Text of the address by Nelson Mandela, Deputy President of the African National Congress (ANC), to a Consultative Business Movement (CBM) conference distributed by The Africa Fund in the United States. The speech discusses the Freedom Charter, Anglo American Corporation, job creation, food, housing, education, a decent standard of living, freedom, people who are discriminated against, the uses and abuses of power, an elected Constituent Assembly, a constitution, the right to vote and be elected, fundamental human rights, a genuinely democratic system, economic power, corporate conglomerates, shares listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, nationalization, anti-trust laws, whites, the...
Text of the address by Nelson Mandela, Deputy President of the African National Congress (ANC), to a Consultative Business Movement (CBM) conference distributed by The Africa Fund in the United States. The speech discusses the Freedom Charter, Anglo American Corporation, job creation, food, housing, education, a decent standard of living, freedom, people who are discriminated against, the uses and abuses of power, an elected Constituent Assembly, a constitution, the right to vote and be elected, fundamental human rights, a genuinely democratic system, economic power, corporate conglomerates, shares listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, nationalization, anti-trust laws, whites, the Monopolies Commission in Great Britain, boards of privately owned companies, directors, the government, progressive labor legislation, a living wage, job security, industrial restructuring, privatization, political change, the land question, white farms, the racist and discriminatory land acts, rural people, the land-hungry masses, the production of food and agricultural raw materials, the international business community and investors, a growing economy, a rising standard of living, Gross Domestic Product (GDP), growth of the population, macro-economic implications, exporting capital, Parliament, the gap between haves and have-nots, structural distortions and imbalances, the redistribution of wealth, black engineers, artisans, technicians, skilled persons, unemployment benefits, pensions, apartheid, public per capita social spending, Africans, social welfare, the system of taxation, military production facilities, a bloated and unproductive civil service, inflation, and white minority rule. The speech discusses a united, democratic South Africa.
