Die herstel van vrede, oor die afgelope twee-en-´n-half jaar, in die Groot Mere-gebied is een van die belangrikste prestasies van die mense van Afrika. As Suid-Afrikaners is ons trots op die rol wat ons mense gespeel het om dit te help bewerkstellig - van die jong manne en vroue in ons nasionale weermag tot die werknemers van openbare en privaat instansies wat tyd afgestaan het om te sorg dat die Afrika-droom in Patrice Lumumba se tuisland bewaarheid word.
Among the greatest achievements of the peoples of Africa in the past two-and-half years has been the restoration of peace in the Great Lakes Region. We are proud, as South Africans, of the role that our people have played in helping to bring this about – from the young men and women in our National Defence Force to employees of public and private institutions who gave of their time to ensure that the African dream finds practical realisation in the homeland of Patrice Lumumba.