Thabo mvuyelwa mbeki

South Africa belongs to all who live in it, black and white.

Many of our own people here in this country do not ask about computers, telephones and television sets. They ask - when will we get a road to our village.

... the people of South Africa salute and express their humble gratitude through the National Orders to the distinguished men and women who are the stars of our firmament, by admitting them to the ranks of those who belong to the esteemed National Orders of the Cradle of Humanity, the high pedestals on which will stand the human beings who have made it possible for us to live and develop in a world of freedom, without the fetters of oppression,