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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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