Afrikaners must be part of dialogue

It is obvious that, in many ways, South Africa is a vastly different place from when politicians and civic organisations sat down to negotiate a peaceful end to apartheid and a transition to a majority-rule democracy in the early '90s.

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However, in some worrying respects, there are aspects of our current situation which mirror those of that era.

As the Convention for a Democratic South Africa (Codesa) gathered in Kempton Park in 1991, it was clear the end was in sight for the National Party government. International pressure was mounting and the country was teetering on the edge of the abyss of a civil war.