My people have been sucked into the violence because some feel they have to retaliate, and some feel they have to protect themselves.

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.

So long as the Zulu people are here, clearly I will still have a role to play in this country.

I have been in America only once since Mr. Clinton became your president - as a speaker at the United Nations.

For our white members, voting is something they have done for hundreds of years. But for us, it is not such a traumatic thing, because we have never participated in an election.

My people have been sucked into the violence because some feel they have to retaliate, and some feel they have to protect themselves.

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.