It is interesting in this regard that the Report of the Civics Expert Group in 1994 warned still of the tendency to discuss only rights. The emphasis on rights needs to be accompanied by an appreciation of duties. But, along the road to final reconciliation, it will be useful for indigenous groups to see how migrant groups have responded to the shared policies of assimilation. The National Agenda and its subsequent Review contain much useful working out of the participation, equality of opportunity and shared values, which I have described as those key ingredients of citizenship. This is not to say that tolerance and acceptance of cultural differences have been achieved.
Recent events show all too clearly how much still remains to be done.
But it is a common challenge, confronting both indigenous and non-indigenous people. In facing this challenge together, they will be renewing their concepts and practice of citizenship. If citizenship in its best sense grows, mutual respect will also grow and the process of reconciliation will be enhanced.