Annual South African mirror briefing by John Kane-Berman, the Chief Executive of the South African Institute of Race Relations in Pretoria on 1st November, Johannesburg on 5th November, and Cape Town on 7th November 2013.
As the 20th anniversary of the handover of power from South Africa's white minority to its black majority approaches, newspapers are compiling lists of pluses and minuses to be published in April or May next year - 27th April being the anniversary of the first universal-franchise election, and 12th May the date on which F W de Klerk handed over to Nelson Mandela at the Union Buildings, an event I was fortunate enough to witness.
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