The event was broadcast live across the world. Driven to Cape Town's City Hall through crowds, he gave a speech declaring his commitment to peace and reconciliation with the white minority, but he made it clear that the ANC's armed struggle was not over and would continue as "a purely defensive action against the violence of apartheid"
Mwambowu unalengezedwa padziko lonse lapansi. Adayendetsedwa kupita ku bwalo la mu mzinda wa Cape Town, adayankhula ponena kudzipeleka kwake pamtendere ndikuyanjananso ndi azungu omwe anali ochepa, koma ananena poyera kuti ANC sinasiye kudzitchinniriza ndi zida ndipo idzapitiriza kuchita izi ngati njira yodzitetezera basi ku nkhanza za azungu