It is also the fate of leadership to be misunderstood. For historians, academics, writers and journalists to reflect great lives according to their own subjective canon.

In human affairs, no single person, organisation or social formation ever has a final or an absolutely correct position. It is through conversation, debate and critical discussion that we approach positions that may provide workable solutions.

To deny people of their human rights is to challenge their very humanity. To impose on them a wretched life of huger and deprivation is to dehumanize them. But such has been the terrible fate of all black persons in our country under the system of apartheid.

Let us join hands and build a truly South African nation.

Africans require, want, the franchise on the basis of one man one vote. They want political independence.

Each of us, as citizens, has a role to play in creating a better world for our children

Love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.