The first election in which all South Africans took part was in April, 1994. There were long queues [lines] of employers and employees, black and white. In the sense of Africans, Coloreds and Indians - when I talk about blacks, I mean those three. Blacks and whites mingled to vote without any hitches. Many people would have expected a great deal of tension, clashes and violence, but it did not occur.

We raise our voices in holy gladness to celebrate the victory of the risen Christ over the terrible forces of death.

Let us not be tempted by those who try to find the unique qualities in a particular group. In this case, among South Africa indigenous people, it reflected what has been evidenced throughout the world.

For me, survival is the ability to cope with difficulties, with circumstances, and to overcome them.

As long as poverty, injustice and gross inequality persist in our world, none of us can truly rest.

You encourage people by seeing the good in them.

I am the captain of my soul.