We are proud that today the millions of religious adherents in South Africa are engaged in the common struggle to end the racial tyranny which representatives of the Swedish mission started opposing so many years ago. We are enormously strengthened by the fact that the international ecumenical movement, represented by such bodies as the word council of churches, the Lutheran word federation and the word alliance of reformed churches, is, like those early Swedish missionaries, so firmly engaged in the common struggle to secure justice and peace for our people and the peoples of Southern Africa as a whole. In a few days we shall have occasion to meet and interact with the Swedish and Nordic public at large, the millions of people who constitute the backbone of the anti-apartheid movement in this region of the world. For now, we would like you to know how happy we are to be with you and how privileged we feel to share this moment with people who are to us true Brothers and Sisters. Our common struggle has not ended, the apartheid system remains in place.
Death continues to afflict the peoples of South Africa, Mozambique and Angola.
We must therefore continue to press on until freedom is achieved. We count on you as our dependable allies who will not rest until South Africa is transformed into a United, Democratic and non-racial country.