That is a debatable point, whether South Africans are xenophobic. I don't you'd have the numbers that you have of foreigners if South Africa was xenophobic.

Criminality is always the result of poverty. Countries that experience such a fundamental change as we have - we had the apartheid regime and must now develop a multicultural democracy - must necessarily pass through a phase of high crime rates.

Aid should shift to investment. This will help countries stand on their own.

Even if you apply any kind of lotion and straighten your hair you will never be white.

Same sex marriage is a disgrace to the nation and to God. When I was growing up, ‘ungqingili’ [homosexuals in isiZulu] could not stand in front of me, I would knock him out.

We want to eradicate all mud schools. We are already doing so. We are not in a hurry because no one is going to rule but the ANC.

We South Africans are also crazy about football, so the World Cup can be nothing but successful.