NELSON MANDELA ADDRESSING SOUTH AFRICA'S PEOPLE OF INDIAN-ORIGIN IN NOVEMBER 1994

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(SUBRY GOVENDER WITH NELSON MANDELA DURING THE FIRST DEMOCRATIC ELECTIONS IN APRIL 1994) ON HIS 100TH BIRTH ANNIVERSARY, SOUTH AFRICANS AND THE WORLD AT LARGE ARE PAYING TRIBUTE TO A FREEDOM ICON WHO FOUGHT AND LIVED FOR A FUTURE SOUTH AFRICA THAT WOULD BE FREE, UNITED, NON-RACIAL, PROGRESSIVE, DEMOCRATIC AND WHERE ALL THE PEOPLE WOULD BE ABLE TO IMPROVE THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC STATUS. BUT, 25 YEARS INTO OUR DEMOCRACY, SOME POLITICAL ELEMENTS AND THEIR SUPPORTERS ARE DESTROYING THIS RICH LEGACY BY SPEWING RACIAL HATRED AND GENOCIDE AGAINST THEIR FELLOW SOUTH AFRICANS. AT THIS TIME I WANT TO TAKE YOU BACK TO NOVEMBER 1994 WHEN MANDELA ADDRESSED THE COUNTRY'S INDIAN-ORIGIN PEOPLE AND RE-ASSURED THEM THAT A NEW SOUTH AFRICA WOULD BE NON-RACIAL, UNITED AND DEMOCRATIC. I AM PUBLISHING THIS RADIO DOCUMENTARY IN AN ATTEMPT TO EDUCATE THE RACIAL MONGERS ABOUT MANDELA'S RICH VALUES AND PRINCIPLES FOR A UNITED, FREE AND PROGRESSIVE SOUTH AFRICA.