New Mandela attack on corruption

The former South African president, Nelson Mandela, has launched a new attack on corruption and intolerance within the ruling African National Congress.

Mr Mandela, in an inteview with the Mail and Guardian newspaper, declared: "Little did we suspect that our own people, when they got that chance, would be as corrupt as the apartheid regime." It was the second time in a week that Mr Mandela criticised the government of President Thabo Mbeki, who succeeded him in June, 1999.

Mr Mandela said that Africans themselvs had made mistakes -- they now threw their weight around as a majority.

There were some Africans who inspired fear in the minorities because of the way they behaved.

In both interviews, Mr Mandela urged tolerance of the views of the white minority.

From the newsroom of the BBC World Service