….Last night, after the opening celebrations, I was excited and had a lot of thinking to do. I have asked myself “…what would South Africa look like, if its society took a different national trajectory – a violent national trajectory for liberation? Would we be able to enjoy the freedoms that we are enjoying today? I don’t think so….There came the Russian Case in my mind.

ሎሚ ዘለናዮ መድረኽ ኸኣ ካብቲ ንወለዶታት ክኸይድ ዝጸንሐ ቃልሲ ዝፍለ ኣይኮነን። እንታይ ደኣ፡ መቀጸልታ ናቱ እዩ። እቶም ኣብ ሓደጋ ወዲቖም ዘለው መባእታውያን መሰላትና ድሮ ተነጺሮም ‘ዮም። ዓርሞሸሻዊ ድምጺ ተቛውሞ ‘ውን በብኹርናዑ ይንደቕ ኣሎ። እቲ ዝቕጽል እምበኣር፡ ነዚ ተቛውሞ ናብ ሓደ ሓያልን ዘድምዕን ፖለቲካዊ ሓይሊ ኣሰጋጊርካ፡ መሰልካ ንምምላስ ምቅላስ እዩ።