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Speech at the World Economic Forum session on AIDS, Davos, 3 February 1997

Speech at the Damelin business college, Johannesburg, 13 February 1997

Notes for a speech at a meeting with representatives of the Afrikaanse Handelsinstituut, Bellville, 13 February 1997

Opening address in the president's budget debate in the National Assembly, Cape Town, 15 April 1997

Closing address in president's budget vote, Cape Town, 16 April 1997

Address at the inauguration of the National Council of Traditional Leaders, Cape Town, 18 April 1997

Speech at the food for life festival, Durban, 23 April 1997

Speech at the conferral of the freedom of Pietermaritzburg on Mahatma Gandhi, Pietermaritzburg, 25 April 1997

Address on receiving the freedom of the city of Bloemfontein, 16 May 1997

Address to the parliament of Zimbabwe, Harare, 19 May 1997

Speech at a breakfast meeting with business and media, Harare, 21 May 1997

"A Vision for Southern Africa" - address at the World Economic Forum Southern Africa Economic Summit, Harare, 21 May 1997

Speech at the Baragwaneth Hearing Aid Project, Soweto, 23 May 1997

Toespraak ten tye van 'n aandete aangebied deur die randse afrikaanse universiteit, Johannesburg, 11 June 1997

Message on Africa Refugee Day, 20 June 1997

Speech at the International Fair Play Awards, Pretoria, 25 June 1997

Notes for opening remarks at a meeting with the defence command cadre, Pretoria, 25 June 1997

Address on receiving the freedom of Boksburg, Boksburg, 26 June 1997

"Renewal and Renaissance - Towards a New World Order" - Lecture at the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, Oxford, 11 July 1997

Speech on receiving an honorary doctorate from Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, 17 July 1997

Message to the 75th Jubilee celebrations of the Faculty of Health Sciences, August 1997

Speech at the official dinner hosted by President Koller of Switzerland, 3 September 1997

Statement  at the presentation of the "Cape Town Bid" at the 106th session of the International Olympic Committee, Lausanne, Switzerland, September 5, 1997

Address at the commemoration of the twentieth anniversary of Steve Biko's death, East London, 12 September 1997

Speech on being awarded an honorary doctorate by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Cape Town, 19 September 1997

Graduation as chancellor of the University of the North, University of the North, Saturday 20 September 1997

Address on Heritage Day, Robben Island, 24 September 1997

Speech at the banquet for prince sultan bin Abdulaziz al-Saud, Cape Town, 24 September 1997

Notes for a speech at the Blue Train gala dinner and charity auction, Cape Town, 27 September 1997

Notes for a speech at Worcester station, Worcester, September 27 1997

Speech at the banquet in honour of Prime Minister Gujral of India, Cape Town, 7 October 1997

Notes for a speech at Bleskop stadium, Rustenburg, 18 October 1997

Notes for a speech on being awarded the collar of the Nile by President Hosni Mubarak, Cairo, 21 October 1997

Speech at a banquet hosted by Colonel Qadhafi, Tripoli, 22 October 1997

Speech on receiving the freedom of the city of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, 27 October 1997

Speech on the occasion of the presentation of the Africa Peace Award to the nation of Mozambique, Durban, 1 November 1997

Speech at the second National Conference on small business, Durban, 5 November 1997

Speech at a dinner on the 10th anniversary of the appointment of Chief Rabbi Harris, Cape Town, 6 November 1997

Speech by at the Eastern Cape investor's conference, East London, 7 November 1997

Speech at the opening of the fifth session of the independent world commission on the oceans, Cape Town, 11 November 1997

Speech at the banquet in honour of president Soeharto of Indonesia, Cape Town, 20 November 1997

Notes for an address to the Foreign Correspondents Association, Johannesburg, 21 November 1997

Address at the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA), Johannesburg, 21 November 1997

Speech at the Education Africa, presidential and Premier Education Awards, Pretoria, 22 November 1997

Address on receiving the freedom of the city of Cape Town, Cape Town, 27 November 1997

Speech at the launch of the Bram Fischer Memorial Trust (Grey College), Bloemfontein, 28 November 1997

Report to the 50th National Conference of the African National Congress, Mafikeng, 16 December 1997

Address to the closing session of the 50th National Conference of the ANC, Mafikeng, 20 December 1997

Statement following the arrest of former President of Zambia, Dr. Kenneth Kaunda, 26 December 1997