A fundamental concern for others in our individual and community lives would go a long way in making the world the better place we so passionately dreamt of.

No one in my family had ever attended school [...] On the first day of school my teacher, Miss Mdingane, gave each of us an English name. This was the custom among Africans in those days and was undoubtedly due to the British bias of our education. That day, Miss Mdingane told me that my new name was Nelson. Why this particular name I have no idea.

When a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw.

I have taken a moment here to rest, to steal a view of the glorious vista that surrounds me, to look back on the distance I have come.

I have always endeavoured to listen to what each and every person in a discussion had to say before venturing my own opinion.

There is no doubt that the United States now feels that they are the only superpower in the world and they can do what they like.

Freedom would be meaningless without security in the home and in the streets.