HEALING DIVISIONS OF THE PAST
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A REFLECTION ON THE SPEECH “RECONCILIATION AND NATION BUILDING” MADE TO PARLIAMENT BY DEPUTY PRESIDENT MBEKI – 28 YEARS DOWN THE LINE
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY, CAPE TOWN, 29 MAY 1998 – THIS SPEECH WIDELY CAME TO BE KNOWN AS THE “TWO NATIONS SPEECH” Some may wonder why it has become necessary to revisit the speech 28 years after it was delivered by then Deputy President Mbeki. (1998) The reason and rationale from the point of view of the