If the ANC does to you what the apartheid government did to you, then you must do to the ANC what you did to the apartheid government.

It enables me to go to bed with an enriching feeling in my soul and the belief that I am changing myself.

Safety and security don't just happen, they are the result of collective consensus and public investment. We owe our children, the most vulnerable citizens in our society, a life free of violence and fear.

We must also know that even before liberation in 1994 there [in South Africa] were people with resources who tried to share with those who were deprived.

As long as outmoded ways of thinking prevent women from making a meaningful contribution to society, progress will be slow. As long as the nation refuses to acknowledge the equal role of more than half of itself, it is doomed to failure.

Without education, your children can never really meet the challenges they will face. So it's very important to give children education and explain that they should play a role for their country.

A new society cannot be created by reproducing the repugnant past, however refined or enticingly repackaged.