Draft of speech Struggle (Image 1)

KLM 1 In celebrating this historic day we must always remember that the S.A. struggle has a long and proud history stretching out for almost 3½ centuries. 2 That struggle involved the Khoisan, the Bantu-speaking people, Coloureds, Indians and whites, however small the latter group might have been. KLM 3 Some of our intellectuals and opinion makers fully appreciate this fact. But the overwhelming majority are often unaware of this position. To them the struggle only started when the Bantu-speaking people clashed with whites on the banks of the Great Fish River in the 18th Century. 4 Yet it is common knowledge that the first freedom fighter was Autshumayo or Hadah, the Khoikhoi leader who fought against Jan Van Riebeek until his capture in 1658. He was the first