South Africa-Mandela Cuts Jail Terms On Election A

Описание: (1 May 1995) T/I 10:38:49


STORY: FREEDOM DAY
LOCATION: PRETORIA
DATE: 27 APRIL 1995
DURATION: 1.16

Mandela cuts jail terms on election anniversary

As South Africans on Thursday (27/4) celebrated the first anniversary of free elections, President Nelson Mandela praised the nation's "miracle" but said there were no short cuts to the new and fairer society. He called for hard work to rectify apartheid's legacy of racial inequality. In a gesture symbolising the peaceful transition from oppressive white minority rule to multiracial democracy, Mandela, in an address from the steps of the Union Buildings in Pretoria where he was inaugurated, announced a remission of jail terms for those charged before 6th December, 1993 with possessing weapons for political motives. A crowd of 10,000 danced and sang while he spoke. In Cape Town,
former president F W de Klerk called for people to put the past behind them and see South Africa go on to fulfil its real potential. The need for this was underlined in Kwazulu-Natal, where 1,000 Inkatha supporters of Chief Buthelezi blocked a main road to protest the slow pace of land redistribution. And the white racist Afrikaner Volksfront registered its anniversary feelings by flying the Boer flag at half-mast from its Pretoria offices.

SHOWS:

(PRETORIA, 27/4) WS rally at point where Mandela was inaugurated. WS crowd at rally. South African flag flying. Mandela SOT: "..a remission of sentence for all persons who were charged, solely with the possession of arms ammunition and explosive devices associated with political conflicts of the past, irrespective of their political affiliation...following catagories of prisoners."
(CAPE TOWN, 27/4) White children in street waving flags. De Klerk
SOT: "Let us bury the conflicts of the past... let us reach out to
the future... let us rejoice... our country is on its way to
really fulfil its full potential."
(DURBAN, 27/4) WS Zulu Inkatha supporters marching up street.

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