Shortly before winning the 1994 election, Mandela gave a speech to the International Press Institute Congress in which he expressed gratitude to the international media for exposing the evils of white supremacy and giving a voice to the many South Africans who had been silenced by apartheid. Mandela also promised that freedom of expression would constitute a “core value” of the new South African democracy: No single person, no body of opinion, no political or religious doctrine, no political party or government can claim to have a monopoly on truth. For that reason truth can be arrived at only
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