South Africa is blessed to have women and men like yourselves who have little to give but give what you have with open hands and open hearts.

And the basis on which we agreed to operate with them involved a manifesto, where it states that we proceed from different ideologies and policies. One thing that we insisted on was that they should take an oath to reject racism and discrimination.

AIDS is the biggest challenge, the major disaster facing this country and we would have wished for something more specific and far-reaching.

Personally, I believe in self-determination, but in the context of one South Africa - so that my self-determination is based in this region, and with my people.

I have always believed in dialogue and in nonviolence, and if you look at my background you will see that it has always been my policy to talk to everyone.

All of our forebears contributed to what South Africa has become. That does not, however, mean that I must apologize to anyone for being born a Zulu, or for having that culture.

South Africa is blessed to have women and men like yourselves who have little to give but give what you have with open hands and open hearts.