US aids S. Africa's judicial reform
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The aid, the first to be extended to South Africa's new black-led government, will be used to train black lawyers and judges, educate children and workers. about their rights and make the justice system more accessible to ordinary citizens. President Nelson Mandela, South Africa's first black president, said that under apartheid, the judiciary had become almost exclusively white and was biased against blacks.
"The aid is going to put us in a position to address these imbalances and to ensure that we create a culture of human rights, of justice, of democracy," Mandela said.
U.S. Ambassador Princeton Lyman, who along with Mandela signed the aid agreement at a ceremony in Cape Town, said South Africa would soon see more U.S. funds.
"This is the beginning of a long and fruitful era of co-operation," Lyman said.
"We expect shortly to be signing agreements in housing, education and training and to strengthen the business opportunities of the previously disadvantaged population."
Lyman said further aid would be discussed during Mandela first visit as president to the United States.
Mandela will address the United Nations General Assembly in New York on 3 October before his state visit from 4-6 October.
