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Bylaag 7: Gesprek 7 (4 November 1998)
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verkiesings, '91 die referendum, en uiteindelik in '94. Het hulle gedink op 'n stadium
daar is hoop? Het hulle geglo daar sal verandering kom, dis wat ek wil weet? Die ander
ding wat ek wil sê is oor wat Quincy gesê het van President Mandela. Ek het die
voorreg gehad om hom te ontmoet en ek het saam met hom ontbyt geëet. Ons het ook
vir Thabo Mbeki ontmoet op 'n ander geleentheid in Welkom, ek het die grootste
respek en waardering vir daardie twee persone en die vergewingsgesindheid na 27
jaar in die tronk en daai tipe van goed. My vraag is egter, hoekom ek dit vra is om aan
te sluit by wat Steve gesê het, toe hy verwys het na Martin Luther King, and the
changes that take place over two or three generations: My ander vrae wat ek myself
vra is, as die Nelson Mandela's en Thabo Mbeki's nie meer daar is nie, as daai geslag
verbygaan en jy kyk na die jeug wat opkom, en dat ons dit vir mekaar sê, op 'n stadium
was die perspektief gewees dat 'n militante groep van die swart jeug, wat skole
afgebrand is en met klippe gegooi is. My vraag is net in relation to what you said about
Martin Luther King, how do you feel about the upcoming generation? Gaan dit twee of
drie geslagte vir hulle ook vat om te verander, het ons tyd, is die tyd aan ons kant?
Albert: Ons het nou al klomp vrae in die lug wat ons net op die tafel moet kry. "You said
something in the beginning Steve about the basic issues that need to be addressed,
one of them is the land issue. If you get a chance to speak again, I would like you to
expand on that. What are the other basic issues that need to be addressed in the new
SA: Daar is 'n klomp vrae wat nou nog moet beantwoord word. (Onduidelik, almal praat
saam)
Steve: I was answering the other question: we still have time on our side. Time is on
our side when we act now. Die Bybel sê altyd nóú. Now, not tomorrow, if we don't act
now we shall be too late. That thing is moving very fast, and the youth come from a
militant culture. They are going to produced fathers and mothers that are militant, and
what will happen? Do you want another war? Do we want another Bosnia? We don't
want it. The Bible says if you want to repent, do it now, not tomorrow, now. If you want
to do something, do it now, because if you don't use the time now, you don't know what
will happen next time.
Albert: What about the referendum and elections in the past, how did you perceive it?
Quincy: I had to address a meeting after Pres De Klerk announced that there was a
referendum, I thought it was a positive move, and I even commented and congratulated
him on that particular decision, and everyone wanted to know from me how could you