Strong convictions are the secret of surviving deprivation; your spirit can be full even when your stomach is empty.

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.

Our march to freedom is irreversible. We must not allow fear to stand in our way.

Times change, we need to change as well.

A freedom fighter learns the hard way that it is the oppressor who defines the nature of the struggle,and the oppressed is often left no recourse but to use methods that mirror those of the oppressor.At a point, one can only fight fire with fire

Apart from life, a strong constitusion and an abiding connection to the Thembu royal house, the only thing my father bestowed upon me at birth was a name, Rolihlahla

After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.