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aidis He said the people had to be con- Cape Town overpasses in hope of seeing him. They|took a wrong turn and ended up stuck held homemade signs, some of which in the crowd. ulted about who would represent them . read simply, "Welcome home. The otherwise festive occasion was talks with the Government. - ORPORATO A huge crowd, which organizers said also marred by violence after some Democratic Election Urged Grand reached.250,000 people, assembled inyouths who had been drinking on the "Negotiations cannot take place' Potice arade the square in front of the old City Hallfringes of the rally started breaking .oove the heads or behind the backs of in Cape Town to greet Mr. Mandela.windows and looting shops in down ur people, he said.It is our belief BUITENKANTST 55 nat the future of our country can only HARRINGTOST crowd's size at only,50,000 people at its The police tried to disperse them by edetermined by a body which is peak.,They.became.~impatient andfiring shotguns and tear gas, and some :emocratically.elected on.a,nonracial : Xlantic VICTOR asis. hours in the housun and,had.dwindled bottles and stones. At one point. Ocean VERSTER I'SPRISON to about.20,000,bysunset, when-Mr.drunken protesters invaded a Chinese Mr.Mandela appeared toallude toa Paar Mandela finally appeareda restaurant, snatched up the liquor and rmula under which a constituent/as- OBBEN g Blacks a Minority in Area wine and threw bottles at the police mbly, in effect supplanting the exist Cape In the 195o0's.. It. was Goyernmentwas also injured in a knife fight. from the rooftop. One man in the crowd gParliament, would draft a new con .itution. Such a plan-would mean the policyto prevent blacks from settling Two Reported Killed . reation of an interim government'in Athlon inthe Western Cape, so they are not in outh Africa and has previously been LLSMOOR the clear majority in Cape Town. The South African Press Association jected by Mr. de Klerk for the fore LOPRISONS where Mr, Mandela was released. Peo. reported tonight that 2 people had-been eeablefuture. f. The New York Times/Feb.12.1990 ple of mixed-race, known as-coloreds. killed and 13 wounded in the confronta Mr..'Mandela walked'out of Victof! Afew hours after his release.from erster Prison near Paarllat4:15 P.M Victor Verster Prison, outside Cape Town, where whites also outnum-on the scene estimated that 100 people cal time915 A.M.Easterntime, ber blacks. had been wounded/mostly by buckshot. hich was 75minutes later than the re- Paarl, Nelson Mandela spoke on ease'time announced Saturdayafter. the steps ofCapeTown City Hall. Jon by-Mr. de Klerk. Acquaintances of. as a whole, are in the overwhelming rally. ne Mandela family said his departure majority in the Johannesburg region. arolus.a spokeswoman for om the-prison Was delayed'by family scussions Mr. de Klerk removeda banning re most tumultuous welcome. helped organize the rally, attributed He was greeted by about 5,000 sup- rters lining the asphalt road outside Mr. Mandela was.thendriven 40 dela .was held.up by traffic-jams were"beyond our usual crowds,orwho ne prison farm where he has been'held miles from Paarl to Cape Town,pass created by his well-wishers and subse--supported the rival Pan-Africanist .nce December 1988. Some wavedthe ing several hundred people whohad ack, green.and yellow flags ofthe Af- parked:by the.roadside.or.waited.on Byone'accountMr.Mandela's convoy At times, some supporters at the rally had to scramble for cover as:the. police chased or fired at lootersand Stone-throwers. The Rev. Allan.Boesak, a prominent figure'in the anti-apart heid movement,pleaded for,morethan 45 minutes with'the crowd/to maintain discipline andmove back. Dullah Omaroa lawyer representing the Mandela family, said Mr. Mandela had been,unaware of the violence. . This evening, Mr. Mandela failed to appear at a news conference arranged by the reception committee that ishan dling his schedule. A representative said Mr. Mandela would meet the press later this week in Johannesburg. -- 3 Due in Johannesburg Today' Mr. Mandela and his wife, Winnle, are expected to fly to Johannesburg.on Monday and proceed to their homein the black township of Soweto. One of the organizers, Saki Mocozo ma, said security considerations.pre cluded him from revealing/where the Mandelas were spending/their first night. Mr. mandela also paid tribute'to his wife, who has lived apart from himfor more than 27 yers, and their children. "I am convinced that your pain and suffering was far greater than my Own, he told them. Mrs. Mandela was severely criti- cized by other supporters of Mr. Man- dela a year ago for condoning violent behavior by her bodyguards that ap- parently led to the alleged murder of a 14-year old boy. A trial involving at least one of the guards is expeccted to start this month.