Sequel to Long Walk to Freedom - Revision 2 - Chapter 4 Page 8

The Nelson Mandela Foundation
Johannesburg, South Africa

This item consists of 11 typed pages, numbered 43 - 53, and 3 handwritten pages, with editing and additions. The pages from Item 1 have been incorporated. New themes introduced are OR Tambo and issues around his successor, the roles of Jakes Gerwel and Joel Netshitenzhe, Frene Ginwala as speaker of the National Assembly, and the position of women in the cabinet. Three handwritten pages on OR Tambo and Cyril Ramaphosa, quoting from F. W. de Klerk’s autobiography, are added.

This item consists of 3 of 3 handwritten pages.

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Title: Sequel to Long Walk to Freedom - Revision 2 - Chapter 4 Page 8
Date: 1985/2002
Original Language: English
Transcript:
and honeyed phrases lulled potential victims, while his arguments relentlessly tightened around them.” Cyril is hailed by men and women inside and outside our organisation as the linchpin in the negotiations, and one of the main architects of the new South Africa. At the 1977 National Conference of the A.N.C. he was justly rewarded when he received the highest votes for the membership of the National Executive Committtee. He was, and still is, a real asset to our organisation.
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Type: Book
Subjects: Tambo, Oliver; Gerwel, Jakes; Netshitenzhe, Joel; Ginwala, Frene; Ramaphosa, Cyril; de Klerk, F. W.
Repository: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory
Reference code: 2, 8
Origination: Mandela, Nelson
Originals location: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer: Donation of the Office of Nelson Mandela
Finding aids: Finding aid available
Extent and Medium: 11 typed pages 3 handwritten pages, 1 handwritten page
Creator: Mandela, Nelson
Conditions governing reproduction: Copyright held by the Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory
Conditions governing access: Access by permission of the Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory
Collection: Sequel to Long Walk to Freedom
Chapter revision: 2
Chapter: 4
Book: Sequel to Long Walk to Freedom
Alternate forms available: All chapters have been scanned and saved on disk: NMF DOCS 0019