A recipe for freedom

I would like to address some of the lessons that we have learned in South Africa – lessons that might be helpful to all the countries around the world that are in the process of transition, that strive to clamp down on violence, that hope to fight poverty and improve the quality of life of all their people, that aim to move towards democracy and to bring freedom to their people.

I don’t have time to elaborate on all the lessons we have learned, but I want to mention five. First, if you want to break out of the cycle of violence, if you want to lay the foundations for a more prosperous society, if you want to democratise, then the departure point is that leaders must become convinced that fundamental change is necessary.