Blatter described former South African president Mandela as "the world's most powerful symbol of non-racialism".

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The main opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) party said it shared the values of non-racialism and constitutionalism with Agang.

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Since the 1950s its animating spirit has been non-racialism: South Africa not only for blacks, the party has emphasised, but for all its people.

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