[27]
Mandela‘s 10 December 1993, Nobel Laureate acceptance speech31 made direct
reference to ‗Wretched of the Earth‘, Frantz Fanon's Famous Handbook for Black Liberation by Cleansing Violent Revolution on the rotting corpses of the settlers: ―Moved by that appeal and inspired by the eminence you have thrust upon us, we undertake that we too will do what we can to contribute to the renewal of our world so that none should, in future, be described as the ―wretched of the earth‖.‖ [28]
FW de Klerk was the last Apartheid President of South Africa. He lifted the
ban on the African National Congress (ANC) and released Nelson Mandela. He brought apartheid to an end and opened the way for the drafting of a new constitution for the country based on the principle of one person, one vote. [29]
In 1992 de Klerk called a referendum for a mandate to negotiate with the
African National Congress. The referendum question was ‗negotiation‘ not ‗surrender‘. De Klerk promised that if he was given a mandate for negotiation, a second referendum would be held, upon completion of the negotiations. A majority of 68.73% of the voters granted De Klerk a mandate to negotiate. Negotiate, not surrender. [30]
During the negotiations with the ANC, a proposal was also placed before De
Klerk and the ANC to turn South Africa into a federal state similar to the Swiss canton-system: i.e. one language and one culture per canton. This successful recipe has been used since 1 August 1291 in Switzerland. [31]
For reasons unknown, the Swiss canton system of governance option was
ignored. No second referendum was ever held. South Africa was handed over to the African National Congress without any mandate from the white electorate, their Swiss Canton option for multicultural self-rule governance, ignored. [32]
According to a us Consulate in Capetown State Department Cable (Reference
ID: 90CAPETOWN9732 | Date: 1990-01-17 15:03), the South African Government had made the ANC and Nelson Mandela aware that the South African Government was ―concerned over … over the working definition of ―One Man One Vote‖, among other ―White Fears‖ issues‖. Additionally the ANC were concerned about the 31 http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1993/mandela-lecture.html 32 http://wikileaks.org/cable/1990/01/90CAPETOWN97.html
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