The statement that shows that the central idea that South Africa wants to conquer its place among the nations is the sentence where the author shows that South Africa is having the privilege of hosting the nations of the whole world, after all the history.of exploitation and racism, it suffered.
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"have today been given the rare privilege to be host to the nations of the world on our own soil."
We can arrive at this answer because:
- The author shows how South Africa is a wonderful land and how all its inhabitants are attached to it.
- However, this admiration was sabotaged as other nations invaded South Africa, devalued it, plundered it, and created an incorrect idea that South Africa was a bad place, as a way to encourage prejudice and racism.
- However, South Africans have an immense desire to show that these ideas are incorrect and claim South Africa's place alongside other nations.
For the author, the proof that this desire was possible is the fact that South Africa was able to host all nations equally and placing itself as an important and admirable nation.
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