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• Diary

  "Unlike most scribblers Okri will not be making his Atlantic crossing on an economy-class aeroplane ticket but on the QE2, where he has secured himself a first class berth."
• Vorster on victory ride—back to the laager

  "This it's leader Colin Eglin due to return today from a tour which he has been described by the President Senghor of Senegal as "South Africa's Saving Grace..."