic jams when US First
Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton's 12-car motorcade
hits town today.
Clinton and her 45-person entourage arrives from
Dakar, Senegal, as part of the second leg of her 15-
day African tour. Her visit comes close on the heels of
Vice-President Al Gore's, who in terms of White
House pecking order follows the First Lady in terms
of entourage size.
By last night it was still unclear whether roads
would be blocked off allowing for the passage of her
motorcade - as occurred during Gore's visit, causing
major traffic jams.
Clinton will be accompanied by her daughter
Chelsea, who is on her spring break, with a team of
doctors and medical professionals, secret service per-
sonnel and security, her immediate staff, and African
affairs experts and 15 journalists completing her en-
tourage. Journalists who covered Gore's visit said it
was hoped the First Lady would pay more attention
to local journalists, who were all but ignored by Gore
in the pursuit of good media coverage in the US.
Clinton's visit is aimed at highlighting the impor-
tance of democracy and human rights, a focus on
women and children and investment in education
and health care. With this in mind a tour will be
conducted of traditional Soweto sites including the
Hector Petersen Memorial.
There will also be focus on educational institu-
tions and a children's home. A round table discussion
will be held on crime and domestic violence. The First
Lady then returns to her R5 000-a-night presidential
suite at the Park Hyatt, Rosebank. Dozens of rooms
have been booked for her entourage.
SOWETAN - Johannesburg, S.A.
March 18, 1997
(Circulation: 211,178.)
Hillary Clinton arrives today
UNITED States first lady Mrs Hillary Rodham-
Clinton arrives in South Africa today as part of a
two-week tour of Africa.
Accompanied by her daughter Chelsea, Clinton
is on a four-day state visit to South Africa. She will
meet President Nelson Mandela and visit Robben
Island with him. Today she is scheduled to visit an
educational project, the Hector Petersen Memorial
and a children's home in Soweto before a round-
table discussion on crime and domestic violence.
Clinton is on her first African visit. She intends
addressing issues concerning democracy and human
rights, women's empowerment and social investment
in education and health. She travels to Cape Town
tomorrow and will meet Truth and Reconciliation
Commission chairman Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
THE CITIZEN, Johannesburg, S.A.
March 18, 1997
(Circulation: 134,261.)
Mrs Clinton
here today
US First Lady Hillary
Mrs Clinton is making
Rodham Clinton will
her first African visit.
arrive in South Africa
She intends to address
today as part of a two-
issues ranging from
week tour of Africa.
democracy and human
Accompanied by her
rights, women's empow-
daughter Chelsea, Mrs
erment and social invest-
Clinton will spend four
ment in education and
days in the country. She
health.
will meet President Man-
She will travel to Cape
dela and visit Robben
Town tomorrow and will
Island with him.
meet Truth and Reconci-
She will today also
liation Commission
visit an educational pro-
chairman Desmond Tutu.
ject, the Hector Petersen
She will also speak at the
Memorial and a chil-
University of Cape
dren's home in Soweto
Town.
before a round-table dis-
Mrs Clinton's itiner-
cussion on crime and
ary included Senegal
domestic violence.
before South Africa,
Mrs Clinton delayed
after which she will go to
her tour by a day after
Zimbabwe, Tanzania,
President Bill Clinton
Uganda and Eritrea. -
had surgery on his knee.
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THE STAR, Johannesburg, S.A.
March 18, 1997
(Circulation: 156,358.)
Hillary Clinton arriving today
US First Lady Hillary
Robben Island with him.
Rodham Clinton will ar-
Clintonwill go to Zim-
rive in SA today as part of
babwe, Tanzania, Uganda
a two-week tour of Africa.
and Eritrea after SA.
Accompanied
by
UN secretary-general
daughter Chelsea, Clinton
Kofi Annan will arrive in
will spend four days in
SA tomorrow on his first
SA. She will meet Presi-
visit to Africa since taking
dent Mandela and visit
office. - Sapa.
BEELD, Johannesburg, S.A.
March 18, 1997
(Circulation: 110,311.)
Slim Hillary vergestalt
politiek gedrewe vrou
Sy beywer haar vir kinder-, vroueregte
Johann Holzapfel
Washington. - Teenoor Ameri-
ka se, blonde presidentsvrou,
mev. Hillary Rodham Clinton,
wat vandag in Suid-Afrika aan-
kom om momentum te gee aan
haar kruisvaart om 'n beter be-
deling vir vroue en kinders te
bewerkstellig, staan niemand
neutraal nie.
Sedert sy in 1992 ná twaalf
jaar as goewerneursvrou van
Arkansas na die Wit Huis ge-
kom het, bevind sy haar pal in
die kollig omdat sy anders as
haar voorgangers is.
Mans is oor die algemeen nie
dol op haar nie - te voortva-
rend, selfs opdringerig, 'n radi-
kale feminis, aggressief en al-
wys, sê hulle.
Vroue met die uitsondering
van 'n groot groep teedrinken-
de tantes van die federale hoof-
stad - beoordeel haar anders.
Hulle beskou haar as die ver-
persoonliking van hoe die mo-
derne vrou behoort te wees -
werklik in voeling met die
hedendaagse problematiek, 'n
praktiserende Metodis, 'n be-
Mev. Hillary Rodham Clinton is bemind onder heelparty
kwame ma vir die paar se enig-
vroue; party mans meen sy is 'n "radikale feminis".
ste dogter, Chelsea, en 'n raad-
teit van Arkansas. Hul dogter,
didaat aan te wys onder meer
gewer vir haar man.
Oor een ding is Amerikaners
Chelsea, wat saam met haar ma
weens sy belangstelling in om-
in Suid-Afrika is, is in 1980 ge-
gewingsbewaring en opvoe-
dit eens: Die huidige Eerste
Vrou laat haar nie van stryk
bore.
ding, sê sy: "My man neem sy
bring deur kritiek nie.
Een van die temas wat die
eie besluite."
Twaalf jaar as goewerneurs-
presidentsvrou gereeld aan-
Die Republikeinse Party bly
roer, is haar doelwit om vir
steeds een van haar grootste
vrou in Arkansas, waar sy as
kinders en werkende vroue 'n
kritici. Sy is tydens die afgelo-
advokaat gepraktiseer het,
voorsitter was van die staat se
plek in die son te verseker.
pe presidentsverkiesing voor-
"Hoe ons ons kinders behan-
gestel as 'n radikale feminis
komitees oor gesondheid en op-
voeding, 'n huishouding be-
del, behoort die hartklop van
met 'n misplaaste siening van
ons nasionale agenda te wees.
kinderregte.
stuur en haar man en dogter
versorg het, het haar ryp ge-
Ek wil 'n stem vir ons kinders
Oor kritiek dat sy as goewer-
wees," sê sy gereeld.
neursvrou ook heeltyds as ad-
maak vir haar huidige rol.
Clinton is op 26 Oktober 1946
Oor haar invloed op die pre-
vokaaat gepraktiseer het, was
Chicago gebore. Sy het aan
sident se denke en besluite, is
haar reaksie: "Ek veronderstel
Yale gegradueer, is in 1973 as
daar min twyfel. Reeds in die
ek kon by die huis gebly, koe-
aanloop tot 1992 se presidents-
kies gebak en mense vir tee
regsverteenwoordiger vir die
verkiesing het 'n korrespon-
oorgenooi het, maar ek is ten
Children's Defense Fund aan-
dent wat saam met die Clintons
gunste van die vryheid van
gestel het in 1974 deelge-
gereis het, gesê: "Sy is Clinton
keuse ongeag of dit 'n heeltydse
neem aan die Watergate-onder-
soek wat tot pres. Richard
se grootste vertroueling en hy
loopbaan, huisvrou en moeder
vertrou haar oordeel meer as
of 'n kombinasie van die twee
Nixon-se val gelei het.
Indie jare sewentig is sy as
die van al sy raadgewers. Sy
is."
doen voorstelle, skryf dele van
Of 'n mens van haar hou of
een van Amerika se voorste
regsgeleerdes uitgesonder.
sy toesprake en skroom ook nie
nie, is sy bestem vir 'n selfs gro-
Sy is in 1975 terug na Arkan-
om hom te kritiseer nie."
ter politieke rol gedurende
sas, waar sy met pres. Clinton
Hoewel sy 'n groot rol ge-
haar man se tweede ampster
speel het in die besluit om mnr.
myn. Hy kan hom kwalik be
getroud is. Hulle het saam regs-
Al Gore as vise-presidentskan-
roep op 'n lojaler lyfwag.
klasse gegee aan die Universi-
Translation: BEELD
CLEVER HILLARY EMBODIES THE POLITICALLY DRIVEN WOMAN: SHE
STRIVES FOR CHILDREN'S AND WOMEN'S RIGHTS.
Nobody remains neutral towards the U.S. President's blonde wife, Mrs. Hillary Rodham Clinton, who
arrives in South Africa today to give momentum to her crusade for a better deal for women and children.
Since her arrival to the White House in 1992, after twelve years as the wife of the Arkansas governor, she
finds herself in the limelight because she is different from her predecessors.
Men are generally not very fond of her - too forward to the point of being pushy, a radical feminist,
aggressive and all wise, they say.
Women, with the exception of a large group of tea drinking old ladies in the federal capital, regard her as
different. They consider her a role model for the modern woman - really in touch with current problems,
a practising Methodist, a competent mother for the couple's only daughter, Chelsea, and an adviser to her
husband. Americans agree on one thing: the current First Lady doesn't get flustered by criticism.
Twelve years as the wife of the Arkansas governor, where she practiced as an advocate; was chairperson
of the committee on health and education; managed a household and cared for her husband and daughter;
prepared her well for her current role.
Clinton was born October 26, 1946 in Chicago. She graduated from Yale; in 1973 was appointed
representative for the Children's Defense Fund, and in 1974 was part of the Watergate investigation
which led to the downfall of President Richard Nixon. In the 70s she was recognized as one of
America's best lawyers. In 1975 she went back to Arkansas where she married President Clinton. They
both lectured in law at the University of Arkansas. Their daughter, Chelsea, who is accompanying her
mother to South Africa, was born in 1980.
One of the themes that the President's wife often mentions is her determination to ensure a place in the
sun for children and working women. "How we handle our children, should be the heartbeat of our
national agenda. I want to be the voice of our children" she often says. There is little doubt regarding her
influence on the President's thoughts and decisions. As early as the run up to the 1992 presidential
election, a correspondent who travelled with the Clintons said: "She is Clinton's most trusted person and
he trusts her opinions more than those of his advisors. She makes proposals, writes sections of his
speeches and doesn't hesitate to criticize him."
Although she played a large role in the decision to propose Mr. Al Gore as candidate for the vice-
presidency because of his interest in the environment and education, she says "My husband makes his
own decisions."
The Republican Party remains one of her greatest critics. During the last presidential election she was
depicted as a radical feminist with a misplaced vision of children rights. Regarding the criticism that she
continued her law practice while being the governor's wife, she reacted "I believe I could have remained
at home to bake cookies and invite people for tea, but I am in favor of freedom of choice, regardless of
whether it is a full time career, a housewife and mother, or a combination of the two." Whether people
like her or not, she is destined for an even greater political role during her husband's second term of
office. He can hardly call upon a more loyal bodyguard.
BEELD, Johannesburg, S.A.
March 18, 1997
(Circulation: 110,311.)
Hillary en dogter land in SA vir besoek
Sy vertrek Woensdag na Kaap-
stad.
Volgens 'n voorlopige program
gaan sy daar saam met aartsbiskop
man, pres. Bill Clinton.
willendheidsbesoek aan Afrika
Desmond Tutu 'n boom plant wat
Amanda Visser,
Sy sal ook die Hector Peterson-
Clinton sal twee weke in Afrika
bring.
Suid-Afrika se pad na versoening
Diplomatieke Verslaggewer
gedenkteken in Orlando-Wes be-
versinnebeeld.
deurbring en onder meer Senegal,
Haar eerste afspraak in Suid-
soek. Daarna vertrek sy na die Or-
Zimbabwe, Uganda en Eritrea be-
Afrika is by die Entandweni Pri-
Clinton sal ook 'n besoek bring
Mev. Hillary Rodham Clinton, die
lando-kinderhuis. Kinders en per-
soek. Sy sal drie dae in Suid-Afrika
aan Robbeneiland, waar pres. Nel-
mary School in Soweto. Clinton sal
Amerikaanse presidentsvrou, kom
soneellede sal geleentheid kry om
deurbring.
son Mandela 27 jaar lank aangehou
onder meer in 'n klaskamer 'n
met haar te gesels.
vanoggend vroeg in Suid-Afrika
Pres. Bill Clinton het die naweek
is. Volgens die Amerikaanse am-
draai maak en aan die les deel-
Sy sal die dag afsluit by die kin-
aan.
'n knie-operasie ondergaan, wat
bassade sal Mandela haar op dié be-
neem.
derbeskermingseenheid in Braam-
Haar dogter, Chelsea (17), verge-
veroorsaak het dat sy vrou se be-
soek vergesel.
Later die dag sal sy en gemeen-
sel haar op haar negende amptelike
fontein. Clinton sal optree as voor-
soek effens vertraag is.
Daarna vertrek sy na Zimbabwe
skapsleiers gesels oor die belang
buitelandse besoek sonder haar
sitter van 'n bespreking oor mis-
Dit is op sý versoek dat sy 'n wel-
en Tanzanië en dan na Uganda en
van onderwys.
daad en huishoudelike geweld.
Eritrea.
Translation: BEELD
HILLARY AND DAUGHTER ARRIVE IN SOUTH AFRICA FOR A VISIT
Mrs. Hillary Rodham Clint, the U.S. President's wife, arrives in South Africa early this
morning. Her daughter, Chelsea (17), accompanies her on her official visit to nine countries
without her husband, President Bill Clinton. Clinton will spend two weeks in Africa and will
visit, among others, Senegal, Zimbabwe, Uganda and Eritrea. She will be in South Africa for
three days. President Bill Clinton underwent a knee operation over the weekend, which
caused his wife's trip to be slightly delayed. It was his wish that she make a goodwill visit to
Africa.
Her first engagement in South Africa will be the Entandweni Primary School in Soweto.
Clinton will also visit a classroom and participate to a lesson. Later in the day she will discuss
the importance of education with community leaders. She will also visit the Hector Peterson
memorial in Orlando West, after which she will leave for the Orlando Children's Home.
Children and staff will have an opportunity to chat with her. She will conclude the day at the
Children's Protection Unit in Braamfontein. Clinton will act as chairperson for a discussion on
crime and domestic violence. She leaves for Cape Town on Wednesday. According to the
latest schedule, she will plant a tree together with Archbishop Desmond Tutu as a symbolic
gesture of reconciliation. Clinton will also visit Robben Island, where President Mandela was
prisoner for 27 years. According to the U.S. Embassy, President Mandela will accompany her
on this visit. After this she will depart for Zimbabwe and Tanzania and then Uganda and
Eritrea.
SAPA, Johannesburg, SA
March 19, 1997
(News service for all South African media)
HILLARY HOUSING
CAPE TOWN March 19 Sapa
DEMOCRACY IS WORK OF ALL: HILLARY CLINTON
Building a democracy WAS the work of all a
country's people and not Just that of the
government, United States first lady Hillary
Rodham Clinton said on Wednesday.
Even in = country like the USA, which had
been a democracy for 200 years, it was still
necessary for everyone to keep working at it, she
told hundreds of at a housing project for
the homeless in Philippi on the Capa Flats
outside Cape Towns
People in the United States were very excited
About 3013, what which happening in South Africa. she
Clinton and her daughter
Chelsea, our - circuation goodwill hour of Africa,
visited the Victoria Muenge housing initiative
immediately after have annival at Caps Town
international Airport on the second of the
throw-day South African leg.
They were met by hundreds or singing and
chanting women wearing traditions) Xhaca atting
and All but mebbed as they were taken on a tour
of the self-holp project DE concrete clab houses
the US Agency for Interwational Development is
helping fund.
Type) mayor, Therese Solomon.
The Clintons were officially welcomed by Cape
In a short address, Housing Minister Bankie
Mthewb: Mahanyele said South Africa would be able
to use whatover resources it could get from the
us to build more housing schemed like the
Victoria Nyonge.
few years'
time Clinton said she would like to come back in a
maybe with husband President
built. Bill Clinton to SED the houses that had been
She was applauded by the women when she said
che would tell her husband that people worked
better when they sang and danced.
Sapa
SAPA, Johannesburg, SA
March 19, 1997
(News service for all South African media)
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SAPA, Johannesburg, SA
March 19, 1997
(News service for all South African media)
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CAPE TOWN March 19 Sapa
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their work and the certouchess with which they
addressed the ISSURE under their mandate.
"X believe it 14 very important lost only Apr
South Africa but for the entire world," she said.
"It 1-c. something that been a great deal of
intepest for those of LIE who APE not directly
somethed but observing it from other countries."
Sapa.
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THE ARGUS, Cape Town, S.A.
First Lady meets the little people
March 19, 1997
(Circulation: 82,142)
ASSOCIATED PRESS
African safari: United States First Lady Hillary Clinton visits the Orlando Children's Home in Soweto during the first day of her visit to South Africa, part of her six-nation tour of Africa. Report on page 3
Trade strategy prompts
debate on US aid to Africa
New bill favours end to "beggar-donor" ties
Washington - While First Lady Hillary
(about R440-m) into an equity fund and $100-million
Clinton is raising the United States profile in
for an infrastructure fund to help African countries
Africa during a two-week tour, here in
do things like start small businesses and repair pot-
Washington a quiet debate is under way over
hole-ridden roads.
the fundamental value of continuing US aid to
But it also makes new aid contingent on a coun-
poor African nations.
try's "commitment to market-based economic
The impetus for the debate is "The End of Depen-
reform and support of the private sector".
dency Act", a bill aimed at fostering capitalism and
The bill would also encourage establishment of a
economic self-sufficiency in Africa and changing
US/Sub-Saharan Africa Free Trade Area and call
the "beggar-donor" relationship that characterises
for eliminating trade barriers. including those
US ties with the region.
affecting textile imports.
Proponents of the bill were not heard from at a
"Unfortunately, masquerading as trade and
congressional hearing on US aid to Africa last week,
(Circulation: 82,142)
March 19, 1997
development policy are an assortment of pro-
but the bill's presence was felt strongly.
grammes and initiatives that don't work well
"It is too early in Africa's development for trade
together, have no central focus, policy or direction,"
THE ARGUS, Cape Town, S.A.
to substitute for aid. Trade and aid are not alterna-
Mr McDermott said.
tives, but mutually supportive ingredients that
At last week's hearing, author Michael Maren
work best when promoted jointly," said George
said that often aid to African countries "only bene-
Moose, Assistant Secretary of State for African
fits a few (people) with close connections to the gov-
Affairs.
ernment".
Others voiced similar concerns, worried that the
And he said that while providing aid to "the
measure would be used as a pretext for cutting US
poorest of the poor is good public relations
(it)
aid to Africa.
South African visit: First Lady Hillary Clinton
doesn't cure poverty".
But the bill's advocates, who include two Democ-
Mr Moose pushed the administration's proposal
rats and a Republican, insist the bill would not
improvements - will be ready to make the transfor-
to spend $700-million in Africa for "long-term sus-
reduce such US aid.
mation from US aid recipient to US trade partner.
tainable assistance strategies" through the US
"The bill would not take money out of US aid at
"I believe that there are a number of African
Agency for International Development's Develop-
all," said Jennifer Crider, press secretary to Democ-
countries who will continue to need traditional
ment Fund for Africa.
ratic Representative Jim McDermott.
development assistance," Mr McDermott said.
"Trade and investment will become ever more
In testimony last year, Mr McDermott said that
"On the other hand, my proposal is designed to
important vehicles in generating economic growth
one of the bill's "greatest misconceptions" was that
create a comprehensive trade and investment strat-
in Africa," he said, alluding to the hopes being
it would cut aid.
egy for those economies in sub-Saharan Africa who
pinned on such growth by politicians like Mr
But where he appears to differ with Mr Clinton,
have a record of commitment to market-based eco-
McDermott.
administration officials and members of his own
nomics and to supporting their private sector."
"But it is US assistance that cultivates the proper
party is in determining when African countries -
The bill, which Ms Crider said would be reintro-
environment and builds up the human capacity to
especially those who have seen recent economic
duced soon, calls for some new money: $100-million
make trade and investment flourish." - Sapa-AFP
DIE BURGER, Cape Town, S.A.
March 19, 1997
(Circulation: 102,691)
inside
Mev. Hillary Rodham Clinton luister na leerlinge van die Primêre Skool Entandweni in Soweto terwyl sy gister
Foto: AP
daar op besoek was.
Hillary beklemtoon onderwys
'n Glimlaggende Clinton, haar
lisme en ongedissiplineerdheid."
Eie Kantoor
dogter, Chelsea, en sowat veertig
Clinton het gesê die keuse wat
personeellede is deur mnr. James
Suid-Afrika én Amerika moet
JOHANNESBURG. - "Dit is moei-
Joseph, Amerika se ambassadeur
doen is om aan te hou belê in on-
lik - en selfs onmoontlik - om 'n
hier, en sy vrou, Mary, ontvang.
derwys of om die prys te betaal
demokrasie te handhaaf sonder
Haar eerste besoek was by die
van mense wat nie die geleentheid
opgevoede burgers. Onderwys is
Primère Skool Entandweni in
kry wat hulle toekom nie.
'n noodsaaklike element vir men-
Zondi, Soweto, waar leerlinge van
Haar besoek aan Johannesburg
se om deel te word van geleenthe-
grade 1 tot 4 Engels as tweede taal
het haar ook na die Hector Peter-
de wat 'n demokrasie bied."
deur middel van interaktiewe ra-
son gedenkteken geneem waar sy
Dit is die boodskap van mev.
dioprogramme leer.
deur mnr. Tokyo en mev. Judy
Hillary Rodham Clinton, Ameri-
Van 'n onderwysforum by En-
Sexwale, Gauteng se premiers-
kaanse presidentsvrou, aan Suid-
tandweni het Clinton 'n eksem-
paar, mnr. Walter Sisulu, mev. He-
Afrikaners en hul regering.
plaar van Suid-Afrika se Grond-
len Suzman en mnr. Isaac Mogase,
Sy het gister op 'n besoek van
wet ontvang.
burgemeester van Johannesburg,
drie dae in Suid-Afrika aangekom
Sy het erken dat Amerika ook sy
ontvang is.
ná 'n vinnige besoek aan Senegal.
kwota onderwysprobleme het. Sy
Haar program vir die dag is af-
Dié besoek is effens verkort weens
het verwys na vandalisme. onge-
gesluit met 'n besoek aan die Or-
die knie-operasie van pres. Bill
dissiplineerdheid en mense wat
lando Kinderhuis en die kinderbe-
Clinton. Dit het haar Afrika toer
glo⁻dat hulle nie kán leer nie.
skermingseenheid van die Polisie
van twee weke effens vertraag.
'n Kind wat geïgnoreer word,
in Braamfontein waar sy deelge-
Die res van haar besoek sluit
sal altyd aandag kry. Hy sal aan-
neem het aan 'n gesprek oor mis-
Zimbabwe, Tanzanië, Uganda en
dag soek op maniere wat nie geïg-
daad en huishoudelike geweld.
Eritrea in.
noreer kan word nie. Soos vanda-
Sy vertrek na Kaapstad.
Translation: DIE BURGER
HILLARY EMPHASIZES EDUCATION
"It is difficult - even impossible - to preserve a democracy without educated citizens.
Education is a necessary element for people to be part of the opportunities that a democracy
offers." That is the message that Mrs. Hillary Rodham Clinton, U.S. President's wife, brought
to South Africans and their government. She arrived yesterday on a three-day visit to South
Africa after a brief visit to Senegal. This visit was shortened slightly due to President Bill
Clinton's knee operation, which also delayed her departure for Africa. The rest of her visit
includes Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Uganda and Eritrea. A smiling Clinton, her daughter Chelsea
and about forty members of her staff were received by Mr. James Joseph, U.S. Ambassador to
S.A., and his wife Mary.
Her first visit was to the Entandweni Primary School in Zondi, Soweto where pupils of grades
one to four learn English as a second language through the medium of interactive radio
programs. During an education forum at Entandweni, Clinton received a copy of the South
African Constitution. She acknowledged that the U.S. has its quota of education problems.
She referred to vandalism, poor discipline and people who believe they cannot learn. "A child
who is ignored, will also receive attention. He will look for attention in ways that cannot be
ignored. Such as vandalism and poor discipline." Clinton said the choice that South Africa
and the U.S. should make is to continue investing in education or to pay the price of people
who will not have opportunities for their future. Her visit to Johannesburg took her to the
Hector Peterson memorial, where she was received by Mr. Tokyo Sexwale and his wife Judy,
Gauteng's first couple, Mr. Walter Sisulu and Mrs Helen Suzman, and the Mayor of
Johannesburg, Mr. Isaac Mogase.
Her program for the day concluded with a visit to the Orlando Children's home and the Child
Protection Unit of the Police in Braamfontein where she participated to a discussion on crime
and domestic violence. She departs for Cape Town.
PRETORIA NEWS, Pretoria, S.A.
March 19, 1997
(Circulation: 24,552.)
US First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton yesterday paid homage to young blacks killed fighting for liberation
from South Africa's former white government, saying the freedom they fought for had come to pass. Mrs
Clinton and her daughter Chelsea visited the grave of Hector Peterson, a teenage boy who was the first to
die in Soweto township in June 1976 during massive demonstrations. Mrs Clinton told a ceremony at the
monument in Soweto that she mourned for those youths "who did not live to see this day in this country".
"But in the faces of the children I saw this morning I hope there is the consolation that what they fought and
died for has come to pass," she said. Gauteng premier Tokyo Sexwale told Mrs Clinton that South Africa had
come a long way since the Soweto riots. "You stand on sacred ground, because here our children fell in the
quest for that which is still elusive to many people across the world," he said. PICTURE: REUTER
THE ARGUS, Cape Town, S.A.
March 19, 1997
(Circulation: 82,142)
Hillary Clinton to
meet Mandela
Johannesburg - United States First
Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton arrives
in Cape Town today as part of her
four-day visit to South Africa.
Mrs Clinton, who is travelling with her
daughter Chelsea, will meet President Nel-
son Mandela. He will escort her on a trip to
Robben Island.
She will also meet Truth and Reconcili-
ation Commission chairman Desmond
Tutu for a tree-planting ceremony.
Mrs Clinton spent most of yesterday in
Soweto visiting an American-sponsored
educational project, the Hector Peterson
Memorial and a children's home.
She emphasised the need for education
and was a hit with Soweto crowds and
media. She was accompanied by Gauteng
Premier Tokyo Sexwale.
At the brief wreath-laying ceremony at
the Hector Peterson Memorial, she praised
South Africans for realising their dream of
freedom and democracy, and paid tribute
to those who were willing to die for it.
She thanked President Mandela and all
South Africans for setting an example to
the world of how to create freedom and
democracy.- Sapa
THE NATAL WITNESS, Kwa/Zulu Natal, S.A.
March 19, 1997
(Circulation: 26,732.)
Clintons visit
Soweto memorial
JOHANNESBURG - U.S. First Lady Hillary Clin-
ton yesterday visited a memorial to the first victim
of the 1976 Soweto uprising, and was visibly moved
when viewing an exhibition of historic photographs
depicting the event.
Clinton and her daughter, Chelsea, visited the
memorial during a four-day visit to South Africa.
Speaking at the Hector Peterson Memorial in
Soweto, Clinton praised South Africans for realis-
ing their dream of freedom and democracy. She
thanked President Nelson Mandela and South
Africans for setting an example of how to create
freedom and democracy.
The Clintons toured the photographic exhibition
- mostly displaying the work of acclaimed photog-
rapher Peter Magubane - at the memorial a few
hundred metres from where Peterson was killed.
The visitors appeared particularly moved when
photographer Sam Mzima showed them the famous
photograph he took of Peterson being carried by
Nombulelo Makhuba moments after the 16-year-old
was shot dead.
Chelsea attracted considerable attention when
an exuberant crowd - who had gathered from
11 am yesterday - chanted "We want Chelsea".
"She is so young, so cute. She can give our
youngsters spirit," Eliza Mgwenya (56), said of
Chelsea. Mgwenya was close by when Peterson, the
first fatality of the Soweto 1976 uprising, was shot
by police. - Sapa.
DAILY NEWS, Kwa/Zulu Natal, S.A.
March 19, 1997
(Circulation: 75,205.)
MEETING: Hillary Clinton talks to Sam Nzima, the photographer who shot the famous Hector Peterson picture during the
Soweto riots of 1976. With the American First Lady are Peter Magubane, left, another leading black photographer during
and after the apartheid years, civil rights campaigner Mrs Helen Suzman and Gauteng premier Mr Tokyo Sexwale.
Hillary Clinton a hit with the locals
JOHANNESBURG:The
Home. followed by a round
lences to Peterson's mother.
and security presence was not
American marketing machine
table discussion on crime and
who met the First Lady. and the
lost on some of the schoolchild-
clicked into top gear when
domestic violence at the
families whose children died in
ren.
United States First Lady
Johannesburg Child Protection
political violence. Also present
Speaking afterwards. Mrs
Hillary Rodham Clinton started
Unit's Braamfontein headquar-
were Gauteng premier Tokyo
Clinton said it was difficult to
her four-day visit to South
ters.
Sexwale, ANC stalwart Walter
sustain and grow a democracy
Africa in Johannesburg yester-
Mrs Clinton, who spoke elo-
Sisulu, former opposition
without educated citizens.
day.
quently about the violence
politician Helen Suzman and
adding education was essential
The wife of US president Bill
which has racked South Africa
other dignitaries.
for people to participate in the
Clinton responded with energy
and stressed the need for edu-
Mrs Clinton surprised teach-
equal opportunities afforded
and enthusiasm to the hectic
cation, was a hit with Soweto
ers and media at Entandweni
by a democracy.
schedule mapped out for her
crowds and the crowds of local
Lower Primary School by tak-
At a brief wreath-laying cere-
after arriving in Johannesburg
and international media.
'ing over a second-language
mony at the Hector Peterson
with her daughter Chelsea.
She was visibly moved when
English lesson, on the use of the
Memorial, she praised South
She spent most of the day in
viewing a photographic exhibi-
words "inside" and "outside".
Africans for realising their
Soweto, visiting an American-
tion depicting the death cf
Although many of those pre-
dream of freedom and democ-
sponsored educational project,
Peterson, the first victim of the
sent seemed unaware of who
racy, and paid tribute to those
the Hector Peterson Memorial
1976 Soweto pupil uprising.
she was, the significance of the
who were willing to die for it. -
and the Orlando Children's
Mrs Clinton offered condo-
crowd and the sizeable police
Sapa
MERCURY, Kwa/Zulu Natal, S.A.
March 19, 1997
(Circulation: 40,904.)
LESSON IN LIFE: American first lady Hillary Clinton plays the part of teacher during a visit to the Entandweni Lower Primary School in Soweto yesterday.
MERCURY, Kwa/Zulu Natal, S.A.
March 19, 1997
(Circulation: 40,904.)
Hillary captures hearts
of young and old in Soweto
HELEN GRANGE
lation that what they fought and died
& OWN CORRESPONDENT
for has come to pass."
She said she had come to South Afri-
AMERICAN first lady Hillary Clinton,
ca to thank President Mandela and all
in a striking pink suit, was the epitome
South Africans for setting an example
of grace and composure on a visit to
to the world of how to create freedom
Soweto yesterday, where she captured
and democracy.
the hearts of both young and old.
Mrs Clinton travels to Cape Town to-
Hundreds of women and school-
day for a benefit banquet, hosted by Mr
children cheered Mrs Clinton when she
Mandela, on Robben Island.
arrived with her daughter, Chelsea, at
Guests will pay R250 000 a couple for
the Entandweni Lower Primary School.
the privilege of attending the evening's
She was ushered into a classroom,
event, organiser Ahmed Kathrada said.
where she confidently took on the role
Between 70 and 80 guests - "not all
of teacher to pupils learning English
of them paying", he said - were due to
through an interactive radio prog-
attend, easily totting up several million
ramme.
rands to assist struggling former politi-
At the Hector Petersen memorial, she
cal prisoners and to help finance the
was joined by ANC stalwart Walter Sisu-
Robben Island museum.
lu, Gauteng Premier Tokyo Sexwale and
Among the other international
his wife, Judy, as well as veteran politi-
guests will be comedian Bill Cosby, his
cian Helen Suzman.
wife, Camille, and their daughter, Ensa,
After viewing the photo exhibition of
singer Quincy Jones and UN Secretary-
the 1976 student uprising and laying a
General Kofi Annan.
wreath at the memorial, Mrs Clinton
Mr Kathrada declined to release the
said she mourned for those youths
names of the paying guests, but it is re-
"who did not live to see this day in this
liably understood that most of them are
country".
from the corporate world. It is the first
"But in the faces of the children I saw
time a US first lady has been on a good-
this morning, I hope there is the conso-
will mission to Africa.
SOWETAN - Johannesburg, S.A.
March 19, 1997
(Circulation: 211, 178.)
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Soweto yesterday. Clinton is on a four-day visit to the country. See page 2.
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Soweto
kids affect
Clinton
By Sharon Chetty
UNITED STATES first lady Hillary Rodham
Clinton spent most of the first of her four-day
visit to South Africa honouring children during
a visit to Soweto.
Accompanied by her daughter Chelsea, her
first stop was at the Entandweni Primary School
in Zondi where she conducted a lesson and took
part in a discussion on education. Afterwards
she laid a wreath at the Hector Peterson
Memorial in Orlando West and visited the
Orlando Children's Home.
During the wreath-laying ceremony, Clinton
paid tribute to South Africa for having fought in
a struggle for democracy and said that there was
still another struggle to be fought.
There has been a democracy in the United
States for 200 years but things "are not what
they should be". she admitted.
She described South Africa as a partner in
building democracy and lauded President
Mandela for taking the path of "forgiveness".
Referring to the children she had met in the
morning, Clinton said she hoped that what she
had seen in their eyes showed that the freedom
and democracy that has been fought for has now
come to pass.
Educated nation
Earlier, she emphasised the need for an edu-
cated nation in order for democracy to grow
and be sustained.
That was still a challenge in her country, she
said, adding that it was better to pay for the pro-
vision of education rather than to pay for the
failure of no education.
Greater cooperation between local schools
and those in the United States was also suggest-
ed. Last night she participated in a round table
discussion on crime and domestic violence.
While here Clinton will, meet President
Mandela and visit Robben Island.
She is on a two-week tour of Africa and vis-
ited Senegal before coming to South Africa. Her
tour will include visits to Zimbabwe, Tanzania,
Uganda and Eritrea.,
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OLSET1997
inside
Hillary gee
les aan
haasbek
kindertjies
Mev. Hillary
Rodham Clinton,
Amerikaanse
presidentsvrou,
luister aandagtig
na 'n leerling
tydens haar
J
uplud,
besoek aan die
Entandweni
Laerskool in Zondi,
Soweto. Sy het
gister soos 'n
wafferse
onderwyseres 'n
les oor "binne" en
"buite" aangebied
aan die skool se
gr. 1-klas. Clinton,
vergesel van haar
sewentienjarige
dogter Chelsea,
het gister in die
land aangekom vir
'n besoek van drie
dae. Nog 'n foto en
berig op bl. 3.
Translation: BEELD
Caption: HILLARY TEACHES TO GAP-TOOTHED LITTLE ONES
Mrs. Hillary Rodham Clinton, the U.S. President's wife, listens attentively to a pupil during
her visit to the Entandweni Primary School in Zondi, Soweto. Yesterday she gave a lesson
just like a jolly good teacher on the [meaning] of "in" and "out" to grade one pupils. Clinton
arrived yesterday in the country for a three day visit, accompanied by her seventeen year old
daughter Chelsea. Report and more photos on page 13.
BUSINESS DAY, Johannesburg, S.A.
March 19, 1997
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US first lady Hillary Clinton took part in a classroom session at Entandweni Primary School in Zondi, Soweto,
yesterday while her daughter, Chelsea, top left, and pupils looked on.
Pictures: TYRONE ARTHUR
Visiting Clintons provide a
moment of magic for pupils
Reneé Grawitzky
THE American first family rolled into town yester-
day and briefly provided a magical moment for the
pupils of Entandweni Primary School in Zondi, Sowe-
to, who, slightly bemused about the importance of the
lady, sang a rendition of Nkosi Sikelel "iAfrika.
US first lady Hillary Clinton and her daughter
Chelsea began a four-day tour of SA with a visit to
Entandweni to witness the teaching of a US-spon-
sored interactive radio programme which facilitated
learning English.
Njabulo Maphanga, 12, a beneficiary of the pro-
gramme developed by the Open Learning System Ed-
ucation Trust, welcomed the Clintons in flawless En-
glish and said he would remember this day for the
rest of his life.
Much was made of President Bill Clinton's frac-
tured leg and both Njabulo and Deputy Education
Minister Smangaliso Mkhatshwa wished him well.
Clinton said the US government and agencies
were glad to help in education. She said democracy
would not be developed without education.
Clinton's entourage, which included celebrity pho-
tographer Annie Leibowitz, also visited the Hector
Peterson memorial and Orlando Children's Home.
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US debates aid to 'poor' Africa
WASHINGTON - While First Lady
However, where he appears to differ
"Unfortunately, masquerading as trade
Hillary Clinton is raising the US profile in
with administration officials and his party's
and development policy are an assortment
Africa with her current continental tour, in
own members is in determining when
of programmes and initiatives that don't
Washington a quiet debate is under way
African nations - especially those who
work well together, (and) have no central
over the fundamental value of continuing
have seen recent economic improvements
focus, policy or direction,' McDermott said.
US aid to poor African nations.
- will be ready to make the transformation
At last week's hearing, author Michael
The impetus for the debate is The End of
from US aid recipient to US trade partner.
Maren said that often aid to African coun-
Dependency Act - a bill aimed at fostering
"I believe there are a number of African
tries "benefits only a few (people) with close
capitalism and economic self-sufficiency in
countries which will continue to need tra-
connections to the government".
Africa and changing the "beggar-donor" re-
ditional development assistance," McDer-
And he said that while providing aid to
lationship that characterises US ties with
mott said.
"the poorest of the poor is good public
the region.
"On the other hand, my proposal is de-
relations
(it) doesn't cure poverty".
Proponents of the bill were not heard
signed to create a comprehensive trade and
Moose pushed the administration's pro-
from at a congressional hearing on US aid
investment strategy for those economies in
posal to spend $700m in Africa for "long-
to Africa last week, but the bill's presence
subSaharan Africa who have a record of
term sustainable assistance strategies"
was strongly felt.
commitment to market-based economics
through the US Agency for International
"It is too early in Africa's development
and to supporting their private sector."
Development's African Development Fund.
for trade to substitute for aid. Trade and aid
"Trade and investment will become ever
are not alternatives, but mutually support-
New funds
more important vehicles in generating eco-
ive ingredients that work best when pro-
nomic growth in Africa," he said, alluding to
moted jointly," said George Moose, assis-
The bill, which Crider said would be
the hopes being pinned on such growth by
tant secretary of state for African affairs.
reintroduced soon, calls for some new mon-
politicians like McDermott.
Others voiced similar concerns, worried
ey: $100m into an equity fund and $100m
"But it is US assistance that cultivates
that the measure would be used as a pretext
for an infrastructure fund to help African
the proper environment and builds up the
for cutting US aid to Africa.
countries do things like start small busi-
human capacity to make trade and invest-
Yet the bill's advocates, who include two
nesses and repair pothole-ridden roads.
ment flourish."
Democrats and a Republican, insist the bill
Yet it also makes new aid contingent on a
Georgetown University assistant profes-
would not reduce such US aid.
country's "commitment to market-based
sor Carol Lancaster urged the US govern-
"The bill would not take money out of US
economic reform and (to) support of the pri-
ment to be more discriminating in deciding
aid at all," said Jennifer Crider, media sec-
vate sector".
which countries should receive US aid.
retary to Democratic representative Jim
The bill would also encourage establish-
Citing cases such as Zaire and Somalia,
McDermott.
ment of a US/subSaharan Africa free trade
Lancaster said it behoved Washington not
In testimony last year, McDermott said
area and call for the elimination of trade
to give aid to those "who are not committed
that one of the bill's "greatest misconcep-
barriers, including those which affect tex-
to the development of their own countries".
tions" was that it would cut aid.
tile imports.
-Sapa-AFP.
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Hillary
Clinton
'hou skool'
in Soweto
Besoek kinderhuis
van "binne" en "buite" geleer het.
Amanda Visser,
Hoewel baie van hulle erken het
Diplomatieke Verslaggewer
hulle "weet nie veel van Amerika
nie" en ook nie heeltemal seker
"Dit is moeilik en selfs onmoontlik
was wie die vrou in pienk is nie,
om die demokrasie te handhaaf
het hulle agtergekom "daar is poli-
sonder opgevoede burgers. Onder-
siemanne buite die klaskamer".
wys is 'n noodsaaklike bestanddeel
Tydens 'n onderwysforum by En-
vir mense se deelname aan die ge-
tandweni het Clinton 'n afskrif van
leenthede wat die demokrasie
Suid-Afrika se Grondwet ontvang.
bied."
Sy het erken Amerika het ook on-
Dit is die boodskap van mev. Hil-
derwysprobleme. Sy het verwys na
lary Rodham Clinton, Amerikaan-
vandalisme.ongedissiplineerdheid
se presidentsvrou, aan Suid-Afri-
en mense wat glo hulle kán nie leer
kaners en die Regering.
nie. 'n Kind wat geïgnoreer word,
Sy het gister op 'n besoek van
sal altyd aandag kry. Hy sal aandag
drie dae in Suid-Afrika aangekom
soek op maniere wat nie geïgno-
ná 'n vinnige besoek aan Senegal.
reer kan word nie. Soos met vanda-
Die res van haar besoek sluit
lisme en ongedissiplineerdheid."
Zimbabwe, Tanzanië, Uganda en
Clinton het gesê die keuse wat
Eritrea in.
Suid-Afrika én Amerika moet
'n Lang, mosterdkleurige jas het
doen, is om aan te hou belê in on-
haar gisteroggend net ná sewe-uur
derwys of om die prys te betaal van
teen die byt in die Hoëveldse lug be-
mense wat nie die geleentheid kry
skerm toe sy op die Johannesburg-
vir wat hulle toekom nie.
se Lughawe geland het.
Haar besoek aan Johannesburg
'n Glimlaggende Clinton, haar
het haar ook na die Hector Peter-
dogter, Chelsea, en sowat veertig
son-gedenkteken gebring waar sy
personeellede is deur mnr. James
deur mnr. Tokyo en mev. Judy Se-
Joseph, Amerika se ambassadeur
xwale, Gauteng se premierspaar,
hier, en sy vrou, Mary, ontvang.
mnr. Walter Sisulu, lewenslange
Haar eerste besoek was aan die
vriend van pres. Nelson Mandela,
Entandweni Lower Primary
mev. Helen Suzman, veteraanpoli-
School in Zondi, Soweto, waar leer-
tikus, en mnr. Isaac Mogase, burge-
linge van gr. 1 tot gr. 4 Engels as
meester van Johannesburg, ont-
tweede taal deur middel van inter-
vang is.
aktiewe radioprogramme leer.
Haar program is afgesluit met 'n
Sy het in 'n skelpienk ontwer-
besoek aan die Orlando-kinderhuis
perspakkie haasbekkindertjies aan
en die kinderbeskermingseenheid
haar lippe gehad toe sy 'n gr. 1-klas
in Braamfontein waar sy deelge-
oorgeneem en SOOS 'n ervare "juf-
neem het aan 'n gesprek oor mis-
frou" die effens oorstelpte leerlinge
daad en huishoudelike geweld.
Translation: BEELD
HILLARY CLINTON 'TEACHES SCHOOL' IN SOWETO: VISIT TO
CHILDREN'S HOME
"It is difficult - and even impossible - to preserve a democracy without educated citizens.
Education is a necessary element for people to be part of the opportunities that a democracy
offers." That is the message that Mrs. Hillary Rodham Clinton, U.S. President's wife brought
to South Africans and their government. She arrived yesterday on a three-day visit to South
Africa after a brief visit to Senegal. This visit was shortened slightly due to President Bill
Clinton knee operation, which also delayed her departure for Africa. The rest of her visit
includes Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Uganda and Eritrea. A smiling Clinton, her daughter Chelsea
and about forty members of her staff were received by Mr. James Joseph, U.S. Ambassador to
S.A., and his wife Mary.
Her first visit was to the Entandweni Primary School in Zondi, Soweto, where pupils of grades
one to four learn English as a second language through the medium of interactive radio
program. During an education forum at Entandweni, Clinton received a copy of the South
African Constitution. She acknowledged that the U.S. has its quota of education problems.
She referred to vandalism, poor discipline and people who believe they cannot learn. "A child
who is ignored, will also receive attention. He will look for attention in ways that cannot be
ignored. Such as vandalism and poor discipline." Clinton said the choice that South Africa
and the U.S. should make is to continue investing in education or to pay the price of people
that will not have opportunities for their future. Her visit to Johannesburg took her to the
Hector Peterson memorial, where she was received by Mr. Tokyo Sexwale and his wife Judy,
Gauteng's first couple, Mr. Walter Sisulu and Mrs Helen Suzman and the Mayor of
Johannesburg, Mr. Isaac Mogase.
Her program for the day was concluded with a visit to the Orlando Children's home and the
Child Protection Unit of the Police in Braamfontein where she participated to a discussion on
crime and domestic violence.
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Mev. Hillary Clinton, Amerikaanse presidentsvrou, word welkom geheet op 'n besonder koel Johan-
nesburgse Lughawe deur die Amerikaanse ambassadeurspaar, mnr. James Joseph en sy vrou, Mary.
Op die agtergrond is Chelsea Clinton, dogter van die Amerikaanse presidentspaar. Foto: REG
CALDECOTI
Translation: BEELD
Caption: Mrs. Hillary Clinton, the U.S. President's wife, is welcomed at a particularly cool
Johannesburg Airport by the U.S. Ambassadorial couple, Mr. James Joseph and his wife Mary.
In the background is Chelsea Clinton, daughter of the U.S. presidential couple.
THE STAR, Johannesburg, S.A.
March 19, 1997
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US first lady wins hearts of young and old
By HELEN GRANGE AND
ers and help finance the Robben
OWN CORRESPONDENT
Island museum.
Among the other international
American first lady Hillary Clin-
guests will be comedian Bill
ton, in a striking pink suit, was the
Cosby, his wife Camille and their
epitome of grace and composure
daughter Ensa, singer Quincy
on a visit to Soweto yesterday,
Jones and United Nations secre-
where she captured the hearts of
tary-general Kofi Annan.
both young and old.
Kathrada declined to release
Hundreds of women and
the names of the paying guests,
schoolchildren cheered Clinton
but it is reliably understood that
when she arrived with her daugh-
most of them are from the corpo-
ter Chelsea at the Entandweni
rate world. A "poor man's ban-
Lower Primary School.
quet", at R10 000 a table, with the
She was ushered into a class-
Cosbys is planned for Sun City on
room, where she confidently took
Friday night. The funds raised
on the role of teacher to pupils
will go to the same cause.
learning English through an inter-
Clinton will also speak at the
active radio programme.
University of Cape Town and at-
At the Hector Petersen memo-
tend, with Archbishop Desmond
rial she was joined by ANC stal-
In the pink
Hillary Clinton.
Tutu, a meeting of the Truth and
wart Walter Sisulu, Gauteng Pre-
Reconciliation Commission. She
mier Tokyo Sexwale and his wife
Nelson Mandela and all South
leaves South Africa on Friday.
Judy, as well as veteran politician
Africans for setting an example to
It is the first time a US first
Helen Suzman.
the world of how to create free-
lady has been on a goodwill mis-
After viewing the photo exhi-
dom and democracy.
sion to Africa. She is scheduled to
bition of the 1976 student uprising
Clinton travels to Cape Town
visit Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Ugan-
and laying a wreath at the memor-
today for a benefit banquet, host-
da and Eritrea.
ial, Clinton said she mourned for
ed by Mandela, on Robben Island.
Sapa reports that Clinton will
those youths "who did not live to
Guests will pay R250 000 a
write about her trip for Vogue
see this day in this country".
couple for the privilege of attend-
magazine, and renowned photo-
"But in the faces of the chil-
ing the evening's event, organiser
grapher Annie Lebowitz was in
dren I saw this morning, I hope
Ahmed Kathrada said.
Johannesburg yesterday to take
there is the consolation that what
Between 70 and 80 guests -
pictures. Lebowitz made a name
they fought and died for has come
"not all of them paying", he said -
for herself in the 1960s for unique
to pass.
were due to attend, easily totting
portraits of famous musicians and
She said she had come to
up several million rands to assist
film stars for Rolling Stone maga-
South Africa to thank President
struggling former political prison-
zine.
THE CITIZEN, Johannesburg, S.A.
March 19, 1997
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Hillary's homage to
Soweto children
AY
US First Lady HILLARY CLINTON talks to a pupil while on a visit to the Entandweni Primary
School in Soweto yesterday. Mrs Clinton is on a four-day visit to South Africa.
Picture by Doug Mills, AP
US First Lauy rimary
Rodham Clinton paid
homage yesterday to
young Blacks killed
fighting for liberation
under South Africa's
former government,
saying the freedom
they fought for had
come to pass.
Mrs Clinton and her
daughter, Chelsea, 17,
watched as two school-
children laid a wreath at
the grave of Hector Peter-
son, a teenage boy who
was the first to die in So-
weto in June 1976, during
massive demonstrations.
Nearly 700 people died
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that it will take courage of
tions is to promote better
Africa meet the many
a different kind to do
health and education for
challenges it faced.
in the violence that fol-
what must be done," she
women and children, and
Echoing US Vice Presi-
lowed.
said.
she was guest of honour
dent Al Gore's message
Mrs Clinton told a cer-
"We have been at the
at a discussion between
from a recent visit here,
emony at the monument
work of building a democ-
prominent South African
Mrs Clinton said: "Ame-
that she mourned for
racy for more than 200
women on crime and
rica remains firmly com-
those youths "who did not
years in the United States
domestic violence.
mitted to working with
live to see this day in this
and it is still not what it
Adelaide Tambo, a
South Africa to address
country".
should be. We still have
Member of Parliament
these issues."
"But in the faces of the
not fulfilled our own
and widow of the late
She travels to Cape
children I saw this morn-
stated ideals. But we keep
chairman of the ANC,
Town today where she is
ing I hope there is the
trying."
Oliver Tambo, told the
due to join Pres Mandela
consolation that what
"We want Chelsea," an
meeting how women in
and actor Bill Cosby for a
they fought and died for
exuberant crowd chanted
one village had dealt with
celebration at Robben Is-
has come to pass," she
from behind barricades
a man who kept sexually
land.
said.
when Mrs Clinton and her
abusing his child.
The premier of Gau-
daughter visited the mem-
"The women felt the
teng, Tokyo Sexwale,
orial.
law had failed them, so
told Mrs Clinton his coun-
"She is so young, so
they got hold of the man
try had come a long way
cute. She can give our
and cut off his penis," she
since the Soweto riots.
youngsters spirit," Eliza
said.
"You stand on sacred
Mgwenya, 56, said of
Another topic which
ground, because here our
Chelsea.
was discussed was prosti-
children fell in the quest
Mrs Mgwenya was
tution.
for that which is still elu-
close by when Hector Pe-
Guateng provincial
sive to many people
tersen, the first fatality of
policing minister Jessie
across the world," he
the Soweto uprising, was
Duarte suggested that
said.
shot by police.
South Africa "move to
"Our people have be-
She said she was part of
regulation of the people
gun, both Black and
a large crowd that had
in the sex-work industry"
White, to find safety and
gathered from 11 am yes-
as part of the fight against
comfort in the arms of
terday to see the Clin-
AIDS, among other rea-
one another."
tons.
sons.
Mrs Clinton was in So-
Nomsa Nkosi, 36, who
weto at the start of a
Mrs Clinton said she
was the same age as Pe-
three-day visit to South
did not think this a good
tersen and attended the
Africa.
idea, because it could be
same school next to the
seen as "sending a mess-
"I come to South Afri-
memorial, said of the
age to families that they
ca today on behalf of my
Clintons: "We love them.
might possibly have their
husband and my country,
We are so pleased to see
daughters enlisted in this
to thank you for the strug-
them in South Africa."
trade".
gle you went through and
A main theme of Mrs
Mrs Clinton said the
the courage that it took
Clinton's two-week good-
United States was com-
and also to acknowledge
will tour of six African na-
mitted to helping South
Hillary pays visit to Philippi
Learns the secret of successful building in SA
JERMAINE CRAIG
STAFF REPORTER
When American first lady Hillary
Clinton returns home she will pass on
to her husband Bill one of the secrets
of building houses in South Africa:
"You build better if you sing and dance
while you're working."
Mrs Clinton was given this advice by
hundreds of Philippi residents at the Victo-
ria Mxenge Housing project yesterday
soon after she and her daughter Chelsea
arrived in Cape Town. Mrs Clinton is on a
six-nation goodwill tour of Africa.
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March 20, 1997
The project is part of a nationwide bid
by the South African Homeless People's
THE ARGUS, Cape Town, S.A.
Federation to build houses for themselves.
The project started with 12 women in
1992. Today, it has 286 members - 280 of
whom are women who build houses them-
selves. Eighteen houses have been built in
Philippi and more than 800 countrywide.
Dependent on donations, the project has
received aid from the US Agency for Inter-
national Development and the provincial
and national ministries of housing.
Mrs Clinton was met at Philippi by
National Housing Minister Sankie Mthem-
bi Mahanyele and hundreds of singing,
LEON MULLER
chanting women in traditional African
dress.
Hi there: Chelsea Clinton waves to the Philippi crowd. On her left is American ambassador James Joseph
The US first lady said she had heard
about the women's housing project and
support for the continent and the progress
democracy. She told a gathering at the
Africa had chosen forgiveness.
had decided to come and see for herself the
of democracy.
Trauma Centre for Victims of Violence and
Archbishop Tutu called on South
work that was being done.
Last night, Mrs Clinton planted a tree
Torture that their ceremony proved rage
Africa's "dear friends in America" to help
Mrs Clinton said she would return to
with Truth Commission chairman
and anger could be turned to hope and pos-
South Africans enable God to make the
Philippi in a couple of years, possibly with
Desmond Tutu in the Garden of Remem-
sibility.
country a wonderful example of reconcilia-
her husband, to see what progress had
brance at Cowley House in Woodstock
Those who had lost loved ones in the lib-
tion and healing.
been made.
which commemorates those who died in
eration struggle could have resorted to
Mrs Clinton will visit Robben Island
Mrs Clinton is in Africa to reaffirm US
South Africa's struggle for freedom and
hatred and violence but instead South
with President Mandela today.
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March 20, 1997
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ANDREW INGRAM
Chatting: America's first lady Hillary Clinton shares a light moment with Desmond Tutu during a tree
planting ceremony in Cape Town in remembrance of those who died in South Africa's liberation struggle
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March 20, 1997
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LEON MULLER
Gift: Pat Matolengwe, left, with Hillary Clinton, Sankie Mthembi Mahanyele and a pot from Philippi residents
CAPE TIMES, Cape Town, SA
March 20, 1997
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SOLEMN MOMENT: Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Mrs Hillary Rodham Clinton at Cowley House in Woodstock yesterday.
Tutu said that his prostate cancer appeared to have spread.
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CAPE TIMES, Cape Town, SA
March 20, 1997
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ROUSING WELCOME: United States first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton receives a boisterous welcome from the women of the Victoria Mxenge hous-
ing development in Philippi yesterday.
PICTURE: BENNY GOOL
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March 20, 1997
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US first lady visits
Cape housing scheme
CYNTHIA VONGAI
with "everyone working together".
Co-ordinator for SAHPF Ms Pat
The United States first lady Mrs Hillary
Matolengwe said the project had been suc-
Clinton yesterday commended women at
cessful because of the hard work that the
the Victoria Mxenge Housing Initiative in
women had put into the housing initia-
Philippi for starting a successful housing
tive.
project.
"We have the strength to build this
In a ceremony attended by National
country, and we do not have to wait for the
Housing Minister Ms Sankie
government to support and help us," said
Mthembi-Mahanyele and Cape Town
Matolengwe.
mayor Ms Theresa Solomon, Clinton
"We can build 50 to 100 houses a
toured the site and looked at houses built
month and we have decided to complete
by women belonging to the South African
the project here at Victoria Mxenge by
Homeless People's Federation (SAHPF).
August, so that we can help other people
She told a crowd of more than 100 peo-
with their building projects."
ple: "I can see that you have not only built
Thirteen out of the 18 houses built so
houses but shown what can be accom-
far are already occupied, realising a goal of
plished if people work for themselves."
providing SAHPF members with housing
She said the Philippi women had set an
and a better life.
example of what could be accomplished by
Clinton also met Archbishop Desmond
starting self-help projects such as the one at
Tutu yesterday and attended a Truth and
Victoria Mxenge.
Reconciliation Commission meeting, before
Clinton praised the women for taking
going to Cowley House in Woodstock.
the initiative in helping the government
She is scheduled to visit the University
build South Africa into a great country.
of Cape Town today, as well as meet Presi-
"We are excited about what is happen-
dent Nelson Mandela at a lavish dinner
ing in your country, and building a new
this evening on Robben Island. Other
country like you are doing is the work of
guests at the dinner will be Bill Cosby,
everyone," she said.
Quincy Jones, and UN secretary-general
However, she stressed that keeping a
Mr Kofi Annan.
democracy strong would take hard work
Clinton is due to fly home tomorrow.
DIE BURGER, Cape Town, SA
March 20, 1997
(Circulation: 102,691)
Wat vertel jy my nou? Mev. Hillary Rodham Clinton, Amerikaanse presidentsvrou, kraai van die
lag nadat sy én die Wit Huis gister in Philippi 'n swart driepootpot ryker geword het. Sy en haar dogter, Chel-
sea, het 'n ware Afrika ontvangs gekry op hul besoek aan die Victoria Mxengwe huisbouprojek. Sy is te midde
van sang en danse deur die groep gasvroue gevra om vir haar man iets Suid-Afrikaans in haar nuwe pot te
berei, en om vir hulle te laat weet wat sy gekook het. (Nog 'n berig op bl. 3.)
Foto: Roger Sedres
Translation: DIE BURGER
Caption: What are you saying? Mrs. Hillary Rodham Clinton, the U.S. President's wife,
laughs heartily after she and the White House became richer by a black three-legged cooking
pot in Philippi yesterday. She and her daughter Chelsea received a true African reception
during their visit to the Victoria Mxenge housing project. Amidst song and dance she was
asked by a group of women hosts to prepare something South African for her husband in her
new cooking pot, and to let them know what she had cooked.
CAPE TIMES, Cape Town, SA
March 20, 1997
(Circulation: 51,334)
Clinton's
security
irks media,
residents
CYNTHIA VONGAI
A PRAISE singer managed
to slip passed an unsuspect-
ing US secret serviceman to
get within arms reach of US
first lady Mrs Hillary Clin-
ton.
The dumbfounded ser-
viceman only realised the
praise singer had brushed
passed him when the
woman burst into song.
Clinton toured the
Victoria Mxenge housing
initiative in Philippi yester-
day.
Journalists were told to
arrive by 9 30am for a secu-
rity sweep and Clinton was
supposed to arrive at 10.30.
Some journalists arrived
well before 9.30 only to
have two sniffer dogs -
which arrived well after
10.30 - briefly sniff at pho-
tographers' cameras.
Reporters where left
hanging around for nearly
an hour and a half before
the first lady arrived. No
explanation or apology was
given by Clinton or her
secret servicemen.
The South African
media had been told before
her visit that they would be
afforded "many photo
opportunities" but this is
not what happened yester-
day in Philippi.
When Clinton finally
arrived in a convoy of six
cars, including a stretch
Cadillac limousine and two
shiny black armour-plated
4 by 4's flown in especially
for her visit, US secret ser-
vicemen herded residents
behind security barriers.
The secret servicemen
used bully-boy tactics, and
Cape Times photographer
Benny Gool was manhan-
dled and physically
removed by four service-
men from where he was
taking photographs. Gool
left soon after.
DAILY NEWS, Kwa/Zulu Natal, S.A.
March 20, 1997
(Circulation: 75,205.)
Tutu to
see US
doctors
DAILY NEWS CORRESPONDENT
CAPE TOWN South African
Nobel peace laureate
Desmond Tutu said today his
prostate cancer appeared to
have spread and he would go
to the US for two months of
radiation therapy.
But when he spoke to
reporters after meeting
Hillary Rodham Clinton, wife
of the US president, Tutu (65)
was as cheerful as always and
said: "I'm feeling good."
The archbishop had most
of his prostate cut out in
January when the gland was
diagnosed as cancerous.
Tutu said that after consult-
ing US doctors he had decid-
ed on a combination of hor-
mone treatment and radio-
therapy. "Specialists here
will begin a three-month
course of hormone treatment
today. After that I plan to
have the radiotherapy at a
clinic in the US."
Asked how bad the progno-
sis was, Tutu said the cancer
might have taken a critical
turn. "If it has, then it has."
When Hillary Clinton
returns home she will pass on
to her husband one of the
secrets of building houses in
South Africa: "You build bet-
ter if you sing and dance
while you're working."
Mrs Clinton, on a six-nation
goodwill tour of Africa, was
given this advice by hun-
dreds of Philippi residents at
the Victoria Mxenge Housing
project yesterday.
Last night she planted a
tree with Archbishop Tutu in
a special garden of remem-
brance in Woodstock, com-
US FIRST Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton shares a light moment with Anglican Archbishop
memorating those who died
Desmond Tutu yesterday when the two met in Cape Town. Tutu will undergo a
in South Africa's struggle for
combination of hormone treatment and radiotherapy for prostate cancer.
freedom and democracy.
MERCURY, Kwa/Zulu Natal, S.A.
March 20, 1997
(Circulation: 40,904.)
Hillary speaks
on SA democracy
CAPE TOWN - Building a democracy was the
work of all a country's people and not just that of
the government, United States first lady Hillary
Clinton said yesterday.
Even in a country like the US, which had been a
democracy for 200 years, it was still necessary for
everyone to keep working at it, she told hundreds
of women at a housing project for the homeless in
Philippi on the Cape Flats.
People in the United States were very excited
about what was happening in South Africa, she
said.
Mrs Clinton and her 17-year-old daughter,
Chelsea, on a six-nation goodwill tour of Africa,
visited the Victoria Mxenge housing initiative
immediately after her arrival at Cape Town inter-
national airport on the second of the three-day
South African leg.
They were met by hundreds of singing and
chanting women wearing traditional Xhosa attire
and were all but mobbed as they were taken on a
tour of the self-help project of concrete slab hous-
es the US Agency for International Development is
helping to fund.
The Clintons were officially welcomed by Cape
Town's mayor, Ms Theresa Solomon.
In a short address, Housing Minister Sankie
Mthembi Mahanyele said South Africa would be
able to use whatever resources it could get from
the US to build more housing schemes like the
Victoria Mxenge. - Sapa
MERCURY, Kwa/Zulu Natal, S.A.
March 20, 1997
(Circulation: 40,904.)
PICTURE: AP
OFFICIAL VISIT: US first lady Hillary Clinton is greeted by women while visiting a
housing project for homeless people near Cape Town yesterday. The US Agency for
International Development is a donor to the project, which assists densely
populated "squatter towns" in constructing affordable housing for thousands still
living in overcrowded conditions.
DAILY NEWS, Kwa/Zulu Natal, S.A.
March 20, 1997
(Circulation: 75,205.)
Lifestyle
CHARMING CHELSEA: Poised and mature, Chelsea Clinton, with her mother Hillary and Gauteng premier Tokyo Sexwale this week at the Hector
Peterson Memorial photographic exhibition of the 1976 Soweto riots.
DAILY NEWS, Kwa/Zulu Natal, S.A.
March 20, 1997
(Circulation: 75,205.)
Chelsea spreads her wings
When Hillary Clinton
universities and is appearing
noting that Chelsea got her
one official dinner. But in last
poised and mature Chelsea
stepped on to South
at more public events with her
name from a 1970s folk song
autumn's campaign she was
appears.
African soil for a short
parents, resulting in greater
that her parents liked called
often seen at her father's side,
The president has been pub-
exposure to the public and the
visit this week, a stylish
Chelsea Morning.
pressing the flesh and kissing
licly bemoaning the impend-
media.
Ever since the Clintons
babies like a political pro.
ing departure of Chelsea for
teenager was at her side.
Admirers have even taken
moved into the White House
She also travelled to Asia
college next autumn. She is
Daughter Chelsea Clinton
to creating several Internet
in 1993, one of the best-
with her mother, who often
likely to attend Yale, Harvard
has blossomed into a
Web sites on her, one of which
respected rules in Washington
talks about her daughter in
or Princeton.
describes Chelsea as "that
has been the one barring any
interviews.
confident 17-year-old and is
Other presidents haven't
sassy girl the world loves to
news about Chelsea.
"For Bill and me there has
had as much luck with their
taking a more active role
love, the goddess of the White
Her parents have taken
been no experience more
children. President Jimmy
in her parents' public life,
House".
pains to shield her from
challenging, more rewarding
Carter made the mistake of
here and in the United
The "Non-official Chelsea
paparazzi and nosy reporters,
and more humbling than rais-
mentioning that he discussed
Clinton Club" is aimed at
efforts that had to go up a few
States. MARIE SANZ
ing our daughter," Hillary
important matters with his
"exchanging ideas" on the
notches when the Clinton
Clinton told an interviewer.
daughter Amy, who was only
reports from Washington.
teenager whom "the world
family moved from the
The first lady went so far as
nine years old when he was
loves to love".
Arkansas state house, where
to reveal recently that Chelsea
elected.
HELSEA
C
Clinton,
The Web page, which gives
Bill Clinton was governor, to
was "dating".
He was ridiculed for men-
daughter of President
out a lot more information on
the White House.
Time magazine recently
tioning during a debate with
Bill Clinton and First
Chelsea than officials in the
But in recent months she
gushed: "The most vocal pres-
Ronald Reagan in 1980 that
Lady Hillary Clinton, is
White House, claims that
has surprised and enchanted
idential critics concede the
Amy was concerned "about
finally coming out of her shell
Chelsea is vegetarian and
the public by appearing with
Clintons have raised an excep-
the control of nuclear arms".
after being shielded from the
that her favourite dishes are
her parents at more official
tional child."
"Amy for secretary of
public spotlight for years.
broccoli with cheese and
ceremonies.
Her recent birthday festivi-
defence," was emblazoned on
The first couple's only child
oven-baked potatoes.
During her father's first
ties in New York City brought
Republican campaign buttons
is weighing offers from top
The Web site is accurate in
term, Chelsea attended only
more observations about how
the next day.
THE CITIZEN, Johannesburg, S.A.
March 20, 1997
(Circulation: 134,261.)
CHELSEA, daughter of President Bill Clinton and First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, shows
off a miniature camera while on a tour of a housing project, for the homeless near Cape Town
yesterday. Chelsea is accompanying her mother (back to the camera) on a four day trip to
South Africa. - See Page Two.
Picture by Doug Mills, AP
THE CITIZEN, Johannesburg, S.A.
March 20, 1997 - Continue
(Circulation: 134,261.)
Hillary praises Blacks'
CAPE TOWN. - US
"The work of reconci-
First Lady Hillary
forgiveness
liation is to acknowledge
Rodham Clinton yes-
history, not to forget it,
terday praised Black
no matter how tragic, and
South Africans for
She was speaking at the
The dedication ceremo-
to pass that history on to
their willingness to for-
dedication for the "Gar-
ny came after Mrs Clinton
our children because only
give the country's for-
den of Remembrance" at
and her daughter Chel-
that has the power to arm
mer White rulers as
the foot of Table Moun-
sea, on the second day of
them and all humanity,"
she helped dedicate a
tain. She and Archbishop
a three-day trip to South
she added.
garden to victims of
Desmond Tutu planted
Africa, met Archbishop
Earlier yesterday she
an indigenous stinkwood
Tutu and other members
visited the Victoria
apartheid.
tree to remember the vic-
of the Truth and Reconci-
Mxenge homes project
"What you are doing
tims and unveiled a com-
liation Commission.
and was greeted by
here in South Africa is a
memorative stone made
Mrs Clinton said it was
crowds of ululating
testament to what can OC-
of Table Mountain sand-
understandable if parents
women.
cur when rage and anger
stone.
or loved ones of the vic-
The development is
are turned to hope and
tims had turned to
one of many being under-
possibility," Mrs Clinton
"Now it is time to heal
"hatred, bitterness, anger
taken in post-apartheid
said in a speech to ex-pol-
the wounds of the past,"
or violence," but instead,
South Africa to try to get
itical prisoners, survivors
Archbishop Tutu told the
"they forgave and are
proper homes to an esti-
of human rights violations
gathering. "Now it is time
here today in that spirit of
mated one million people
and relatives of some who
to plant seeds of hope for
forgiveness and remem-
who live in poverty, many
died in racial unrest.
the future."
brance."
of them in dense "squat-
ter towns."
The visit to the project
emphasised a key goal of
her two-week tour of six
countries in Africa -pro-
moting better rights and
education for women and
children. Of 268 people
working at the site, 260
were women.
"You are not only
building houses, you are
building your country,"
Mrs Clinton told them. - -
Reuter.
Links: Mev. Hillary
Rodham Clinton,
Amerikaanse
presidentsvrou, skater
van die lag nadat sy 'n
swart driebeenpot
.
tydens haar besoek aan
die Victoria Mxenge-
behuisingsprojek by
Philippi ontvang het.
Onder: Chelsea Clinton
word by die Victoria
Mxenge-
behuisingsprojek
ontvang.
BEELD, Johannesburg, S.A.
March 20, 1997
(Circulation: 110,311)
Hillary kry potjie om kos
vir Clinton in te kook
Erika de Beer,
en het af en toe ook 'n bietjie op maat van die
Politieke Redaksie
klanke hande geklap. Dié dans en musiek is deel
van die suksesgeheim van die huisbouprojek, het
sy gesê.
Philippi. - Pres. Bill Clinton van Amerika gaan
Mev. Veliswa Mbeki, tesourier van die Victo-
binnekort mieliepap of potjiekos op die spys-
ria Mxenge-spaarskema, het 'n paar minute lank
kaart hê.
die wéreldkollig van haar meer bekende naamge-
Dis nou te sê as sy vrou, Hillary, wat gister hier
noot, adj.-pres. Thabo Mbeki, gesteel toe die Clin-
'n driebeenpot present gekry het, gehoor gee aan
ton-optog haar sementsteenhuis besoek het en
die wense van die vroue van Philippi op die
die gretige kameralense en mikrofone gewed-
Kaapse Vlakte.
ywer het om ook in te loer. Die huis is een van die
"Kook iets daarin vir jou man. Ons wil weet
eerstes wat hier gebou is as deel van 'n skema
wat jy gekook het," het mev. Patricia Matolen-
waarvolgens hoofsaaklik vroue geld spaar en
gwe, voorsitter van die South African Homeless
dan huise vir minder as R15 000 bou waarvoor
People's Federation, aan Clinton gesê. Terwyl
hulle ook self die stene gemaak het.
die Amerikaners klaarblyklik baie hou van die
Nadat sy die huis besigtig het, na die steen-
titel "first lady", het Matolengwe haar gas as "die
makery gekyk en 'n woordjie of twee gewissel het
vrou van die president van die Amerikaners"
met vroue wat besig was om 'n huis te verf, het
voorgestel.
Clinton gesê sy wou self kom kyk of dit waarvan
Clinton, haar dogter, Chelsea, en hul gevolg
sy gehoor het, waar is. "Julle bou nie net huise
het 'n ware Afrika-ontvangs by die Victoria
nie, maar julle bou ook jul land," het sy gesê. "Dit
Mxenge-huisprojek gekry nadat hulle Afrika-tyd
is 'n bewys van wat bereik kan word as mense ge-
gebruik het en meer as 'n halfuur laat was.
help word om hulself te help."
Vroue in hul veelkleurige tradisionele uitrus-
Clinton het gesê sy wil oor 'n paar jaar terug-
tings het van vroeg af gesing en in die stof gedans
kom om te sien hoeveel huise gebou is. "As ek dié
terwyl hulle op hul belangrike gaste gewag het.
uitnodiging vir myself en my dogter kan kry, sal
Clinton kon later self nie die ritme weerstaan nie
ek dalk selfs my man saambring."
Translation: BEELD
HILLARY RECEIVES A SMALL POT TO COOK FOOD FOR CLINTON.
U.S. President Bill Clinton will shortly have grits or "potjiekos"* on his menu. This,
obviously, if his wife Hillary, who yesterday received the gift of a three-legged pot, pays
attention to the wish of the women of Philippi on the Cape Flats. "Cook something for your
husband in this. We want to know what you have cooked" said Mrs. Patricia Matolegwe,
chairperson of the South Africa Homeless People's Federation, to Mrs Clinton. While the
Americans like the title of "first lady," Matolengwe introduced her guest as "the wife of the
President of the Americans."
Clinton, her daughter, Chelsea, and their entourage received a true African welcome at the
Victoria Mxenge Housing Project after they used "Africa time" and arrived half an hour late.
Women in their multicolored traditional garments sung from early in the day and raised the
dust dancing while waiting for their important guest. Later, even Clinton could not resist the
rhythm and clapped hands in time. The dance and the music are part of the secret of the
housing project's success, she said.
Mrs. Veliswa Mbeki, treasurer of the Victoria Mxenge savings association, stole for a few
minutes the limelight from her more well known namesake, Deputy President Thabo Mbeki,
when the Clinton procession visited her cement-block house and the keen cameras and
microphones vied to get a glimpse. The house is one of the first built as part of a scheme
whereby mainly women save money and build houses for less than R15,000 and for which they
themselves make the bricks.
After viewing the house, looking at the manufacturing of the bricks and exchanging a few
words with women busy painting a house, Clinton said she wanted to come and see for herself
whether what she had heard was true. "You are not only building houses, you are building
your country" she said. "That is an indication of what can be achieved if people are helped to
help themselves." Clinton said she would like to come back within a few years and see how
many house have been built. "If I can be invited together with my daughter, I will bring my
husband as well."
* A typical African dish of vegetables and meat (sometimes fish) with herbs and spices cooked
in a large, black, cast-iron, three-legged pot placed over an open fire.
SAPA, Johannesburg, SA
March 20, 1997
(News service for all South African media)
HILLARY POLIC
CAPE TOWN March 20 Sapa
US TO GIVE R72M MORE TO POLIO FIGHT
The United States was pledoing in further US14
million (about R72 million) to the campaign to
eradicate solio in Africa. US first lady Hillary
Rodham Clinton announced on Thursday.
This and other funds creviously pledged for
areas like technical training. housing and
business development in South Africe reflected
her country's belief that the future of South
Africa end Africa WAS inextricably linked to that
OF the world. she said 10 an address at the
University of Cape Town.
The democratic world was standing by South
Africa as it was busy transforming itsel# into a
full desocracy.
Sapa
SAPA, Johannesburg, SA
March 20, 1997
(News service for all South African media)
CLINTON-MANDELA
CAPE TOWN March 20 Sapa
HILLARY'S VISIT GAVE MANDELA CHANCE TO SAY
THANK YOU
The visit to South Africa by United States
first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton had given him
the coportunity to thank her first hand too the
US's support to South Africa. President Nelson
Mandela said - Thursday.
Speaking after meeting Clinton at his
official residence Genedendal, Mandela said the
US had actively supported the anti-apartheid
struggle Prom a long time anso.
The country had started programmes. including
education projects. for members of disedvantaged
communities.
Clinton said she HAS delighted to seet
Mapdela again and happy to be in beautiful Cape
Town. It would be spectacular if the city could
host the 2004 Olympic Games which would give her
MA opportunity to visit again.
Sapa
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SAPA, Johannesburg, SA
March 20, 1997
(News service for all South African media)
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CAPE TOWN March 20 Sapa
US TO GIVE R72M MORE TO POLIO FIGHT
The United States WSS pledging a further US16
million doldars tascot R72 million) to the
campaign to eradicate polio in Africa by the yearr
2000, US First Lady Hillary Redham Clinton
announced on Thursday.
This and other Funds. previously pledged in
areas like teacher training. housing. health care
and business development initiatives in South
Africa reflected her country's belief that the
future of South Africa and Africa was
inextricably linked to that of countries
throughout the world, she said in an address at
the University of Cape Town.
One of the most tenoible signs of the SEW
US/SA partnership was the Binational Commission
chaired by Deputy President Thabe Mheki and
Vice President AI Gone.
Last year they signed an screement to
co-operate TO to-fight crime.
AE # result. the US WAS providing funding
this year to assist South African law enforcement
training. agencies with criminal justice expertise and
The countries were also working together to
improve the business environment by lowering
taxes and teriffe that bilateral trade could
thrive. creating jobs for both peoples.
South Africane and Americans were also
learning from each other through education.
medical and cultural exchanges at colleces and
universities. as well as fellowships at sose of
the leading scientific institutions.
Clinton said that nowhere had the triumph of
the human spirit ----- the Dower of love to conquer
hate ------- been greater than in South Africa. where
her heart was stirred anew by the patience and
perseverance with which South Africans were
uniting to build = strong and lasting democracy.
South Africans were teaching countless others
worldwide that. as interdependence W&S the
inescapable condition of humankind, so tolerance
WAS the greatest weapon for peace.
When the late Robert F Kennedy had spoken at
the UCT campus 31 years 800. he had saids "It is
from the numberless diverse acts of courage and
belief that human history is shaped.
individuals es much as any action by your
Added Clinton "And it is those acts by
government that Will determine the success of
your democracy. "
SAPA, Johannesburg, SA
March 20, 1997
(News service for all South African media)
South Africa was showing the world that
democracy would succeed only If all citizens of
all naces. #### and 302 Groups enjoyed the full
political. economic. social and civic Dower due
to everyone.
Asked during question time in the backed
Baxter Theatre complex's concert hall whether she
foresaw a WORKS president being elected in the
US, she said she hoped and believed this could be
possible in the next 20 years.
"I'm a heping we'll SEE a woman in the White
House and then "I will watch with interest how her- -
DULISE is treated." the added to laughter.
Clinton WAS Given A standing ovation at the
end of her speech.
Sapa
THE STAR, Johannesburg, S.A.
March 20, 1997
(Circulation: 156,358.)
Celebrities to join Mandela
for banquet on Robben Island
By ANSO THOM
Robben Island museum.
Political Reporter
Mandela would escort Clinton
to the island this afternoon, presi-
President Mandela will be joined
dential spokesman Joel Netshi-
by a star-studded line-up when
tenzhe said. Between 70 and 80
he docks at Robben Island tonight
guests, not all paying, were ex-
for a gala banquet attended by,
pected to attend.
among others, US actor and co-
The island museum and polit-
median Bill Cosby, songwriter
ical prisoners' fund was launched
and singer Quincy Jones, United
by Mandela in October, after a re-
Nations secretary-general Kofi
union of former political prison-
Annan and US first lady Hillary
ers showed that many had fallen
Clinton.
on hard times and were living on
Although the guest list, with
meagre incomes.
selected diners paying R250 000
Netshitenzhe said the majority
per couple, has been kept under
of guests would be paying and
wraps, it is believed that top
that Princess Diana's Cape Town
South African businessmen as
visit had unfortunately ended
well as reigning Miss South Africa
prior to the banquet date.
Peggy-Sue Khumalo will attend.
"Most of the celebrities were
Proceeds will help struggling
visiting anyway; the bash wasn't
former political prisoners and
organised around them coming,"
with the establishment of the
he said.
CAPE TIMES, Cape Town, S.A.
March 21, 1997
(Circulation: 51,334)
Robben Island party
A LIGHT MOMENT: US first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton and Nelson Mandela share a joke shortly before the
gala fundraising banquet on Robben Island last night.
THE STAR, Johannesburg, S.A.
March 21, 1997
(Circulation: 156,358)
Mealies make way for more sumptuous fare at banquet
Cape Town - More than 100
mealies in various forms for break-
The R250 000 menu
Proceeds of the evening will
guests paying R250 000 a couple
fast, lunch and supper. "In the
go to the island museum and a
descended on Robben Island last
morning it was porridge," Man-
of marinated salmon trout with
political prisoners' fund, launched
night for a sumptuous fundrais-
dela said. "They would take the
with
by Mandela in October after a
smallest teaspoon and put brown
tarragon
chicken
ing banquet at which they rubbed
dumplings
reunion of former political prison-
shoulders with President Mandela,
sugar on top. What some of us
vegetables
ers showed that many had fallen
Hillary Clinton, Bill Cosby and
would do was eat the porridge
green salad with raspberry vinaigrette
on hard times.
UN secretary-general Kofi Annan.
and keep the spoonful for last."
chicken
Earlier yesterday, a luxury bus
stuffed
He told Cosby how he had
with
The guests travelled by heli-
placed and rosemary riceand pistachionuts sauces. with
wild
being transported to Robben
copter or ferry across the 8km of
spent hours at a time crushing
Island by helicopter fell into the
sea from Cape Town to the tiny
rocks in the courtyard outside his
bouquet of vegetables
ocean about 3km from the island.
island where Mandela spent 18 of
cell, and how his eyes had been
A fruit sorbet with a bonquet of fresh fruit.
The owner of the bus, Grey
his 27 years in prison.
damaged by lime at the quarry.
Cheese plate with fresh figsand water biscuits
Symonds, said he had rented out
Earlier in the day, Clinton had
Cosby said he was moved by
Coffeeand friandes.
the bus to the organisers of the
been escorted by Mandela on a
the resilience and lack of bitter-
banquet for transporting VIPs on
tour of the prison and his cell; they
ness of former prisoners.
Right. Sauvignon Blanc.
the island. He said Court Heli-
were followed later by Cosby.
"To hear these men proudly
Meerlust. Rubicon 1991. Klein 'onstantia a
copters had taken on the job and
Cosby was shown Mandela's
talking about their philosophy
Marlbrooke.
built a special cradle to hold the
cell by the president himself, who
and strength
They won, they
bus. - Staff Reporter, The Times of
told how prisoners used to get
really won," he said.
London and Sapa.
THE PRETORIA NEWS, Pretoria, S.A.
March 21, 1997
(Circulation: 13,885)
US to give R72-m
more to polio fight
Cape Town - The US is pledging a
Mrs Clinton said that nowhere
further $16-million (about R72-mil-
had the triumph of the human spirit
lion) to the campaign to eradicate
been greater than in South Africa,
polio in Africa by the year 2000, US
where her heart was stirred anew by
first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton an-
the patience and perseverance with
nounced yesterday.
which South Africans were uniting to
This and other funds previously
build a strong and lasting democracy.
pledged in areas like teacher training,
South Africans were teaching
housing, health care and business
countless others worldwide that, as
development initiatives in South
interdependence was the inescapable
Africa reflect her country's belief that
condition of humankind, so tolerance
the future of South Africa and Africa
was the greatest weapon for peace.
is inextricably linked to that of coun-
Individual acts
tries throughout the world, she said in
an address at the University of Cape
When the late Robert F Kennedy
Town.
spoke at the UCT campus 31 years
One of the most tangible signs of
ago, he said: "It is from the number-
the new US-SA partnership was the
less diverse acts of courage and belief
Binational Commission chaired by
that human history is shaped."
Deputy President Thabo Mbeki and
Added Mrs Clinton: "And it is
Vice-President Al Gore, she said.
those acts by individuals as much as
Last year they signed an agree-
any action by your government that
ment to co-operate to fight crime.
will determine the success of your
As a result, the US was providing
democracy."
funding this year to assist South Afri-
South Africa was showing the
can law enforcement agencies with
world democracy would succeed only
criminal justice expertise and training.
if all citizens of all races, sexes and
Bilateral trade
ages enjoyed the political, economic,
social and civic power due to them.
The two were working together to
Asked whether she foresaw a
improve the business environment by
woman President being elected in the
lowering taxes and tariffs so that bilat-
US, she said she believed this could be
eral trade could thrive, creating jobs
possible in the next 20 years.
for both peoples, she said.
"I'm hoping we'll see a woman in
South Africans and Americans
the White House and then I will watch
were also learning from each other
with interest how her spouse is treat-
through education, medical and cul-
ed," she added to laughter.
tural exchanges at colleges and uni-
Mrs Clinton was given a standing
versities, and fellowships at some of
ovation at the end of her speech. -
the leading scientific institutions.
Sapa
THE STAR, Johannesburg, S.A.
March 22, 1997
(Circulation: 156,358)
Hillary and
her fearful
bodyguards!
And don't forget Di
OWN CORRESPONDENT
One can only imagine what matters of
national importance kept those agents
Johannesburg - There were no
chatting down their jacket sleeves all day.
warnings, briefings or official
Perhaps they were speculating whether
schedules. Princess Diana came, saw
Hillary's neon-pink suit made her an easi-
and created pandemonium without so
er target for sharpshooters. Or perhaps it
much as a royal wave. South African
was less cerebrally inclined and they were
and overseas paparazzi speculated and
simply debating the relative merits of a
debated about where she was. All she
Castle and a Budweiser.
had to do to start a panic was be there.
Despite Mrs Clinton's attempts to delve
Some leading ladies do, however, have
into the meaty subjects of education and
to work a little harder at creating the right
the struggle for democracy, many guests
image for their arrival and roadshow.
seemed more interested with the wonder-
"Come out and meet Hillary Clinton!"
ful success achieved by Chelsea's ortho-
shouted organisers with loudhailers
dontist, and Mrs Clinton's use of an alice
"Come and meet the First Lady!"
band.
Confused Soweto residents came out of
The public and media do, however,
their homes. "Hillary who?" they asked,
seem to be fascinated with the banal rou-
wondering why so many
tines of the rich and
police officers had taken up
famous. All over the
vantage points outside a
Some may call it
world people are fascinat-
cemetery.
The visits this week of
a farce, but I
ed by the day-to-day
habits of Socks, the presi-
Diana and Hillary Clinton
prefer to think of
dential cat, and Chelsea's
certainly proved one thing:
move into her freshman
it's not about what you do,
it as a political
year of college.
but rather the perceptions
cabaret
Internationally, the
you create - and the show
well-informed have a
that helps you create them.
working knowledge of
Some may call it a farce,
Princess Diana's colonic
but I prefer to think of it as a political
irrigation techniques, the name of her gym
cabaret, The Dance of the Democrats.
trainer and her extraordinary abilities on
Police dogs sniffed bags, Secret Service
the "thigh master".
agents patted us down and a few photogra-
The fact that Mrs Clinton's suite in
phers actually tried to reason with them.
Rosebank cost R5 000 a night was a fasci-
Wasted breath, I'm afraid.
nating snippet and the added tit-bit that
Fear and loathing best describe them.
her 45-member delegation were with her
And being very, very big, with funny
was even juicier.
things in their ears and significant bulges
The real scoop, however, was Princess
in their clothing.
Diana. Where was she? Where was she
They epitomise all that is healthy and
shopping? With whom was she lunching?
toxin free, and are politically correct in the
In one week South Africans have been
extreme. They have African-Americans,
rubbing shoulders with a Princess as well
whites, Hispanics - even a native Ameri-
as a First Lady - and a Grammy winner at
can for good measure.
that. The resultant euphoric feeding frenzy
Wherever they go, one thing remains a
left photographers, writers and gossip-
constant - they spend all their time mum-
mongers gasping.
bling conspiratorially into their sleeves.
It is, however, all about the show,
Microphones appear like growths from
the spectacle and the power of the
the back of their necks and they always
package.
seem to have something to tell someone.
Hillary relied on flashy suits, loudhail-
The Hillary and Chelsea Roadshow was
ers and intimidating bodyguards. Princess
impressive, managing to attract the
Diana has only to rely on the history of
crowds, cordon off the roads and infuriate
British royalty to secure her immortal
the locals.
place in the limelight. Not even The Bold
Even Gauteng Premier Tokyo Sexwale
and the Beautiful or Days of Our Lives can
looked as though his feathers had been a
supply the constant flow of marital dis-
little ruffled by the strong-arm tactics of
putes, illicit frolics, eating disorders and
the Secret Service.
temper tantrums that British royalty can.
SUNDAY TIMES, Johannesburg, S.A.
March 23, 1997
(Circulation: 458,984)
Chelsea's in the spotlight
GILLIAN ANSTEY
Closer inspection of the
outfit, however, revealed
pale blue pinstripes to
match her pale blue T
AFTER a remarkably shel-
shirt. The younger Clin
tered childhood, 17-year-
ton is clearly hinting at
old Chelsea Clinton is be-
power dressing.
ing groomed for public
What she is going to
life. And, if her brief trip to
have to learn is better
South Africa this week is
staying power. On Tues
any indication, she is
day, she disappeared af
passing the test with fly-
ter the second item on the
ing colours.
day's agenda, the visit to
Chelsea might not be
the Hector Petersen Mem
seen to smile much but
orial in Soweto.
she certainly listens.
Perhaps Chelsea need
On her Tuesday morn-
ed a rest after the atten
ing visit to Entandweni
tion of the crowd at the
Primary School in Zondi,
memorial, but she was
Soweto, she sat in the
nowhere to be seen later
front row of a marquee.
that afternoon at the Or
Each time a question
lando Children's Home.
came from the crowd of
With her large features
dignitaries, she turned
Chelsea looks like Barbra
around dutifully to face
BEST FACE FORWARD: Chelsea Clinton charmed the public on a visit to
Streisand - gorgeous il
the person asking the
Soweto's Entandweni school this week
Picture: ELIZABETH SEJAKE
you're a fan and rather
question, listened pa-
plain if you're not. But it
tiently, and then turned
does depend on the angle
to the front to listen to her
in August, it provided one
the presidential retreat,
to her trendy clothes.
at which she's being pho
mother's response.
of the first opportunities
Camp David.
On Tuesday, Chelsea
tographed.
Until recently, Hillary
for the press to get a peek
"This year, though", it
wore a black jacket with
No doubt the next step
Clinton has made every
at the First Daughter.
reported, "Chelsea -
matching trousers and
in Chelsea's training is to
effort to shield her daugh-
People magazine re-
poised, polite and politic
black clumpy shoes with
determine her best side
ter from the public eye.
ported that there were no
- took her place on the
silver buckles.
- and the White House
So, when Chelsea ap-
pictures of her 16th birth-
world stage.'
With long, tousled hair
public relations people
peared with. her mother
day party or her first driv-
Her mother allowed her
hanging over her shoul-
will make sure she puts
at a Chicago charity event
ing lesson with daddy at
to grow up normally, even
ders, she looked funky.
her best face forward.
CITY PRESS, Johannesburg, S.A.
March 23, 1997
(Circulation: 114,999)
Big bills for
prison fare
By CHIARA CARTER
CAPE TOWN was the place
to be for international celeb-
rities this week.
No sooner had Britain's Princess
Diana jetted out of the Mother City
after an unofficial trip, during which
she met President Nelson Mandela,
than a host of other international
VIPs came to town.
They included United States com-
edian Bill Cosby, his wife Camille
and daughter Ensa; Hillary Rodham
Clinton, wife to US President Bill
Clinton and the new United Nations
Secretary-General Kofi Anan.
The weather held, allowing the
guests to appreciate the city's fabled
beauty - and get a taste of what the
city could offer the Olympics. All
the celebrities met with President
Mandela, but the highlight of their
programme was on Thursday night:
a sumptuous fundraising banquet on
Robben Island.
The 80-odd guests at the dinner
all received Madiba shirts and many
"overnighted" on the island.
It was an especially memorable
evening for Cosby's wife, Camille,
who was celebrating her birthday.
The guests, who paid R250 000
per couple, included captains of in-
dustry and several politicans who
were former prisoners on the island,
including President Mandela, Gau-
teng premier Tokyo Sexwale and
National Council of Provinces chair-
man Patrick Lekota.
The historic setting for the ban-
quet gave rise to many wisecracks
about jail-breaks and offers by the
former prisoners to give the guests
a guided tour of their old cells.
President Mandela recalled his
own long imprisonment on the island
as guests photographed each other.
Proceeds from the banquet and a
R10 000-a-head dinner at Sun City
this weekend will be used to help for-
mer political prisoners and finance
TAKING A BREAK
US First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton also attended President
the Robben Island Museum.
Mandela's banquet on the former prison island, where jail-breaking jokes abounded.
Pics: FANIE JASON
RAPPORT, Johannesburg, S.A.
March 23, 1997
(Circulation: 392,085)
Bladsy 14
NUUS
In VSA jappie uit die hel-
hier 'antie van oomblik'
ONS soek vir Hillary in Soweto.
from hell. Of sommer hul versa-
die boeg van 'n belangrike st
Van Diepkloof tot by Zondi.
melnaam vir die presidentspaar:
Sy is definitief die antie van
Tot anderkant uit. Nege keer vra
Billary Clinton. 'n Vriend het hul
oomblik.
ons pad. En nege keer kry ons
verhouding al beskryf as een ge-
Sy en Bill, Slick Willy vir soi
"duidelike" aanwysings wat ons
grond op magsdeling: "Sy is sy
mige Yanks, het ontmoet toe
nêrens heen neem nie. Een ou
gelyke en hy erken dit. Die
haar gaan inskryf het by c
sê: Hey man
Hillary? Here
Amerikaanse Secret Service het
Yale-universiteit se regsfal
in Gangster's Paradise?
haar Evergreen gedoop.
teit.
Dan's ons daar. Dis 'n konink-
Sy's nie meer die bebrilde,
"Hy het by my in die lang
like kavalkade met busse, amps-
akademiese tipe met kroeshare
kom staan en ons het vir 'n
motors, 'n ambulans, vier poli-
van haar jong dae nie. Nou's sy in
gesels. Toe ons voor in die to
sie-Camry's, twee met honde in,
kontaklense en knielengte mags-
kom, sê die man: "Bill wat ma:
'n tros verkeersmanne op motor-
drag.
jy weer hier, jy't dan klaar ing
fietse, en haar eie haaigrys Mer-
Sy is 'n Presidentsvrou in eie
skryf!"
Hanlie
cedes.
reg, self 'n kragtoer, een wat reg-
En jare later, 'n dag voor Ke
Ons stap nader, verby die poli-
uit sê sy bodder meer met landsa-
fees 1989, het hulle huilend
sie. 'n Vrou snou hulle veront-
ke as om koekies en tee te bedien
Retief
hul knieë hande voor 'n pr
waardig toe: Because they're
soos Barbara Bush.
kant vasgehou en gebid vir
white you let them through.
En ná amper vyf jaar hou die
om hul huwelik weer vlot te
se
Hillary Clinton se pakkie is 'n
Amerikaners nog steeds ewe min
Hy het belowe om die vroun
pienk flerts teen 'n dynserige
daarvan.
se uit te los, soortvan, en sy
Dinsdag. HRC staan dit oral op
Maar of jy van haar hou of nie,
beloof om haar voorkoms te I
mense
die program: Hillary Rodham
sy's knap, stem almal saam. Sy's
toureer.
Clinton.
die een wat dalk eerder president
Dit was geen geheim in
Sy gee klas vir die kamer vol
kon gewees het. Sy's al 'n paar
kansas dat die Clintons deur die
tjokkers by die Entandweni
keer deur Amerika se National
waters gegaan het nie. Selfs VO
School in Zondi. Hulle is besig
Law Journal aangewys as een
Whitewater, hul volgende ska:
met lesson 32, oor die begrippe
van hul honderd voorste regs-
daal.
"binne" en "buite". Wat is bui-
mense.
Een van die fotograwe =
te, vra juffrou HRC. 'n Seuntjie
HRC drup selfvertroue. Strui-
droog dat dit vir Hillary eindel-
spring op: "Die polisie is buite."
kel nie oor haar voete of haar
se gemoedsrus behoort te gee d.
Sy bars uit van die lag. Een outjie
woorde nie. Die toesprake gly
Bill van 'n knie-operasie hers:
krap so bietjie sy neusie terwyl sy
sinvol en met gewig uit haar
tydens haar Afrika-safari: di
vra: "And what is a boy?"
mond. Daar is geen notas nie: sy
moeilik om been-in-die-lug me
("Garden boy? Tea boy? School
is óf bitter goed voorberei óf sy
die verpleegsters te lol.
boy?" mompel Newsweek se ou
het 'n fenomenale aanvoeling.
Tokyo en Judy Sexwale sl
geamuseerd hier langs my.)
Of albei.
aan by die Hector Peterson-
Chelsea, sewentien, tenger,
Die kindertjies sing vir haar in
denkteken. Seg-WAH-lay (v.
beloer alles met 'n skamerige
hoë stemmetjies. Nkosi sikelel'
duidelik die Amerikaners se n
glimlaggie. Die fotograwe kliek,
iAfrika. Duiwe vlieg van die dak
tas die uitspraak) Tokyo arrive
met die Amerikaanses natuurlik.
se nok op. Die Clintons staan
soos die seremoniemeester op
op die beste plekke.
met hul sonbrille in die wind.
kleindorpse doe.
Deur die loop van die twee
Soweto se burgemeester sê hy
Hillary se lyfwagte staan u
dae, in stowwerige townships,
gaan sy hand waarmee hy mev.
drukkingloos rond agter donk
ontvou die Eerste Vrou van die
Clinton gegroet het, vir drie
brille. Met Tokyo se brigade 00
Wit Huis tot: Miesies Klientien,
maande nie was nie.
by, is daar 25 van hulle.
Hil-laaa-rie, mema Clinton. Te-
Chelsea lyk al klaar asof die
Hillary gee vir Helen Suzma
rug in Amerika is hulle meer ge-
dag vir haar te lank begin trek.
'n stywe drukkie langs die BY
niepsig: daar is sy Lady Macbeth
Hillary is te professioneel om dit
denkteken. Eenkant, teen
van Little Rock. Die yuppie wife
te wys: haar ken effe gelig, soos
lamppaal, hang 'n koerant S
RAPPORT, Johannesburg, S.A.
March 23, 1997
(Circulation: 392,085) (Cntd.)
plakkaat: De Klerk knew of kill-
Dan vertrek die kavalkade,
Hillary lyk nou meer ontspan-
nie. Maar as ons hulle vanaand
ing fields. 'n Amerikaanse kame-
wiegend om die groot sirkel waar
ne in haar lang swart romp, 'n
Kaapstad gaan wys, raak hy
k
raman spring vorentoe en agter-
klere sommer so plat op die
sonbril en 'n hangertjie met die
die voice.
toe om dit in fokus te kry, met
grond uitgestal word. 'n Im-
Amerikaanse Amptelike Arend
Hillary Rodham Clin
Hillary in die voorgrond.
promptu clothing city, langs kon-
teen haar keel.
Haar man het al gesê: "Sy's meer
Die Eerste Vrou sê die kin-
kas vol gebrande mielies en 'n
Sy't 'n entourage van 45. Daar
georganiseerd, meer in bel
Γ,
dertjies van Soweto maak haar
haarsalon onder 'n seiltjie. Die
is 15 Amerikaanse persmense.
meer intelligent as ek."
kop vol: die een helfte is vol van
mense staar Hillary Clinton ag-
Die dokter is saam, maar sy't
terna asof sy maar net 'n hersen-
haar haarkapper tuis gelos. Hul-
Daar's gerugte dat sy ho il
die hoopvolle gesiggies by die
skool, en die ander helfte vol van
skim was. Daar is veel meer as
le het almal in die United States
met 'n leeslamp of 'n Bybel ge-
net 'n Atlantiese Oseaan tussen
of America Boeing 707 saamge-
gooi het, daar's haar veelbes
1-
dié wat gesterf het, voortydig, vir
die land. Sy's die toonbeeld van
hulle en HRC.
vlieg. Maar hy kan nie op Rob-
ke beskinderde verhouding
it
My twee dae in Hillary se spo-
beneiland land nie, dus is sy later
'n vertroueling, Vince Foste
y
amperse warmte, van regte ge-
luide, die regte houding.
re, word aanmekaargebind met
soontoe per boot. Ons kleiner
geheimsinnige selfmoord vier
"Look at her boabab-legs!"
ululerende vroue.
vliegtuie kan net nie vertrou
jaar gelede het Washington ge-
skok.
fluister iemand. En oor hoe Hil-
In Philippi op die Kaapse
word nie.
lary na Bill verwys as die "Eerste
Vlakte, val mense oor die Victo-
Wanneer Philippi se gasvrou
Maar dit was Hillary wat
Il
Vrou". Pres. Clinton bel glo
ria Mxenge Housing Initiative se
haar moet voorstel, vergeet sy
se presidentskap vroeg in
2
soms personeellede deur die
klippe en slote. Almal stamp
vir 'n paar benoude oomblikke
moontlik gemaak het toe sy hom
loop van die dag om te hoor hoe
rond om haar beter te sien. Die
missis Klientien se naam. 'n Brak
sy owerspel op nasionale te
i-
dit met sy "meisie" gaan. Hoe
lyfwagte het 'n harde tyd. Die
snuffel rond tussen al die belang-
sie vergewe het.
vaar my meisie, sal hy vra. In
suidoos kry dit nie reg om die
rike mense op die plastiekstoele.
En dit was hy wat ná Whit 1-
verlede jaar se verkiesing, die
soet, benoude reuk weg te waai
Hillary se geskenk is 'n Falkirk
ter ook voor die ganse Amerika
bufferplakker: "Impeach pres.
nie. Net die sementmengers lyk
nr. 2-potjie - om vir haar man
moes verklaar: My vrou in ~'n
Clinton and her husband."
nie opgewonde nie.
pap in te maak. Sy skater dit
skurk nie.
Tydens gebed vryf Chelsea
dawerend uit.
Saam is hulle 'n formida le
haar hande teen mekaar. Toe die
By die wynlandgoed Spier, vir
span. Een koop die president se
klomp opstaan, is sy woerts weg,
middagete, vra 'n rooigebrande
broeke en een dra hulle. Maar
hotel toe in een van die twaalf
boer vir my: Jinne, watse groot-
oor wie wat doen, is daa ie
karre.
kop is vandag hier rond? Toe hy
eintlik sekerheid nie.
Dis die een "cause" ná die an-
hoor, sê hy allamagtig, is julle die
As skoolkind wou sy 'n 1
1-
der. By 'n crèche reën die Zoe-
popperotsie?
tevaarder word. Nou het sy haar
loe-woorde oor mev Clinton.
Sjoe, sê een die kelnerinne
visier laer gestel: nie meer die
haar gesig getrek op 'n begriplo-
wat by die tafels bedien. Sjoe.
uitspansel nie. Net die le
se, belangstellende plooi. Maar
Een van die motorbestuurders
Amerika. Met goeie daa es
as die kindertjies Telephone Je-
sê hy kan ons nie enigiets vertel
"inside Africa".
sus vir haar sing, trek 'n sluier
van Hillary nie, hulle het 'n one
Nou is sy vort. Gaat u wel,
oor Hillary Rodham Clinton se
voice policy, en hy's nie die voice
Mevrou Eerste Vrou
gesig oop en sy wys vir die eerste
keer ware emosie, aangedaan
tussen die kleintjies in hul groen
verfjassies.
Translation: RAPPORT
IN THE USA, THE YUPPIE FROM HELL HERE, "LADY OF THE MOMENT"
We are looking for Hillary in Soweto. From Diepfloof to Zondi, to the opposite side. Nine times we ask
for directions and nine times we get "clear" indications which take us nowhere. Somebody says: Hey
man Hillary? Here in Gangster's Paradise? Then we arrive. It is a regal cavalcade, with buses,
official cars, an ambulance, four police Camrys, two with dogs, a bunch of traffic officials on
motorcycles, and her own silver gray Mercedes.
We step nearer, past the police. A woman snarls at them indignantly: Because they white you let them
through. Hillary Clinton's suit is a pink splash against a hazy Tuesday. HRC stands everywhere on the
program: Hillary Rodham Clinton.
She holds class for a room full of young ones at the Entandweni School in Zondi. They are busy with
lesson 32, about the difference between "in" and "out". What is out, asks Miss HRC. A young boy
jumps up: "The police is out." She bursts out laughing. Another little one scratches his nose while she
asks: "And what is a boy?" ("Garden boy? Tea boy? School boy? mumbles the amused Newsweek
reporter next to me")
Chelsea, seventeen, slender, looks at everything with a shy smile. The cameras click, with the Americans
in the best spots, naturally.
Through two days in dusty townships the First Lady of the White House evolves into: Missis Klientien,
Hil-laaa-rie, Mama Clinton. Back in the U.S. they are more vicious: there she is Lady Macbeth from
Little Rock. The yuppie wife from hell. Or just their collective name for the presidential couple: Billary
Clinton. A friend has described their relationship as one based on power sharing: "She is his equal and he
acknowledges it." The American Secret Service has christened her Evergreen. She is no longer the
bespectacled, academic type with the frizzy hair of her younger days. Now she is in contact lenses and
knee-length power clothes.
She is the President's wife in her own right, even a tour-de-force, one who says straight out that she has
more interest in the affairs of the country than in serving tea and cookies like Barbara Bush. And after
nearly five years, the Americans still don't like this. But whether you like it or not, she is smart, everyone
agrees. The U.S. National Law Journal has already referred to her a number of times as one of the
hundred cleverest lawyers.
HRC oozes self confidence. She doesn't trip over her feet or her words. The speech glides from her
mouth sensibly and with importance. There are no notes: she is either extremely well prepared or she has
phenomenal experience. Or both. The children sing for her with high-pitched voices. Nkosi
sikelel'iAfrika. Doves fly from the ridge of the roof. The Clintons stand in the wind with their
sunglasses. The Mayor of Soweto says he will not wash the hand that greeted Mrs. Clinton for at least
three months. Chelsea starts to look as if the day is beginning to get a bit long for her. Hillary is too
professional to let that show: her chin slightly lifted, like the prow of an important ship. She is definitely
the lady of the moment. She and Bill, Slick Willie to some Yanks, met when she went to enroll in the law
faculty at Yale. "He came to stand next to me in the long queue and we talked for an hour. Once we
arrived at the head of the queue, the attendant said "Bill what are you doing here, you have already
enrolled." And years later, a day before Christmas in 1989, they were on their knees, with clutched
hands in front of a priest crying and praying for strength to make their marriage work again. He promised
to leave women alone, in a way, and she promised to renovate her appearance. It was no secret in
Arkansas that the Clintons had been through deep waters. Even before Whitewater, their next scandal.
One of the photographers says dryly that it ought to give Hillary endless peace of mind that Bill is
recovering from a knee operation while she is on an African safari: it is difficult to amuse oneself with the
nurses while one's legs are in the air.
Tokyo and Judy Sexwale join the party at the Hector Peterson memorial. Seg-WAH-lay (the
pronunciation is explained in the Americans' notes) Tokyo arrives like a master of ceremony at a small
town do. Hillary's bodyguards stand around expressionless, behind dark glasses. Together with Tokyo's
brigade there are 25 of them. Next to the memorial Hillary gives Helen Suzman a vigorous embrace. On
one side against a lamppost hangs a newspaper poster: De Klerk knew of killing fields. An American
cameraman jumps back and forth to get that into focus, with Hillary in the forefront.
The First Lady says the children of Soweto make her head full: the one half is full of the hopeful little
faces at the school and the other half is full of those who died prematurely for their country. She is a
model of near warmth, of correct noises, of right attitudes.
"Look at her baobab legs!" whispers somebody. And about how Hillary refers to Bill as the "First Lady."
Apparently President Clinton sometimes phones the staff during the day to hear how goes it with his
"girl." How is my girl faring, he asks. During last year's elections there was a bumper sticker, "Impeach
President Clinton and her husband."
During prayers Chelsea rubs her hands together. Once everyone is on their feet she is gone, back to the
hotel in one of the twelve cars.
It's from one "cause" to the other. At a creche the Zulu words pour over Mrs. Clinton, her face pulled
with in an uncomprehending, concerned frown. But when the children sing Telephone Jesus for her, the
mask is off and Hillary Rodham Clinton shows for the first time real emotion, touched, among the little
ones in their green painting aprons.
Then the cavalcade departs, moving around the circle where clothes have been displayed flat on the
ground An impromptu clothing city, along drums full of burnt mielies [corn] and a hair salon under a
small tent. The people stare after Hillary Clinton as if she were an illusion. There is a lot more than the
Atlantic Ocean between them and HRC.
My two days on the trail of Hillary is associated with ululating women. In Philippi on the Cape Flats,
people fall over the stones and trenches of the Victoria Mxenge Housing project. Everybody pushes
around to see her better. The bodyguards have a hard time. The southeaster [wind] doesn't get it right to
blow the sweet, oppressive smell away. Only the cement mixer does not look excited. Hillary looks more
relaxed now in her black skirt, sunglasses and a chain with the official American Eagle around her throat.
She has an entourage of 45. There are 15 American press. The doctor is also there, but she left her
hairdresser at home. They have all flown in a United States of America Boeing 707 together. But this
cannot land at Robben Island, therefore she is taken there by boat later. Our smaller planes cannot be
trusted.
When the Philippi host has to introduce her, she forgets for a few moments Missis Klientien's name. A
mongrel sniffs around all the important people seated in the plastic chairs. The gift for Hillary is a No 2
Falkirk pot - to make grits for her husband. She roars with laughter.
At the Spier wine estate for lunch a red-faced farmer asks me: Jinne, which big shot is here today? Once
he finds out he says: Wow, are you the paparazzi? Hush, says one of the waitresses at his table, hush.
One of the drivers says he cannot tell us anything about Hillary, they have a one voice policy and he is
not the voice. But if we can show him Cape Town tonight, then maybe he will become the voice.
Hillary Rodham Clinton. Her husband has told everybody "She is more organized, more in control and
more intelligent than I am."
There are rumours that she threw a reading lamp or a Bible at him; there is a much-talked about
slanderous relation with a confidant, Vince Foster. His mysterious suicide four years ago shocked
Washington But it was Hillary that made Bill's presidency possible early in 1992, when she forgave his
adultery on national television. And it was him who, after Whitewater, had to explain to all of America:
My wife is not a villain. Together they are a formidable team. One buys the Presidents' pants and one
wears them. But on who does what, there is no certainty.
As a student she wanted to became an astronaut. Now she has set her vision a little lower: no more the
sky. Just the whole of America. With good deeds "inside Africa." Now she is gone. Go well. Madam
First Lady.
RAPPORT, Johannesburg, S.A.
March 23, 1997
(Circulation: 392,085) (Cntd.)
UIT Hillary Clinton se Afrika-foto-album: Inkennig by 'n skool in
Soweto.
Foto's: EUGENE LABUSCHAGENE en STEVE EGGINGTON
C
HEEL bo
Hillary
saam me
haar dogte
Chelsea
Bo: Saar
met 'n vrou
like bewor
deraar indi
Kaap
Links
Plomp voe
te in fy
skoentjies
Boabab
legs, het ie
mand ge
fluister.
Translation: RAPPORT
Caption: From Hillary Clinton's Africa photo album: Shy at a school in Soweto.
Caption: With a female admirer in the Cape
Caption: Plump feet in elegant shoes. Baobab legs, whispered someone.
BEELD, Johannesburg, S.A.
March 25, 1997
(Circulation: 110,311)
VROUE-BEELD
'VSA kan binne 20 j vrou as president hê'
met haar kragtige toespraak wel
staan, het sy gesè.
Afrika nie.
Erika de Beer,
oortuig sy is vrou genoeg vir die pre-
Clinton het ook aangekondig haar
"Amerika put inspirasie uit die
Politieke Redaksie
sidentsamp.
man, pres. Bill Clinton, het $16 mil-
ruimhartige en vergewende gees
Die meeste vroue wat leiersposi-
joen (R80,7 miljoen) ekstra vir die
waarmee die demokrasie in Suid-
Kaapstad. - Sy hoop en glo Amerika
sies in hul lande beklee, het dit deur
veldtog bewillig om polio in Afrika
Afrika tot stand gebring is, uit die
sal binne die volgende twintig jaar
'n parlementêre stelsel bereik, SOOS
uit te roei.
demokratiese nuwe strukture en die
'n vrou as president hê, het mev. Hil-
dr. Frene Ginwala, Speaker van
Dié en ander beleggings toon dat
progressiewe nuwe grondwet, veral
lary Rodham Clinton, Amerikaanse
Suid-Afrika se Parlement.
die toekoms van dié vasteland, as-
die wyse waarop die regte van vroue
presidentsvrou, verlede week ty-
Sulke vroue het eers die geleent-
ook Suid-Afrika, onlosmaakbaar
en kinders beskerm word.
dens haar besoek aan die land gesê.
heid gekry om hulself in hul eie
verweef is met die toekoms van die
"Die demokrasie is egter nie
"Ek het al baie daaroor gedink,"
kring van kollegas te bewys en om
wêreld.
moontlik as die helfte van die bevol-
het sy op 'n vraag uit die gehoor ná
op meriete beoordeel te word.
Dit weerspieël ook Amerika se
king sonder kos, klere, gesondheid-
'n toespraak by die Universiteit van
In Amerika, waar enigiemand vir
vertroue in die demokratiese pad
sorg en sonder 'n stem is nie," het sy
Kaapstad gesê. "Natuurlik net as
die presidentskap kan staan, moet
wat Suid-Afrika gekies het. "Die wê-
gemaan.
student van die politieke wetenskap,
hulle die hele volk oortuig. Dit is
reld hou julle dop en die demokratie-
Op 'n vraag oor die verkleining
" het sy bygevoeg, net ingeval ie-
baie moeilik vir vroue om die voor-
se wèreld staan agter julle."
van die kinderwelsynstoelaag in
mand dalk begin wonder het oor
oordele te oorkom, het Clinton gesê.
Daar was die afgelope tyd baie
Suid-Afrika het sy gesê pres. Clinton
haar aspirasies om die tweede Clin-
Daar is baie goeie vroulike kandi-
voorbeelde ter wêreld van hoe demo-
het onlangs wetgewing onderteken
ton in die Wit Huis te word.
date van die Republikeinse en die
krasie geseëvier het, maar nèrens
wat Amerikaners wat in die welsyn-
Te oordeel na die staande applous
Demokratiese Party wat moontlik in
was die triomf van die menslike gees
stelsel vasgevang is, in staat sal stel
het Clinton baie lede van die gehoor
die voorverkiesings in 2000 sal
volgens Clinton groter as in Suid-
om hulself te help.
Mev. Hillary Clinton.
Translation: BEELD
USA COULD HAVE A WOMAN PRESIDENT WITHIN 20 YEARS
Cape Town - She hopes and believes that the U.S. will have a woman President within the
next twenty years, said Mrs. Hillary Rodham Clinton the U.S. President's wife, during her visit
to SA last week. "I have thought much about this" she replied to a question from the
audience during her speech at the University of Cape Town. "Naturally, only as a student of
political science" she added, just in case someone might begin to wonder about her aspirations
to become the second Clinton in the White House. Judging by the standing ovation, Clinton
convinced many members of the audience with her powerful speech that she is woman enough
for the Presidency.
Most of the women who hold positions of leadership in their countries have arrived there
through a parliamentary system, such as Dr Frene Ginwala, Speaker of the South African
Parliament. These women have had the opportunity to assert themselves within the circle of
their own colleagues and to be judged on merit. In the U.S., where anybody can be a
candidate for the Presidency, they need to convince the entire population. It is very difficult
for women to overcome the prejudices. There are many good women candidates both from
the Republican and the Democratic Party who would probably stand [as candidates] for the
year 2000 election, she said.
Clinton also announced that her husband, President Bill Clinton, has pledged an additional $16
million (R80.7 million) for the campaign to exterminate polio in Africa. This and other
investments indicate that the future of the continent, as well as of South Africa, is inextricably
linked to the future of the world. They also emphasize U.S. confidence in the democratic path
that South Africa has chosen. "The world is watching you and the democratic world stands
behind you."
In recent times there have been many examples in the world of how democracy has failed, but,
according to Clinton, nowhere was the triumph of the human spirit greater than in South
Africa. "America draws inspiration from the generous and forgiving spirit with which
democracy was created in South Africa, from the new democratic structure and the
progressive new constitution, especially the way in which the rights of women and children are
being protected. Democracy is actually impossible if half of the population is without food,
clothes, health care and without a voice" she warned.
To a question about the reduction of the children's welfare allowance in South Africa, she
replied that President Clinton recently signed legislation that will allow U.S. citizens trapped in
the welfare system to help themselves.
BUSINESS DAY, Johannesburg, S.A.
March 26, 1997
(Circulation: 38,989.)
COMMENT & ANALYSIS
A land of lost opportunities for Hillary
T IS the time of year known
I
in America as spring break.
Americans like Mrs Clinton
That means it is a very bad
and her husband rightly think
time to go anywhere where
Hillary Clinton's tour of African countries left a different message with the inhabitants
SA's transformation is a thing of
there is sun and sand. You will
wonder. Understandably they
find it occupied by the nation's
than what the US might have wished, writes Simon Barber in Washington
want to be and have a part of it.
high school seniors and under-
Yet at the same time they have
graduates in a glandular frenzy of
some mental block that prevents
pleasure-seeking.
them from appreciating that it
You will not, however, find the
made the hoary pilgrimage to the
lifted? Or was the thrill chiefly the
happened entirely independent of
enjoyed her visit. She herself
nation's first high school senior,
Isle de Goree, the infamous stag-
keep our democracy strong is by
speaker's? Did the symbolism of
themselves, and that the poor
seemed to get thoroughly carried
Chelsea Clinton, soaking up the
everyone working to build this
ing point for the African slave
her speaking in the same forum
dears are in fact extremely com-
away. "When I see my husband."
there as well. Because in a democ-
rays on a Florida beach. Her moth-
trade, and the holiest shrine to the
that the late Robert Kennedy fa-
petent people who know a thing or
she told the women, "I will tell him
er, Hillary, has taken her on an
racy the government should not do
cult of African-American victim-
mously addressed in 1968 mean
two about democracy and a lot else
that I have learnt one of the se-
improving trip to Africa at the tax-
hood, not to mention a monument
all the work. The people must do
anything? Somehow one felt the
besides. Funnily enough they
crets of building houses here, and
payer's expense.
the work not only to help build the
with a very mixed message. After
even knew how to vote without US
natural graciousness of her SA
that is that you build better if you
Her father, the president, had
all, those who passed through the
houses but to help build a strong
hosts, especially Nelson Mandela,
government-funded
sing and you dance while you
"experts"
more important things do, aside,
country." She meant no harm, but
"Door of No Return" (or something
was being abused.
coming down to train them.
build. It makes the work go along
of course, from nursing the knee
like it - the present "door" is of
the unconscious attitude underly-
Perhaps the women of the Vic-
Now perhaps one cannot be-
better for everyone."
he popped falling down steps at
relatively modern vintage) had
ing her remarks was one of supe-
toria Mxenge housing project -
grudge Mrs Clinton wanting to lay
She concluded with a homily:
Greg Norman's place a couple of
riority - call it contemptuous
generally been sold by their own.
a wreath on the memorial for Hec-
they are building their own homes
"And even in a country like the
weeks ago. He had a date with
No doubt it was an important
compassion - of the lady of the
with the support, the information
tor Petersen, or joining Archbish-
Russian President Boris Yeltsin
US, which has been a democracy
part of Chelsea's education that
manor talking to peasant chil-
agency stresses, of the US Agency
op Desmond Tutu in planting a
for more than 200 years - much
in Helsinki to discuss serious is-
dren, the poor dears, on the estate
she get to see the place while she
tree at a home for the victims of
for International Development -
longer than SA - the only way we
sues like Nato's enlargement and
had an opportunity to do so with
and feeling saintly for doing so.
torture and violence. Yet, as harsh
arms control. Helsinki in March
someone else footing the bill. But
as it may sound, neither the mem-
would not have been much fun for
how much better would Mrs Clin-
ory of Petersen nor the tragedy of
Chelsea, and besides, even the
ton have served her hosts, and her
those unhinged by the horror that
president's daughter cannot come
alleged purpose, if she had insist-
accompanied what outsiders con-
back from spring break without a
ed on touring, with media in tow, a
descendingly call "the miracle" are
tan. So Africa it was, then.
modern factory, thereby demon-
important for SA's future.
Naturally, the White House
strating that, yes, such things do
The point that needs to be
takes grave umbrage at such sar-
exist in Africa.
rammed into the heads of all the
castic jabs. In fact, it worries
Instead, having shed the ritual
Mrs Clintons is that South Afri-
about such jabs a good deal more
tear at Goree, she headed for a
cans are not poor dears. They do
than it cares about preventing
school in Lady Bountiful mode to
not need aid; they do not need the
genocide in Bosnia or Rwanda. It
highlight how the great and good
self-gratifying tears of the white
wishes the press would wax lyrical
University of Michigan had sup-
person; even less do they need to
on the significance Hillary and
plied it with desks. Ah, but for the
be used as an excuse for giving
Chelsea's trek has for US-African
caring white man the children
money to domestic poverty and de-
relations, on the important signal
would have been sitting on the
velopment pimps, which is what
it sends and the great token of US
floor, or so madam would, albeit
US aid is mostly about.
concern and respect it represents.
unwittingly, have us conclude.
What is required is that the SA
And to be sure, a big signal is be-
Then it was on to SA.
majority be recognised as smart,
ing sent. Africa is still a place to
Reading the US Information
resourceful and industrious peo-
which Washington condescends.
Agency's reports and transcripts
ple who can write good computer
"During my trip I hope to show-
of the First Lady's SA tour, one is
codes, build excellent cars (and,
case the tremendous democratic
left wondering what the point of it
regrettably, even better weapons)
and economic progress African
all was. Did this add anything to
and sink mines to unimaginable
countries have made in recent
the relationship not already added
depths, and who also do not have
years," said Mrs Clinton. Not a
by the regular annual visitations
to be taught about democracy.
bad objective that. A pity she and
of Vice-President Al Gore? Did
It would have been nice if Mrs
her handlers made little or no ef-
anyone come away from Mrs Clin-
Clinton had used her trip to high-
fort to attain it.
ton's speech at the University of
light such things. But she did not.
In Senegal, she and Chelsea
Cape Town feeling especially up-
Hillary Clinton at the Dar es Salaam museum this week.
One can only hope Chelsea had a
Picture: AP
good time.
BEELD, Johannesburg, S.A.
March 27, 1997
(Circulation: 110,311)
Hillary is warm
Ná haar reis verlede week deur
Suid-Afrika sal Suid-Afrikaners hul
mening oor die Amerikaanse presi-
dentsvrou moet verander. Mev. Hil-
lary Rodham Clinton het van die
oomblik dat sy op die Johannesburg-
se Lughawe van die vliegtuig afge-
stap het, geglimlag en almal warm
gegroet.
In teenstelling met die fiasko ver-
lede jaar toe Gore so te sé die land se
verkeer met loeiende sirenes tot stil-
stand gebring het, was Clinton se be-
soek dié van min vertoon en rustig-
heid.
Tydens haar besoek aan 'n projek-
skool in Soweto het sy gemaklik tus-
sen die mense rondbeweeg.
Sy het almal verras deur soos waf-
ferse "juffrou" aan 'n gr. 1-klas die
verskil tussen binne en buite in 'n
Engelse taalonderrigklas te verdui-
delik. Haar verduideliking van 'n
"boy" het almal laat skater. Dit is 'n
"little man", het sy half verleë gesê
en self breed geglimlag.
Dié vrou is g'n so koud en kil SOOS
haar mediabeeld lyk nie. Soos die
skoolhoof later opgemerk het: 'n
mens kan vriende maak met haar.
Translation: BEELD
HILLARY IS WARM
After her trip through South Africa last week, South Africans will have to change their
opinion of the U.S. President's wife. From the moment she stepped off the plane at
Johannesburg International Airport, Mrs. Hillary Rodham Clinton has been smiling and
greeting everybody warmly.
In contrast with the fiasco last year when Gore, for want of a better expression, brought the
country's traffic to a standstill with ululating sirens, the Clinton's visit was one of less show
and more tranquillity. During her visit to a project school in Soweto she moved around easily
among the people. She surprised everyone by explaining like a jolly good "school mistress" to
a grade one class the difference between "in" and "out." Her explanation of "boy" made all
laugh. "It is little man" she said half sheepishly and a broad smile. The woman is not half as
cold and icy as the media portrays her. As the school principal remarked later on: a person
can make friends with her.
BUSINESS DAY, Johannesburg, S.A.
April 2, 1997
(Circulation: 38,989)
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Saddened by Clinton caricature
Dear Sir,
Africa - some positive news to
I WAS saddened to see Simon Bar-
balance the all too common im-
ber's caricature of Hillary Clin-
ages of war and suffering.
ton's visit to Africa in Business
Perhaps if Barber had been in
Day on March 26. That he could SO
SA for Clinton's visit, or in any of
misconstrue Clinton's reasons for
the other African countries she
coming to Africa and SO distort the
visited, he would have had a bet-
messages implicit in her trip is in-
ter appreciation of the reasons for
deed unfortunate.
results of her trip.
Clinton's trip to Africa was re-
quested by President Bill Clinton
Robert LaGamma
and the state department to re-
Counsellor for public affairs, US
emphasise US interest in and
Information Service, Pretoria
commitment to Africa.
Clinton's visit also sought to
help inform Americans about
Africa - to counter the stereotyp-
ical image of Africa as a decaying
and hopeless continent.
It was for this reason that Clin-
ton was accompanied by 15 mem-
bers of the US press and specif-
ically visited countries and loca-
tions which show determination,
hope, capacity and progress.
Having accompanied Clinton, I
believe she accomplished her two-
fold mission: South Africans with
whom she came into contact (and
who followed the excellent media
coverage of her visit) know some-
thing more about the US and our
reasons for remaining engaged in
Africa, and Americans have been
provided with information about
the constructive, human side of
BUSINESS DAY, Johannesburg, S.A.
April 08, 1997
(Circulation: 38,989.)
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Columnist's anti-US distortions
are unfair, says Donald Woods
Dear Sir,
AFTER returning from exile to
live in SA I am surprised to find
that some newspapers are still
publishing Simon Barber's vitri-
olic views on America.
His article on Hillary Clinton's
visit is typical of his views of
America and Americans that, to
me, bear little resemblance to the
country and the people I have
grown to know well in the course
of many years of travelling and
working there, in all 50 states.
Of course, US policy has seri-
ous flaws, but anyone who knows
that country knows also that those
flaws spring from superficiality
rather than cynicism. If you get
through to their awareness they
will do the right thing.
I am not therefore criticising
Simon Barber's attacks on Amer-
ican judgment. I am criticising his
distortions of American inten-
tions. It is his persistent misrep-
resentation of American motives
that I find so offensive, and I be-
lieve that SA newspapers which
actually take this stuff seriously
do a disservice to both countries.
Donald Woods
Parktown, Johannesburg
United States Information Service
Pretoria, South Africa