Our media, which is very open and report on really everything, tend to exaggerate the crime issue...This is why one gets the impression that we have much more crime than other countries.

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.

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

I’ve always said that a wise businessperson will support the ANC… because supporting the ANC means you’re investing very well in your business

The Constitution is only there to regulate matters.

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.

Jan van Riebeeck's arrival in Cape Town was the beginning of all South Africa's problems.