Appreciated' De Klerk still occasionally comments on national affairs, such as when he suggested a time limit be imposed on affirmative action. He is also in a spat with Archbishop Desmond Tutu, another Nobel laureate who maintains that de Klerk has not shown enough contrition for the evils of white rule. I do feel appreciated. But South Africa's crime rate is among the highest in the world, fueled by a jobless rate of more than 40 percent among blacks. An AIDS epidemic has infected about four million people - nearly 10 percent of the population.
Corruption costs the nation millions of dollars.
Less than half of public high school seniors passed an exam needed to graduate last year. Another generation of leaders led by President Thabo Mbeki is trying to tackle these problems. Mandela can watch from the sidelines. But he always makes clear that the road ahead is still very bumpy. Inc. All rights reserved.