SIGNING OF THE NEW CONSTITUTION: SPEECH RAMAPHOSA & MANDELA SIGNS CONSTITUTION & SPEECH CHOPPERS FLYING OVER

Record ID: 893505

  • Title: SIGNING OF THE NEW CONSTITUTION: SPEECH RAMAPHOSA & MANDELA SIGNS CONSTITUTION & SPEECH CHOPPERS FLYING OVER
  • Date: 10th December 1996
  • Summary: SIGNING OF THE NEW CONSTITUTION: SPEECH RAMAPHOSA & MANDELA SIGNS CONSTITUTION & SPEECH CHOPPERS FLYING OVER
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  • City: SHARPEVILLE
  • Country: South Africa
  • Reuters ID: 96DEC10R02
  • Story Text:SIGNING OF THE NEW CONSTITUTION BY MANDELA AT SHARPEVILLE ON INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DAY:

    03.25.45 WINNIE MANDELA HOLDING UMBRELLA
    03.25.55 MAYOR VAAL METRO COUNCIL CONTINUES WELCOMING
    93.26.26 WIDE STAGE
    03.27.01 HUGE MASEKELA DOING HIS MUSICAL THING
    03.28.05 CUTAWAY SISULU SEATED NEXT TO PLEASANTLY SMILING FW DE KLERK [LEADER NATIONAL PARTY] & KING GOODWILL ZWELETINI
    03.30.28 MANDELA THOUGHTFULLY LISTENING TO MUSIC
    03.31.28 CYRIL RAMAPHOSA [CHAIRMAN CONSTITUTIONAL ASSEMBLY] LAUGHING & POINTING - NEXT TO LEON WESSELS [DEPUTY CHAIRPERSON]
    03.34.24 MBEKI & MANDELA CHATTING
    03.35.05 WIDE STAGE
    03.35.45 SURVIVORS OF SHARPEVILLE MASSACRE
    03.36.10 CYRIL RAMAPHOSA SPEECH
    03.37.32 MANDELA CLAPPING
    03.39.18 CUTAWAY WHITES
    03.39.58 WHITES LISTENING TO SPEECH
    03.41.04 CYRIL: ...over 2 million send in their suggestions ideas and submissions...
    03.41.31 ...the writing of our constitution has also become an international reference point in constitution -and law-making & it stands out as an example to the world of what participatory democracy should be. It is undeniably a document that has legitimacy & credibility...
    03.42.15 CU SISULU & DE KLERK LISTENING
    03.43.19 WIDE STAGE
    03.44.42 CUTAWAYS
    03.46.11 MBEKI & MANDELA LISTENING
    03.46.47 END SPEECH APPLAUSE
    03.46.52 MANDELA SIGNING CONSTITUTION INTO LAW
    03.47.32 TCU PEN
    03.48.33 MANDELA SPEECH...we solemnly honour the pledge we made to ourselves & to the world that SA shall redeem herself & thereby widen the frontiers of human freedom...
    03.50.09 FEEL HUMBLED BY RESPONSIBILITY OF SIGNING INTO LAW A TEXT THAT EMBODIES OUR NATIONS HIGHEST ASPIRATIONS
    03.50.26 RAMAPHOSA WIPING SWEAT FROM BROW
    03.51.36 ...those who sought their own freedom inthe domination of others were doomed...
    03.52.26 ...out of the many Sharpevilles which haunt our history was born the unshakable determination that respect for human life liberty & well-being must be enshrined as rights beyond the power of any force to diminish...
    03.53.40 CUTAWAY
    03.53.59 ...let us give practical recognition to the injustices of the past by building a future based on quality & social justice; let us nurture our national unity by regnizing with respect and joy the languages, cultures & religions of SA in all their diversity. Let tolerance for another's views create the peaceful conditions which gives space the best in all of us to find expression & to flourish...
    03.54.49 WORK TOGETHER - GET RID OF HOMELESSNESS ETC.
    03.55.17 ...let us join hands for peace & prosperity. In so doing we will redeem the faith which fired those whose blood drenched the soil of Sharpeville and elsewhere in our country and beyond...
    03.55.42 ...this is a monument to their heroism...
    03.56.02 ....we give life to our nations' prayer for freedom regained and a continent reborn. END
    03.56.24 ...this is the speech which my bosses have done for me
    03.56.27 CUTAWAY - LAUGHTER
    03.56.37 RAMAPHOSA LAUGHING
    03.56.47 ...there is a message I have given in almost every meeting...
    03.57.20 ...in all communities...amongst Africans, Coloureds, Indians, whites there are good men & women without exception. In all political parties...without exception, there are good men & women...
    03.58.24 NAMING DIFFERENT POLITICAL PARTIES LEADERS
    03.59.25 DUTY OF REAL LEADERS IS TO IDENTIFY THOSE GOOD MEN & WOMEN
    04.00.14 ...when there is tension & conflict it is the wrong men & women who dominate and good men & women do not like in-fighting & extremist who rely on sensation on the raw instincts of human beings, they climb to the top & control our affairs if there is tension & conflict...
    04.01.19 WAS ASKED BY SISULU TO BREAK UP MEETING OF THE SACP IN 1946
    04.01.43 CHOPPERS FLYING OVER [see tape 96DEC10R03 better chopper shot dissolving mandela waving]
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