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When did the ceremony take place and what did Mandela say about the policy of apartheid? |
| Answer» The ceremonies took place in the campus of the Union Building of Pretoria.\xa0Mandela says that the policy of apartheid created a deep and lasting wound in the people of his country. It was such a deep wound that all of them would take many years to recover from it . The people of South Africa had suffer decades of oppression and brutality. It produced men of extraordinary courage , wisdom and generosity among the blacks. Mandela says that his country is rich in the minerals and gems that lie beneath its soil , but its greatest wealth is its people who are finer and truer than the purest diamonds. The policy of apartheid practised by the whites brought to light these purest diamonds among the blacks of South Africa . | |