South Africans of every race, gender,colour, creed, ethnic and language group have contributed to it. The coming of the democratic elections to this country is not a miracle. We owe the coming of democracy to these millions who refused to submit to the superior power wielded by the forces of tyranny. As a country and as a people we owe a great deal more to those who dared to struggle than to the silent conformists. It is those who were prepared to resist oppression, regardless of the cost to themselves, who have made freedom a realisable possibility.
Democracy is a great opportunity for national rejuvenation.
The struggle for democracy in South Africa has never been racially exclusive or racially defined. It has drawn support and adherents from South Africans of all races, colours and creeds. It has always held out the promise of what South Africa could become. A common home for all its people in their diversity. That is a legacy we shall always cherish.