For goodness sake, will they hear, will white people hear what we are trying to say? Please, all we are asking you to do is to recognize that we are humans, too.

How could you have a soccer team if all were goalkeepers? How would it be an orchestra if all were French horns?

There are very few institutions that give prizes to people who may not have got to be number one, but are possibly better at coaxing the best out of others.

South Africa, so utterly improbably, is a beacon of hope in a dark and troubled world.

I wish that we did have a magic wand which we could wave and hey presto! Magic! Unfortunately life is not like that.

When people decide they want to be free, there is nothing that can stop them.

To forgive is not just to be altruistic.