new army. But two serious problems arose. The guerrillas were not satis-
fied with their treatment, and in October 1994 many of them went absent
without leave from their main training camp on the eighth day of a boy-
cott over pay and status. It took a special visit by Mandela and the firing
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deserters to restore order.i" Second, the army, especially the mil-
itary intelligence service, still included covert units that continued to op-
pose democratic change. As stated in the newsletter Africa Confidential,
they had "a vested interest in destabilization. It is their job. "25 Neverthe-
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