Abstract
This year South Africans celebrated their first ten years of democracy, a decade of remarkable changes which two former presidents, F W de Klerk and Nelson Mandela, critically evaluated in consecutive addresses they made to a joint session of Parliament
Highlights
Speaking first, former President De Klerk paid tribute to Mandela and urged South Africans to work towards economic and social transformation within the framework of three imperatives
This year South Africans celebrated their first ten years of democracy, a decade of remarkable changes which two former presidents, F W de Klerk and Nelson Mandela, critically evaluated in consecutive addresses they made to a joint session of Parliament
De Klerk said that transformation had to take place within the framework of the basic rules of the globalized world-economy: “We need to ensure that South Africa becomes a winning nation in highly competitive markets, so that we can become the first African nation to join the ranks of the First World”
Summary
This year South Africans celebrated their first ten years of democracy, a decade of remarkable changes which two former presidents, F W de Klerk and Nelson Mandela, critically evaluated in consecutive addresses they made to a joint session of Parliament. Former President De Klerk paid tribute to Mandela and urged South Africans to work towards economic and social transformation within the framework of three imperatives.
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