It was only through all-round internal and external pressure that the NP government was forced to acknowledge the need for a negotiated solution. If negotiations are to have any prospect of success, such pressure is now more than ever necessary. There is indeed an explosive situation prevailing in our country. The reason for this lies in government intransigence and in it's involvement by omission and commission in the violence. Discipline has always been the hallmark of our campaigns.
Commentators are unanimous.
So too were the more than 70 rallies held throughout the country on June the 16th. This is the tradition in which we have mobilised our people to exercise an inherent right no authoritarian rule can take away from us. All the efforts of the ANC and all the energies of our people are being mobilised today to force the Government away from the perilous path it is following. Now, more than ever, all South Africans, black and white together, need to join hands for democracy, peace and justice. We can ensure that elections for a democratic Constituent Assembly take place before the end of this year.