That day, Miss Mdingane told me that my new name was Nelson. Why she bestowed this particular name upon me I have no idea. Perhaps it had something to do with the great British sea captain Lord Nelson, but that would be only a guess.

I don't think there is much history can say about me. I just want to be remembered as part of that collective.

Unlike some politicians, I can admit to a mistake.

When the water starts boiling it is foolish to turn off the heat.

Therefore, we must not look at the African people, even before they met whites, as if they had something unique, which was not to be found in other societies.

An initiative was essentially led by civil society because the policy of the government was that Africans must not be taught to graze in pastures which were reserved for the main white group.

Our differences are our strength as a species and as a world community.