AIDS is our number one enemy. This enemy can be defeated. While the research for a cure continues, four principles -- love, support, acceptance and care for those affected -- can make us winners.

There can be no greater gift than that of giving one’s time and energy to help others without expecting anything in return.

I should tie myself to no particular system of society other than of socialism.

Press Freedom will never be under threat in South Africa for as long as the ANC is the majority party

Sport has the power to inspire and unite people. In Africa, soccer enjoys great popularity and has a particular place in the hearts of people.

The curious beauty about African music is that it uplifts even as it tells a sad story.

As a leader... I have always endeavored to listen to what each and every person in a discussion had to say before venturing my own opinion. Oftentimes, my own opinion will simply represent a consensus of what I heard in the discussion. I always remember the axiom; a leader is like a shepherd. He stays behind the flock, letting the most nimble go out ahead, whereupon the others follow, not realizing that all along they are being directed from behind.