Address of the President of South Africa and Commander-in-Chief of the SANDF, Thabo Mbeki, on the occasion of the Presidential Fleet Review, 5 September 2008, Simonstown
… of state legally authorised to carry weapons of war, carries with it the grave responsibility that we must … took place in Cape Town on April 5, 1997, the esteemed first President of our Democratic Republic, Nelson Mandela, … comprised largely of ageing and obsolete vessels, to a first class Fleet, which is endowed with cutting edge …