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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.