Should this happen, other ways and means will have to be found to bring about a Government of National Unity so that constitutional reform continues without delay. We urge all political parties to co-operate in the quest for a just and prosperous new South Africa. The present Government, on coming to power on 6 September 1989, initiated an accelerated reform process to eliminate apartheid and lead the country through peaceful negotiations to a new democratic constitutional dispensation. This process was launched on 2 February 1990. We have removed the pillars of apartheid.
All political organisations are now free to participate in the negotiation process.
Others are holding back, while a number of those not previously involved now wish to participate. The Government has worked ceaselessly to get multi-party negotiations back on track. For this purpose, it has been engaged in bilateral discussions with a number of parties. This has led to a perception among some of the parties that the Government and the ANC are dominating the process to the exclusion of others. Power-sharing, as a democratic principles, is particularly relevant to South Africa.