1996 - President Mandela, State of the Nation Address, 9 February 1996
… We have the will to persevere against all odds. We enter 1996, as Cabinet and the rest of the Executive, as … and the potential for an even better performance. We enter 1996 with no hesitation about the extent to which democracy … independent, impartial and authorita- tive guardian of the Constitution. In brief, South African politics is ascending …