I Say To All Those

I Watched, Along With All Of You, As The Tens Of Thousands Of Our People Stood Patiently In Long Queues For Many Hours. Some Sleeping On The Open Ground Overnight Waiting To Cast This Momentous Vote.

If The United States Of America Or Britain Is Having Elections, They Don't Ask For Observers From Africa Or From Asia. But When We Have Elections, They Want Observers.

In Prison, Illusions Can Offer Comfort.

To Deny People Of Their Human Rights Is To Challenge Their Very Humanity. To Impose On Them A Wretched Life Of Huger And Deprivation Is To Dehumanize Them. But Such Has Been The Terrible Fate Of All Black Persons In Our Country Under The System Of Apartheid.

In The End, Reconciliation Is A Spiritual Process, Which Requires More Than Just A Legal Framework. It Has To Happen In The Hearts And Minds Of People.