i love playing and chatting with children...feeding and putting them to bed with a little story, and being away from the family has troubled me throughout my...life. i like relaxing at the house, reading quietly, taking in the sweet smell that comes from the pots, sitting around a table with the family and taking out my wife and children. when you can no longer enjoy these simple pleasures something valuable is taken away from your life and you feel it in your daily work.

In order to build our nation, we must all exceed our own expectations.

I detest racialism, because I regard it as a barbaric thing, whether it comes from a black man or a white man.

No country can really develop unless its citizens are educated.

South Africans must recall the terrible past so that we can deal with it, forgiving where forgiveness is necessary but never forgetting.

Blaming things on the past does not make them better.

Unlike some politicians, I can admit to a mistake.