Special Report Transcript Episode 87, Section 3, Time 31:25

One of the main reasons for the painful process we’re undergoing was that South Africans should never make the same mistakes again, but another important reason is that we as a nation should create a new moral order. Apartheid was, to put it mildly, an immoral ideology. It was a violent system of government which denied the majority of people their basic freedom and dignity and granted special privileges to white people. During this time of oppression and the often violent opposition to it the public morality of our people were fundamentally undermined. Politicians and public figures were not accountable. Corruption in public and private life was rife, violence and crime was seen as normal. We have a democracy now with a splendid constitution and a bill of rights, but are we establishing a new morality in South Africa?

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