Sometimes I manage to get conditions alleviated, often not.

Perhaps the one comforting thought I got out of this whole disgusting affair was that over the years when the government was tapping my telephone, it must certainly have heard some home truths from me about themselves, often couched in good Anglo-Saxon terms.

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

My own electorate, which I represented for 36 years as an anti-apartheid politician, had a considerable number of Jewish voters supporting me throughout my career.

It is increasingly hard for young white people to find jobs, and I can understand why white parents are worried about the future.

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

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.