The discovery of three bodies in the Indian Ocean province of Natal late Tuesday brought the death toll from fighting between blacks to more than 10 in three days since black nationalist Nelson Mandela pleaded for peace.
Police reported Wednesday the bodies of three men were found in different areas of the Malakazi squatter settlement, where mobs have set dozens of shacks on fire since Sunday. Fighting erupted between supporters of Mandela's African National Congress and the rival Inkatha movement several hours after Mandela's call for peace.President F.W. de Klerk has said the internecine strife in Natal is one of the factors against his complete lifting of South Africa's 44-month-old state of emergency. Since 1987, when the rivalries between the ANC and Inkatha burst into violence, as many as 3,000 people have been killed.