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to defend negotiations, often speaking patiently to very sceptical youths or communities suffering the brunt of Third Force violence. In their amnesty application to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, the two convicted killers of Hani, Janus Waluz and Clive Derby-Lewis, admitted that they had hoped to derail negotiations by unleashing a wave of race hatred and civil war. It is a tribute to the maturity of South Africans of all persuasions, and it is a tribute to the memory of Hani in particular, that his death, tragically but factually, finally brought focus and urgency to our negotiated settlement. Preparing to govern was not only confined to mobilising the international community. It had an internal aspect as well which was contained, among other things in the document, "Ready to Govern, ANC Policy Guidelines for a Democratic