The employment laws are completely unrealistic. You cannot overcome that in only 10 years. It will take at least another generation before young people are properly qualified.

All these stories are grist to the mill of the government because they build up a very useful war psychosis.

[To the South African parliament:] I do not know why we equate - and with the examples before us - a white skin with civilization.

I stand for simple justice, equal opportunity and human rights. The indispensable elements in a democratic society - and well worth fighting for.

It is not my questions that embarrass South Africa – it is your answers.

Sometimes I manage to get conditions alleviated, often not.

I used to be a fan of proportional representation, but I am not at all now I have seen it in action.