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

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.

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.

All of our forebears contributed to what South Africa has become. That does not, however, mean that I must apologize to anyone for being born a Zulu, or for having that culture.

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