THE IMAGES OF SOUTH AFRICANS GOING TO POLLING STATIONS HAVE REMAINED ETCHED IN MY MEMORY. LONG LINES OF PATIENT PEOPLE; OLD WOMEN WHO HAD WAITED HALF A CENTURY TO BE ABLE TO VOTE, SAYING THAT, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THEIR LIVES, THEY FELT LIKE HUMAN BEINGS; WHITES, MEN AND WOMEN, AFFIRMING THEIR PRIDE IN FINALLY LIVING IN A FREE COUNTRY.