The private sector granted bursaries [scholarships] for the children of their workers. Some of them built homes for their workers. They had in-service training, which improved the skills of their workers. So that spirit was there. All we did was merely exploit it.

I really wanted to retire and rest and spend more time with my children, my grandchildren and of course with my wife.

You can start changing our world for the better daily, no matter how small the action.

In Africa there is a concept known as 'ubuntu' - the profound sense that we are human only through the humanity of others; that if we are to accomplish anything in this world it will in equal measure be due to the work and achievement of others.

We tried in our simple way to lead our life in a manner that may make a difference to those of others.

I can't pretend that I'm brave and that I can beat the whole world.

Abject poverty is demeaning, is an assault on the dignity of those that suffer it. In the end it demeans us all. It makes the freedom of all of us less meaningful.