Sequel to Long Walk to Freedom - Revision 4a - Chapter 3 Page 7

As always, we were mindful of the minorities in our questions about the future at such times of great transition. Our movement had always been the one concerned for all of the people of our country and we sent that message to the country during our campaign. People responded with enthusiasm. We remember, for example, how a young woman from the Coloured community, Amy Kleinhans, the then reigning Miss South Africa, joined us on stage during our campaign in Cape Town. She angered the then State President FW de Klerk because of her refusal to carry the national flag of apartheid during an international beauty pageant, confirming her allegiance to the new South Africa about to be born. There were other such demonstrations of enthusiastic support. One young teacher from the community left his post