I was proud to call Dr Rupert a friend. He was always a wonderful source of support and kindness.

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.

We have our own history, our own language, our own culture. But our destiny is also tied up with the destinies of other people - history has made us all South Africans.

In Hanover Park they highlighted the terrible plight of backyard dwellers and the fact that year after year nothing has been done to help you: the hope and despair you all live with every day.

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.

I rejected the armed struggle because, as a Christian, I am committed to a nonviolent and peaceful struggle. But people take their own initiatives, because it is a Lebanon type of situation here.

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.