President F.W. de Klerk is often hailed for his boldness in ending apartheid, but South Africans also regard him as a cautious man. Last week he displayed both traits as he appeared to end stonewalling on "Inkathagate," the scandal over disclosures that Pretoria interfered in black politics by secretly funding Inkatha Freedom Party, a rival of the African National Congress. Denying that he had a double agenda, De Klerk nonetheless sidelined two Cabinet members at the center of the doubts about the government's integrity: Defense Minister Magnus Malan and Law and Order Minister Adriaan Vlok. But rather than dismiss them, as...
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