(TIME magazine Issue Jun29-Jul6, pg. 56-57)
On the July 5, 1989, Nelson Mandela, who had been apartheid for 41 years and jailed for 16 years, took the first step toward racial peace in South Africa together with then-president P.W. Botha.
Some five months later, F.W. de Klerk succeeded Botha and the former requested to meet Mandela. In the discussion, Mandela demanded de Klerk release him and his comrades, lift the ban on the former's African National Congress (ANC) and end the state of emergency. Not giving an immediate response, de Klerk was willing to listen on, opening the door to racial peace in South Africa.
Thereafter, South Africa became a multicoloured nation, where colour is no longer a legal distinction, and a diminishing social cum cultural distinction. The people of South Africa began to find peace.
According to Mandela, South Africa is a shining example to the entire world of people drawn from different racial groups who have a common loyalty, a common love, to their common country. The Afrikaners are going to face a problem of this country together.
South Africa's story of miracle, illuminates the world with hope.
184 words by Moses, Isaiah, Reuben & Gabriel.
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