Sequel to Long Walk to Freedom - Revision 6 - Chapter 1 Page 15

This is the summary of a comprehensive and well-considered statement of fundamental principles of government by erstwhile ANC "terrorists," who had no previous training or experience whatsoever in governance. Those who are conversant with the provisions of the current South African constitution will readily acknowledge that the influence of the policy document "Ready to Govern, ANC Policy Guidelines for a Democratic South Africa" is overwhelming. It is the ground plan on which the new South Africa is built, where all its people now enjoy equal rights and opportunities in their country. The same fire-eaters who had mastered the art of resistance, and who had worked relentlessly for the total destruction of white supremacy were now entrusted with the awesome task of producing a sophisticated blueprint on which its democratic constitution would be modelled and which positioned the ANC to govern the most advanced and wealthy country on the African continent. The unprecedented challenge was to restore the human dignity of all our people by removing all forms of racial discrimination, and introducing equality in every sphere of our lives.