For many South Africans, the role of the Afrikaner minority at the convention for a democratic South Africa and the subsequent multi-party negotiation forum is best remembered by the storming of the Kempton Park World Trade Centre by the Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging in 1993.
In the hallways was a young Pieter Mulder, representing the Volksfront led by Constand Viljoen working into the early hours of the morning to find a way for a peaceful transition that would include the Afrikaners. Mulder, who later became the leader of the Freedom Front Plus, believed that a peaceful transition was possible.
“Part of the period was reconciliation so the national anthem is part sikelel’ and the other. Just after 1994, we had Jan Smuts Lughawe and JBM Hertzog Lughawe in Bloemfontein and the ANC said they don’t like those names. We decided that we will not rename them to specific people. Jan Smuts became Johannesburg International, JBM Hertzog became Bloemfontein International and during this time HF Verwoerd Dam became Gariep.