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One of the subjects we're sure to pick up on tonight is the - and the country's . The Archbishop thinks white South Africans aren't showing enough gratitude for the way black South Africans have behaved since the end of apartheid. Mr de Klerk thinks white South Africans aren't credited for their role in creating a democratic South Africa.

It's a and one I'm looking forward to hearing tonight. I used to live in South Africa in the late 1990s and was often struck by two things. The first was that black South Africans appeared to have no animosity towards white South Africans - something I found astonishing. Anger about apartheid seemed either to be well below the surface or simply not there. The second was how much some white South Africans complained. Far from all of them of course, but it was certainly a rare week when I didn't hear a white contemporary of mine attacking their employment opportunities, corruption or the crime rate. Now of course these are issues that people feel strongly about the world over. But what used to aggravate me was the lack of awareness that these problems may have been caused to some extent by apartheid.

I have been back several times since I lived in South Africa and each visit has made me acutely aware of the speed at which its changing. So I'm not going to pretend that experiences in the late 1990s count for too much now... But when I read Desmond Tutu's comments, I immediately felt I knew what he was talking about. Does that mean I am going to a biased during today's discussion? I don't think so. It just means I'm going to be fascinated to hear what those of you from South Africa have to say.