The swearing in of head of state Thabo Mbeki coincided with the tenth anniversary of South Africa's first all-race election in 1994, which put an end to over three centuries of colonial and apartheid rule. Not to be outdone, members of the Volksversetaksie, a pressure group which claims to articulate the grievances of Afrikaans-speaking whites, or Afrikaners, organised an alternative event Tuesday under the slogan 'Ten Years - Ten Grievances'. Their complaints focus on South Africa's land reform programme, crime and violence, alleged racism - and what the group describes as an attack on Afrikaans culture.