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- Date: 17th February 1995
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- City: CAPE TOWN
- Country: South Africa
- Reuters ID: 95FEB17V02
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OPENING OF SECOND SESSION OF FIRST PARLIAMENT:
00.27.48 GV'S OF MP'S INSIDE PARLI WAITING/CHATTIN
00.28.24 MANDELA WITH PROCESSION COMING DOWN STEPS
00.28.59 ENTERING
00.30.11 MINUTE SILENCE
00.30.30 KOBIE COETZEE, PRESIDENT OF SENATE
00.31.04 MANDELA TO TAKE POSITION
00.31.12 HOUSE CLAPPING
00.32.59 MANDELA SPEECH: "We have gathered in thisì
hallowed chamber to begin the work of the secondì
session of our democratic parliament"
00.33.27 "the challenges ahead of us requie thatì
we move away from spectacle...bend our backs toì
the serious work ahead of us"
00.33.40 CUTAWAY DEP PRES FW DE KLERK
00.33.59 CUTAWAY BUTHELEZI, MINISTER OF HOMEì
AFFAIRS
00.34.08 WS HOUSE ->
00.34.34 CUTAWAY TONI LEON, DEMOCRATIC PARTY
00.35.10 "All of us precisely because we haveì
never sat in any democratic parli before, had toì
begin the continued process of learning how toì
carry out our functions..."
00.35.55 CUTAWAY JOE MODISE MINISTER OF DEFENCE
00.36.07 CUTAWAY DEP PRES THABO MBEKI
00.36.20 CUTAWAY CLARENCE MAKWETU [PAC]
00.38.45 "...consistent with our objective ofì
bringing gorv as close to the people as possible."
00.38.55 "..can claim with justification that suchì
legislation as have been approved isì
representative of the will of the people...enjoys
the degree of legitimacy & enforecability whichì
all previous laws could never have [CLAPPING]
00.40.02 "...much have been said about corruptionì
amongst the members of parli & other politicalì
figures..."
00.41.05 "...believe build a society based onì
justice & fairness. At all times we must guarenteeì
the right of the accused to be heard withoutì
making any consession to a primeval instinct...toì
burn people at the stake..."
00.42.05 "we need no educators with regard toì
rooting out corruptors which we will deal withì
firmly..."
00.42.34 "It is not possible to have a societyì
based on a lie and injustice as Apartheid societyì
was without disbanning corrupt practises..."
00.42.59 "...not allow ourselves to be stampededì
into responses which are not very different from aì
witch hunt..."
00.43.19 RE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS
00.44.38 WS SIDE ANGLE
00.45.15 CALL ON ALL PEOPLE TO TAKE LOCAL GORVì
ELECTION SERIOUSLY
00.46.54 "The gorv will not allow anybody toì
obstruct the process of registration of votersì
regardless of the social status of the personsì
concerned. [CLAPPING]
00.47.10 WS HOUSE CLAPPING
00.48.04 "This gorv will not hesitate to use allì
legitimate force at its disposal to ensure thatì
nobody stands in the way of the people to expressì
their will freely." [CLAPPING]
00.48.30 CUTAWAY WINNIE MANDELA, DEP MINISTER OFì
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
00.48.40 WS HOUSE <-
00.49.15 GALLERY PAN WS HOUSE
00.50.24 CUTAWAY JAY NAIDOO MINISTER WITHOUTì
PORTFOLIO
00.52.49 RE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT
00.53.24 CUTAWAY DEP PRES THABO MBEKI
00.53.53 SIDE ANGLE SHOT MANDELA <-
00.54.40 RE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
00.55.29 RE PUBLIC SERVICE - TOP SHOT
00.55.49 CUTAWAYS HOUSE <- - Copyright Holder: Visnews
