Well, surely, I am not in charge of South Africa.

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.

Well, surely, I am not in charge of South Africa.

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

We are here because we are determined to offer the people of the Western Cape choices which are long overdue.

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 am not the kind of leader who pontificates about what should be done - I don't operate on scenarios, and I am not a prophet.