South Africa changes at warp speed. In just five years, a 300-year-old system has been turned on its side. But the New South Africa has yet to emerge.

Revolutions bring people together to sing and work against a common enemy. Now the singing is hard to find and revolutionaries struggle to adjust to bureaucracy.

The poverty that apartheid left behind is like the swath of destruction dropped by a tornado. Many black South Africans still wait for their daily lives to improve. Rumblings about the slow rate of progress erupt into conflicts that shake communities and confidence. Workers strike, pieces of land suddenly have two rightful owners. Women rebel against sexist traditional customs, stressing the very fabric that held the oppressed together for so many years. Schools bulge with students, eager for the education that they once were denied. For others, still, the best liberation has to offer is learning how to operate a sewing machine. Some white South Africans are not so sure they want to share their communities--or their jobs-- with others. Most are "giving it a go." Slowly they move forward and ride the momentum created by a drama that captured hearts all over the world. The majority of South Africans have let it be known that they choose freedom over oppression, and peace over violence.

It is the will of the people.