Nelson Mandela addressed the nation appealing for calm, in a speech regarded as 'presidential' even though he was not yet president of the country: "Tonight I am reaching out to every single South African, black and white, from the very depths of my being.
UNelson Mandela wathula inkulumo eyibhekise esizweni enxenxa abantu ukuthi behlise umoya kule nkulum wabe athathwa njengoMongamemelinakuba wabe engakabu ngumongameli ngokusemthethweni wezwe: Kusihlwa ngizama ukufinyelela kuwo wonke umuntu waseNingizimu Afrika, omnyama nomhlophe, ekujuleni kobuntu bami.