The road to democracy, Robert Mattes; the African National Congress and its allies, Tom Lodge; the National Party, Hermann Giliomee; the Inkhata Freedom Party, Georgina Hamilton and Gerhard Mare; the White Right, Johann van Rooyen; the Democratic Party, David Welsh; the Pan-African Congress and AZAPO, Saths Cooper; the media, Daniel Silke and Robert Schrire; the US looks on, Timothy Sisk; South Africa goes to the polls, Benjamin Pogrund; analysis of the results, Andrew Reynolds; prospects for the new South Africa, Arend Lijphart.