IT IS ONCE again a great pleasure for me to address the Cape Town Press Club. I shall spend a little more time today on the past than on the future ‐ because, at the age of 84, I have much more past than future ‐ and also because the past has become an increasingly contentious issue, not only for the present ‐ but also for the future.
It is with some trepidation that I venture into this area – since the past has become a minefield – where a single misplaced step can cause grievous reputational damage – not only here – but throughout the whole post-modernist world. I set off a landmine on 14 February when I reacted in anger to the manner in which Elita and I had been treated the previous evening at the opening of Parliament.
I should like to place the remarks I made
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