Courage Is Not The Absence

An Initiative Was Essentially Led By Civil Society Because The Policy Of The Government Was That Africans Must Not Be Taught To Graze In Pastures Which Were Reserved For The Main White Group.

The First Election In Which All South Africans Took Part Was In April, 1994. There Were Long Queues [lines] Of Employers And Employees, Black And White. In The Sense Of Africans, Coloreds And Indians - When I Talk About Blacks, I Mean Those Three. Blacks And Whites Mingled To Vote Without Any Hitches. Many People Would Have Expected A Great Deal Of Tension, Clashes And Violence, But It Did Not Occur.

It Is Also The Fate Of Leadership To Be Misunderstood. It Is A Grave Error For Any Leader To Be Oversensitive In The Face Of Criticism, To Conduct Discussions As If He Or She Is A Schoolmaster Talking To Less Informed And Inexperienced Learners.

Our Experience Has Taught Us That With Goodwill A Negotiated Solution Can Be Found For Even The Most Profound Problems.

The Church Was As Concerned With This World As The Next: I Saw That Virtually All Of The Achievements Of Africans Seemed To Have Come About Through The Missionary Work Of The Church.