tiation. I added that the transitional constitution was the distillation of the
dreams of generations of disenfranchised South Africans. It offered a rea-
sonable assurance of continuing security for those who traditionally had
had the vote....
It satisfied all of us sufficiently to meet our most pressing
concerns and hopes." 51
The ANC was delighted with the outcome. Its major concessions-the
sunset clauses-would
gain the cooperation of Whites during a transi-
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