When Joel Netshitenzhe contributed to the 1996 fourth-quarter edition of the ANC’s Umrabulo, he sought to assess whether the National Democratic Revolution was on course. In doing so, he affirmed what had been adopted in the ruling party’s strategy and tactics by the ANC Congress of 1994 that the National Democratic Revolution (NDR) is intended to transform SA into a united, nonracial and non-sexist society.