Discusses the profound pessimism currently pervading South Africa. Signing of a declaration in December 1991 which stated nineteen politcal groups' intent to negotiate a new constitution and lay the foundations for a democracy in which all groups could live in peace; The ruling National party and the anti-apartheid and nonracial African National Congress (ANC); The Democratic Party; The Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA); Others; Trouble with mass action; More.