%PDF-1.4 % 1 0 obj << /Type /Page /Parent 82 0 R /Resources 2 0 R /Contents 3 0 R /MediaBox [ 0 0 612 792 ] /CropBox [ 0 0 612 792 ] /Rotate 0 >> endobj 2 0 obj << /ProcSet [ /PDF /Text ] /Font << /F1 103 0 R /F2 108 0 R >> /ExtGState << /GS1 113 0 R >> >> endobj 3 0 obj << /Length 4725 >> stream BT /F1 1 Tf 12 0 0 12 90.001 700.337 Tm 0 g /GS1 gs 0 Tc 0 Tw (1.1 Was it so long ago?)Tj /F2 1 Tf 0 -2.84 TD 0.0008 Tc 0.0081 Tw [(I was in )-8.9(Leiden, the Netherlands in 1990 when Mandela walked out of Pollsmoor prison,)]TJ 0 -0.94 TD 0.0033 Tc 0.0328 Tw (clenched fist raised in the old ANC salute, after 27 years behind bars. Television pulled)Tj T* 0.0054 Tc 0.0538 Tw [(in stations from all over Europe but they all had the same pictures. It was the biggest)]TJ T* 0 Tc 0 Tw (story in the world, and it was over a decade ago.)Tj 0 -1.88 TD 0.0053 Tc 0.0528 Tw (The experience of the pain and solidarity of struggle is already receding into history.)Tj 0 -0.94 TD 0.002 Tc 0.0199 Tw (The students of Soweto who turned the country round in 1976 are now in their forties)Tj T* 0.0099 Tc 0.0991 Tw (and some are grandparents. The punishing inspiring years of the eighties when the)Tj 0 -0.96 TD 0.0068 Tc 0.068 Tw (people made the apartheid state ungovernable, when plans were hatched and worked)Tj 0 -0.94 TD 0.0073 Tc 0.0728 Tw (out in townships and suburbs by committed groups who did it for nothing and learnt)Tj T* 0.0044 Tc 0.0442 Tw (above all to act together, are today in their heads but not in their blood. We need)Tj T* 0 Tc 0 Tw (to remember what incredible changes have taken place.)Tj /F1 1 Tf 0 -1.86 TD (1.2 Seven years of change)Tj /F2 1 Tf 0 -1.9 TD 0.0176 Tc 0.1764 Tw (The comparatively peaceful election of 1994 was not a miracle. It came >from a)Tj 0 -0.94 TD 0.002 Tc 0.0203 Tw (deliberate policy of non-violent change and reconciliation worked out in the experience)Tj T* 0.0238 Tc 0.2384 Tw (of the ANC through years of liberation struggle. Our oppressors where not)Tj T* 0.0064 Tc 0.0643 Tw (obliterated in battle, or chased into exile, but remain here as fellow citizens in a non-)Tj T* 0.0034 Tc 0.0342 Tw (racial, non-sexist, united democracy. The task was to establish a country in which we)Tj T* 0.0099 Tc 0.0991 Tw [(would all feel at home, and by 1994 little support remained for the bloody civil )8.5(w)9.9(a)9.9(r)]TJ T* 0 Tc 0 Tw (which some white right wingers had planned. [2])Tj 0 -1.88 TD 0.0139 Tc 0.1388 Tw (We established a democratic government based on proportional representation to)Tj 0 -0.94 TD 0.0006 Tc 0.0059 Tw (ensure that all voices were heard. \(The huge support for the ANC would silence most)Tj T* 0.005 Tc 0.0499 Tw (opposition under a constituency system.\) Long negotiations led to our highly praised)Tj T* 0.0009 Tc 0.009 Tw (1996 Constitution. Government by consent took the place of government by command.)Tj T* 0.0074 Tc 0.0743 Tw (Apartheid laws were repealed: bannings, detentions and group areas joined slavery as)Tj T* 0.0053 Tc 0.0528 Tw (historical artifacts. People now travel anywhere they desire and millions have moved)Tj T* 0.011 Tc 0.1105 Tw (into former white suburbs, houses, schools, churches, restaurants and hotels. The)Tj T* 0.0069 Tc 0.0687 Tw (attitude to governance has changed from submission to participation, from conflict to)Tj 0 -0.96 TD 0.0169 Tc 0.169 Tw (negotiation, from rejection to responsibility in political parties, Community Police)Tj 0 -0.94 TD 0.0149 Tc 0.149 Tw (Forums, School Governing Bodies, Share holders meetings, and democratic people)Tj T* 0 Tc 0 Tw (structures.)Tj 0 -1.88 TD 0.0024 Tc 0.0236 Tw (Bantustan governments were removed[3] and their staffs redeployed. The new concept)Tj 0 -0.94 TD 0.0067 Tc 0.0667 Tw (of the third tier of government at municipal and metropolitan city level enables those)Tj T* 0.0096 Tc 0.0961 Tw (who live in an area to govern it themselves. Structural changes have been made and)Tj T* 0.0272 Tc 0.2716 Tw (there is an ongoing process of attitudinal and existential change to empower)Tj T* 0.017 Tc 0.1704 Tw (cooperative local leadership)Tj 12.14 0 TD 0.024 Tc 0.2395 Tw (.[4] Thousands who made the earlier change from)Tj -12.14 -0.94 TD 0.0191 Tc 0.1912 Tw (submission into freedom fighters, are now making the further change into social)Tj T* 0 Tc 0 Tw (transformers. [5])Tj 0 -1.88 TD 0.008 Tc 0.0796 Tw (Millions live in proper houses for the first time; water, sanitation and electricity have)Tj 0 -0.94 TD 0.0168 Tc 0.1682 Tw (been piped to their homes even in remote rural areas, and there are telephones)Tj T* 0.0091 Tc 0.0914 Tw (everywhere. Sixteen separate racist education authorities have been merged into a)Tj T* 0.0192 Tc 0.1922 Tw (single system for all, facing the awesome task of enabling the learners of a new)Tj T* 0.0291 Tc 0.2908 Tw (generation to cope with transforming society. They have analysed the values)Tj T* 0 Tc 0 Tw [(encapsulated in our Constitution, and developed a programme to promote them)-8(.[6])]TJ 0 -2.82 TD ()Tj ET endstream endobj 4 0 obj << /Type /Page /Parent 82 0 R /Resources 5 0 R /Contents 6 0 R /MediaBox [ 0 0 612 792 ] /CropBox [ 0 0 612 792 ] /Rotate 0 >> endobj 5 0 obj << /ProcSet [ /PDF /Text ] /Font << /F1 103 0 R /F2 108 0 R >> /ExtGState << /GS1 113 0 R >> >> endobj 6 0 obj << /Length 4327 >> stream BT /F2 1 Tf 12 0 0 12 90.001 700.097 Tm 0 g /GS1 gs 0.0085 Tc 0.0845 Tw (Millions have found jobs, salaries, and areas of employment formerly closed to them.)Tj 0 -0.94 TD 0.0044 Tc 0.0435 Tw (The economy has strengthened dramatically from bankruptcy under apartheid to being)Tj T* 0.0062 Tc 0.0618 Tw (strong and healthy, turned round from inside as we have found our own feet. It has)Tj T* 0.0185 Tc 0.1855 Tw (challenged the hegemony of the western financial system \(most spectacularly the)Tj T* 0.0016 Tc 0.0155 Tw (exploitation of ill health practised by many in the healing industry\) and this development)Tj T* 0.0028 Tc 0.0265 Tw [(has )-5.9(been )-5.9(noted )-5.9(by )-7.9(both conservative or socialist commentators in the West who begin)]TJ T* 0 Tc 0 Tw (to suspect they must review their former analysis of Africa.)Tj 0 -1.88 TD 0.0098 Tc 0.0977 Tw (South Africa has strongly influenced the emergence of a new concept of the African)Tj 0 -0.94 TD 0.0015 Tc 0.0149 Tw (continent, changing from beggar to builder, and giving notice to neo-colonialist dictators)Tj 0 -0.96 TD 0.0149 Tc 0.1488 Tw (to quit. It is beginning to dawn on some in the West that racism was the most)Tj 0 -0.94 TD 0.0017 Tc 0.0175 Tw (expensive and foolish mistake they ever made, and they must make Africa a partner not)Tj T* 0 Tc 0 Tw (a pariah.)Tj 0 -1.88 TD 0.0127 Tc 0.1268 Tw (The Dutch Reformed Churches have acknowledged they were wrong in promoting)Tj 0 -0.94 TD 0.0024 Tc 0.0235 Tw (apartheid, and other churches have admitted they did not do enough to win freedom.)Tj T* 0.0042 Tc 0.042 Tw (Faith was melted down in the struggle and reminted, contrasting a tradition authorised)Tj T* 0.0027 Tc 0.0266 Tw (by religious institutions with a living faith experienced by people in a liberation struggle,)Tj T* 0.0149 Tc 0.1488 Tw (between dogma and experience, between institutions and inspiration. 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[7])Tj 0 -1.88 TD 0.0043 Tc 0.0426 Tw (Problems have been mountainous, mistakes have been inevitable, but vast progress has)Tj 0 -0.94 TD 0.0141 Tc 0.141 Tw (been made in political, economic, social and religious fields and we must ask what)Tj T* 0 Tc 0 Tw (insights South Africa can offer the world on doing the human thing.)Tj /F1 1 Tf 0 -1.86 TD (1.3 The current crop of negativity)Tj /F2 1 Tf 0 -1.9 TD 0.0188 Tc 0.1882 Tw (This buoyant picture of a nation developing a democracy and moving forward is)Tj 0 -0.94 TD 0.0008 Tc 0.0077 Tw (different from the media headlines of murder, robbery and rape; corruption, racism, and)Tj T* 0.0095 Tc 0.0955 Tw (incompetence; poverty, joblessness and immorality. These things are problems in)Tj T* 0.0081 Tc 0.0842 Tw [(every country and are being confronted, but the question is why )7.7(have )15.9(these )15.9(negative)]TJ 0 -0.96 TD 0.0054 Tc 0.0541 Tw (experiences grown in South Africa too? And does the media seem dominated by a)Tj 0 -0.94 TD 0.0103 Tc 0.1033 Tw (cold wind of cynicism and pessimism, undermining the faith and expectancy of many)Tj T* 0 Tc 0 Tw (people? [8])Tj /F1 1 Tf 13.92 0 0 13.92 90.001 256.5771 Tm (2 The Problems we faced)Tj ET 90.001 255.617 174.72 0.24 re f BT 12 0 0 12 90.001 222.4971 Tm (2.1 The Colonial heritage)Tj /F2 1 Tf 0 -2.86 TD 0.0022 Tc 0.0222 Tw (The Mandela government took on an Africa with a history. The civilisations which the)Tj 0 -0.94 TD 0.0034 Tc 0.0341 Tw (continent knew a thousand years ago were submerged by gunpowder, plunder, slavery,)Tj T* 0.025 Tc 0.2498 Tw (colonialism, neo-colonialism, and western domination through the Cold War.)Tj T* 0.0184 Tc 0.184 Tw (Although there was some western support for the liberation struggle the official)Tj T* 0.0129 Tc 0.1288 Tw (approach \(particularly in the UK and US\) was to support the apartheid regime but)Tj T* 0.0038 Tc 0.0379 Tw (suggest it cleaned up its act. They opposed the imposition of sanctions and gave little)Tj T* 0 Tc 0.0003 Tw (support to the liberation struggle, an attitude which continued after 1994.)Tj 0 -2.82 TD 0 Tw ()Tj ET endstream endobj 7 0 obj << /Type /Page /Parent 82 0 R /Resources 8 0 R /Contents 9 0 R /MediaBox [ 0 0 612 792 ] /CropBox [ 0 0 612 792 ] /Rotate 0 >> endobj 8 0 obj << /ProcSet [ /PDF /Text ] /Font << /F1 103 0 R /F2 108 0 R /F3 70 0 R >> /ExtGState << /GS1 113 0 R >> >> endobj 9 0 obj << /Length 4377 >> stream BT /F2 1 Tf 12 0 0 12 90.001 700.097 Tm 0 g /GS1 gs 0.0089 Tc 0.0893 Tw (The huge continent of Africa, stuffed with wealthy resources, has been exploited for)Tj 0 -0.94 TD 0.0132 Tc 0.132 Tw (centuries as a mine for raw materials, and a market for western manufactures and)Tj T* 0.0064 Tc 0.0637 Tw (politics, and the dictators of international capital are determined that Africa shall only)Tj T* 0.0092 Tc 0.0921 Tw (succeed in so far as it benefits the west, however much adulation they heaped upon)Tj T* 0 Tc 0 Tw (Mandela.[9])Tj 0 -1.88 TD 0.0142 Tc 0.1415 Tw (A major theme of the Mandela government was Reconciliation between the races,)Tj 0 -0.94 TD 0.0033 Tc 0.0326 Tw (between the liberation movement and supporters of the previous regime, and between)Tj T* 0.0009 Tc 0.0087 Tw (the ANC and those in the West who had dubbed them terrorists. 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A tanker waited at sea, laden with fuel, but nothing could)Tj T* 0 Tc 0 Tw (be pumped ashore because none of the worlds money was in Tanzania.)Tj 0 -1.88 TD 0.0139 Tc 0.1387 Tw (The wealth of the world is like a huge dam of water whose distribution pipes are)Tj 0 -0.94 TD 0.007 Tc 0.0697 Tw (controlled by an economic system owned by a handful of people who make the rules)Tj 0 -0.96 TD 0.0018 Tc 0.0178 Tw (and decide which taps shall be opened. They are so few they could fit easily into a hotel)Tj 0 -0.94 TD 0 Tc 0 Tw (ball room. [11])Tj 0 -1.88 TD 0.0007 Tc 0.0069 Tw (Financial engineers manipulate the control valves on this Wealth Dam and dictate where)Tj 0 -0.94 TD 0.0016 Tc 0.0157 Tw (the capital of the world will flow. 500 Transnational corporations control over 70% of)Tj T* 0.007 Tc 0.0704 Tw (world trade, and half the foreign investment in the world comes from only 1% of the)Tj T* 0.0109 Tc 0.1086 Tw (TNCs. 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The acumen and credibility of South Africas economy is recognised)Tj T* 0.011 Tc 0.1103 Tw (throughout the continent and the world, even though the global pressures are now)Tj T* 0 Tc 0 Tw (demanding a reassessment of GEAR.)Tj 0 -1.88 TD 0.0006 Tc 0.0065 Tw [(Western Europe and US are not homogeneous. )-7.2(Different views are held by many who)]TJ 0 -0.94 TD 0.0081 Tc 0.0808 Tw (are our comrades in the struggle to liberate the world, but the influence of capitalist)Tj T* 0.019 Tc 0.1896 Tw (oppressors is dominant. Their unmentionable fear was that Africa would declare)Tj T* 0.0165 Tc 0.1646 Tw (independence from western control, and establish a United States of Africa. 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Were all too busy,)Tj T* 0 Tc 0 Tw (com.)Tj /F1 1 Tf 0 -2.8 TD (2.7 The challenge of a society in transition)Tj /F2 1 Tf 0 -1.9 TD 0.0056 Tc 0.0565 Tw (During 1998 the ANC published a CRA booklet called Ethical Transformation, which)Tj 0 -0.94 TD 0 Tc 0 Tw (set out the problems faced by a society in transition.)Tj 0 -1.88 TD 0.0113 Tc 0.1128 Tw (Transition in any society is inevitably a time of great upheaval for organisations and)Tj 0 -0.94 TD 0.0027 Tc 0.0274 Tw (persons. Change brings hope, but it also brings tension, confusion and fear. The old has)Tj T* 0.0111 Tc 0.1105 Tw (gone but the new is not yet established. Adjustments are required by everyone.)Tj T* 0.0222 Tc 0.2217 Tw (Plans are disrupted by unexpected events. 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It appears that all revolutions have a tendency to decay, to move from the)Tj T* 0.0284 Tc 0.2838 Tw (high moral ground on which they started to a loss of ideological vision and)Tj T* 0.0121 Tc 0.1214 Tw (commitment. When people obtain possessions and power some develop different)Tj T* 0.0047 Tc 0.0474 Tw (priorities, moving from community concerns to individual concerns, from commitment)Tj T* 0.0059 Tc 0.059 Tw (to entitlement, from the quest for a new world to the quest for power in that world,)Tj T* 0.0124 Tc 0.1241 Tw (from seeking collective transformation to seeking personal advancement. This has)Tj T* 0.0086 Tc 0.0865 Tw (certainly happened to some of our comrades and challenges us to find the answer.)Tj T* 0.0216 Tc 0.2164 Tw (The problem has been exacerbated as people with good qualifications but little)Tj T* 0.0235 Tc 0.2354 Tw (experience of commitment in the struggle have found positions in branches of)Tj T* 0.0126 Tc 0.1263 Tw (government service or civil society. [14] The quest for power and possessions is a)Tj T* 0.0202 Tc 0.2018 Tw (legitimate part of a liberation struggle, but why does it blunt a sense of human)Tj T* 0 Tc 0 Tw (dedication or is the West right in saying it can only be bought?)Tj /F1 1 Tf 0 -1.86 TD (2.8 Crime and violence)Tj /F2 1 Tf 0 -1.9 TD 0.0092 Tc 0.0918 Tw [(Cheryl )-5.3(Carolus recently told an horrendous story of crime in a city which everyone)]TJ 0 -0.94 TD 0.0096 Tc 0.0959 Tw (thought must be Johannesburg until she revealed it was Leeds in the UK[15] and)Tj T* 0.0018 Tc 0.0185 Tw (could equally have been New York. But we have plenty. 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Visionaries who spell out their hopes for the future)Tj T* 0.0094 Tc 0.0941 Tw ( whether theologians, politicians, economists, or artists know that catastrophic)Tj T* 0 Tc 0 Tw (events occur outside their anticipations. [19] Like HIV/AIDS.)Tj 0 -1.88 TD 0.0113 Tc 0.1135 Tw (HIV/AIDS destroys the human immune system and will thus extinguish much of the)Tj 0 -0.94 TD 0.0156 Tc 0.1564 Tw (population of Africa unless it is stopped. There is no known cure. The western)Tj T* 0.004 Tc 0.0399 Tw (pharmaceutical companies claimed to have drugs which could delay the effects,[20] but)Tj T* 0.0108 Tc 0.1085 Tw (just as the flu invades every year requiring a new vaccine so the African version of)Tj T* 0.0091 Tc 0.091 Tw (HIV/AIDS is not the same as that in the North. It also walks hand in hand with an)Tj T* 0.0082 Tc 0.0822 Tw (unexpected resurgence of TB and malaria, and is clearly connected with the peoples)Tj T* 0 Tc 0 Tw (poverty.)Tj 0 -2.82 TD ()Tj ET endstream endobj 22 0 obj << /Type /Page /Parent 82 0 R /Resources 23 0 R /Contents 24 0 R /MediaBox [ 0 0 612 792 ] /CropBox [ 0 0 612 792 ] /Rotate 0 >> endobj 23 0 obj << /ProcSet [ /PDF /Text ] /Font << /F1 103 0 R /F2 108 0 R >> /ExtGState << /GS1 113 0 R >> >> endobj 24 0 obj << /Length 4574 >> stream BT /F2 1 Tf 12 0 0 12 90.001 711.3771 Tm 0 g /GS1 gs 0.0033 Tc 0.033 Tw (From the beginning the SA Government realised the essential requirement was a social)Tj 0 -0.94 TD 0.0019 Tc 0.0189 Tw (awareness campaign to change attitudes and personal behaviour, arresting the spread of)Tj T* 0.0064 Tc 0.0643 Tw (disease by popularising responsible safe sex \(the ABC procedure\). 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The ANC Government agrees that we need every cent to change)Tj T* 0 Tc 0 Tw (society, not to spend it on warships, aircraft and military equipment)Tj /F2 1 Tf 0 -1.9 TD 0.0194 Tc 0.194 Tw (But Government is responsible for facing other threats against our society. It is)Tj 0 -0.94 TD 0.0041 Tc 0.0412 Tw (nonsense to say we have no enemies. Our seas are sovereign territory under constant)Tj T* 0.0005 Tc 0.0045 Tw (attack by invading forces from criminal enemies stealing the national resource of our fish)Tj T* 0.0049 Tc 0.049 Tw (who have wrecked our fishing grounds and reinvented the scorched earth policy as an)Tj T* 0.0119 Tc 0.1193 Tw (emptied water policy. Because they are over the horizon and the United Nations)Tj T* 0.0036 Tc 0.0355 Tw (cannot defend international law we must do it ourselves. 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The mere presence of a strong SADF is thus a major deterrent)Tj T* 0 Tc 0 Tw (to war from small or large oppressors.)Tj 0 -1.88 TD 0.0051 Tc 0.0505 Tw (Despite innuendos in the newspapers, there is no evidence of government corruption.)Tj 0 -0.94 TD 0.0138 Tc 0.1381 Tw (The prevailing practices of the capitalist world have persuaded some individuals to)Tj T* 0.0004 Tc 0.0036 Tw (accept favours from the multitude of sub contractors, but they are being flushed out and)Tj T* 0 Tc 0 Tw (removed by Government and ANC whoever they are.)Tj 0 -1.88 TD 0.0316 Tc 0.3156 Tw (What is anathema to the blind kind liberals is that rearmament speaks the)Tj 0 -0.94 TD 0.0016 Tc 0.0162 Tw (unspeakable. They say: Whoever can imagine that the US or Europe would attack the)Tj T* 0.0067 Tc 0.0672 Tw (innocent people of Africa? Plenty of nations from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe can tell)Tj T* 0 Tc 0 Tw (them. [26])Tj ET endstream endobj 28 0 obj << /Type /Page /Parent 84 0 R /Resources 29 0 R /Contents 30 0 R /MediaBox [ 0 0 612 792 ] /CropBox [ 0 0 612 792 ] /Rotate 0 >> endobj 29 0 obj << /ProcSet [ /PDF /Text ] /Font << /F1 103 0 R /F2 108 0 R >> /ExtGState << /GS1 113 0 R >> >> endobj 30 0 obj << /Length 4527 >> stream BT /F1 1 Tf 12 0 0 12 90.001 711.6171 Tm 0 g /GS1 gs 0 Tc 0 Tw (3.3 Revolutionaries for sale)Tj /F2 1 Tf 0 -1.9 TD 0.0149 Tc 0.149 Tw (Liberalism has made inroads into the ANC, partly through opportunists who have)Tj 0 -0.94 TD 0.0045 Tc 0.0448 Tw (jumped on the band wagon since 1994, and partly from those who have succumbed to)Tj T* 0.0113 Tc 0.1127 Tw (the temptations of power. 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Religious talk about poverty and ethics is as meaningless as talk of)Tj T* 0.0219 Tc 0.2193 Tw (setting the Antarctic on fire until it is more important than being comfortable.)Tj T* 0 Tc 0 Tw (Comfortable people dont bring change.)Tj ET endstream endobj 34 0 obj << /Type /Page /Parent 84 0 R /Resources 35 0 R /Contents 36 0 R /MediaBox [ 0 0 612 792 ] /CropBox [ 0 0 612 792 ] /Rotate 0 >> endobj 35 0 obj << /ProcSet [ /PDF /Text ] /Font << /F1 103 0 R /F2 108 0 R >> /ExtGState << /GS1 113 0 R >> >> endobj 36 0 obj << /Length 5119 >> stream BT /F2 1 Tf 12 0 0 12 90.001 711.3771 Tm 0 g /GS1 gs 0.0039 Tc 0.039 Tw (Women are the main supporters of all religions and have achieved a voice in some but)Tj 0 -0.94 TD 0.0026 Tc 0.0258 Tw (liberal women seem as reactionary as liberal men, lacking the resolve to infuse religions)Tj T* 0.0014 Tc 0.0135 Tw (with their understanding, versatility and wholeness. 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It will be interesting to see how the OOF media work this out.)Tj ET endstream endobj 37 0 obj << /Type /Page /Parent 84 0 R /Resources 38 0 R /Contents 39 0 R /MediaBox [ 0 0 612 792 ] /CropBox [ 0 0 612 792 ] /Rotate 0 >> endobj 38 0 obj << /ProcSet [ /PDF /Text ] /Font << /F1 103 0 R /F2 108 0 R /F3 70 0 R >> /ExtGState << /GS1 113 0 R >> >> endobj 39 0 obj << /Length 3820 >> stream BT /F2 1 Tf 12 0 0 12 90.001 711.3771 Tm 0 g /GS1 gs 0.0008 Tc 0.0077 Tw (Negative stories from South Africa seem to be given prominence in overseas media, and)Tj 0 -0.94 TD 0.0039 Tc 0.0388 Tw (because most people are indoctrinated to read condensed comments in their favourite)Tj T* 0.0075 Tc 0.0752 Tw (newspapers, and too lazy to think outside the presented parameters, great damage is)Tj T* 0.0017 Tc 0.0174 Tw (done. 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What of a reborn Africa?)Tj ET endstream endobj 43 0 obj << /Type /Page /Parent 84 0 R /Resources 44 0 R /Contents 45 0 R /MediaBox [ 0 0 612 792 ] /CropBox [ 0 0 612 792 ] /Rotate 0 >> endobj 44 0 obj << /ProcSet [ /PDF /Text ] /Font << /F1 103 0 R /F2 108 0 R >> /ExtGState << /GS1 113 0 R >> >> endobj 45 0 obj << /Length 4250 >> stream BT /F2 1 Tf 12 0 0 12 90.001 711.3771 Tm 0 g /GS1 gs 0.0034 Tc 0.034 Tw (Somewhere ahead there beckons a civilisation which will take its place in the parade of)Tj 0 -0.94 TD 0.0231 Tc 0.2306 Tw (Gods history with other great human syntheses: Chinese, Egyptian, Jewish and)Tj T* 0 Tc 0 Tw (European. It will not necessarily be all black: but it will be African.)Tj 0 -2.82 TD (- Chief Albert Luthuli.)Tj /F1 1 Tf 0 -2.8 TD (4.3 Moral Regeneration)Tj /F2 1 Tf 0 -1.9 TD 0.0052 Tc 0.052 Tw (Popular novels, videos, and print and electronic media, all indicate a collapse of ethical)Tj 0 -0.94 TD 0.0151 Tc 0.1506 Tw (standards world-wide. 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President Thabo )-5.1(Mbeki )9.8(and )9.8(Deputy )9.8(President )9.8(Jacob )9.8(Zuma)]TJ T* 0.0092 Tc 0.0923 Tw (personally initiated an enquiry into the causes and cure for moral collapse, and after)Tj T* 0.004 Tc 0.0398 Tw (consultation with every sector of society[40] a Moral Regeneration Movement is to be)Tj T* 0.0025 Tc 0.0249 Tw (launched in April 2002 to encourage local communities to come together and solve the)Tj T* 0 Tc 0 Tw (problem, with government support.[41])Tj 0 -1.88 TD 0.0079 Tc 0.0795 Tw (It is a bold and difficult enterprise, but beginnings count. \(Can you imagine Bush or)Tj 0 -0.94 TD 0.0142 Tc 0.1422 Tw (Blair sitting down personally with community leaders to examine how to enact an)Tj T* 0.0107 Tc 0.1074 Tw (ethically enjoyable nation? Blair would not have the nerve, and Bush wouldnt know)Tj T* 0 Tc 0 Tw (what they were talking about.\))Tj /F1 1 Tf 0 -2.8 TD (4.4 The Spirit Level)Tj /F2 1 Tf 0 -1.9 TD 0.0028 Tc 0.0278 Tw (In our striving for political and economic development, the ANC recognises that social)Tj 0 -0.94 TD 0 Tc 0 Tw (transformation cannot be separated from spiritual transformation.)Tj 0 -1.88 TD (Nelson Mandela. 1997.)Tj 0 -2.84 TD 0.0086 Tc 0.086 Tw (What Africa is seeking to recover is a different way of being human together, a new)Tj 0 -0.94 TD 0.009 Tc 0.0904 Tw (spirit. Despite its quest for credibility in the western world by adopting everything)Tj T* 0.0042 Tc 0.0422 Tw (from pop stars and Nikes to whisky and Harry Potter, there is a spiritual awareness in)Tj T* 0.0037 Tc 0.0365 Tw (Africa that much of the West seems to have lost. 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In Africa today we are seeking the social and personal sign posts of a new)Tj T* 0 Tc 0 Tw (genesis, a positive and hopeful view of a mature and prosperous humanity today.)Tj 0 -1.88 TD 0.014 Tc 0.1396 Tw (I hope this long essay has thrown some )Tj 17.9112 0 TD (light on the questions )Tj 9.9056 0 TD 0.0098 Tc 0.1439 Tw [(you raised[45], )57.7(and)]TJ -27.8168 -0.94 TD 0.0218 Tc 0.2185 Tw (captured the sense of setting our feet on the spirit level from which humanity)Tj T* 0 Tc 0 Tw (springs. Can we do things together?)Tj 0 -1.88 TD (Please do not hesitate to comment or ask questions.)Tj /F1 1 Tf 0 -1.86 TD (Cedric Mayson. Johannesburg. March 2002.)Tj 0 -0.94 TD (cpmayson@mweb.co.za)Tj /F2 1 Tf 0 -2.84 TD ()Tj ET endstream endobj 49 0 obj << /Type /Page /Parent 84 0 R /Resources 50 0 R /Contents 51 0 R /MediaBox [ 0 0 612 792 ] /CropBox [ 0 0 612 792 ] /Rotate 0 >> endobj 50 0 obj << /ProcSet [ /PDF /Text ] /Font << /F1 103 0 R /F2 108 0 R /F3 70 0 R /F4 71 0 R >> /ExtGState << /GS1 113 0 R >> >> endobj 51 0 obj << /Length 2345 >> stream BT /F2 1 Tf 12 0 0 12 90.001 677.537 Tm 0 g /GS1 gs 0 Tc 0 Tw [([1)-7(] I am a white African who has spent over forty adult years in daily touch with)]TJ 0 -0.94 TD (oppressed people, so I do not write as a liberal western Christian delighted that 1994)Tj T* (was the )Tj /F4 1 Tf 3.4 0 TD (end)Tj /F3 1 Tf 1.6035 0 TD ( )Tj /F2 1 Tf 0.2765 0 TD (of a struggle to welcome South Africa back into the fellowship of the)Tj -5.28 -0.94 TD (nations, but as one who believes that 1994 enabled us to )Tj /F4 1 Tf 23.54 0 TD (begin)Tj /F1 1 Tf 2.36 0 TD ( )Tj /F2 1 Tf 0.28 0 TD (to tackle the centuries)Tj -26.18 -0.94 TD (of exploitation placed upon us. 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