Jan van Riebeeck's arrival in Cape Town was the beginning of all South Africa's problems.

What made Nelson Mandela great was precisely what made him human. We saw in him what we seek in ourselves.

Even if you apply any kind of lotion and straighten your hair you will never be white.

You have fewer rights because you are a minority. Absolutely, that’s how democracy works.

Me? Well, I don't know, I must go to a dictionary and learn what a crook is. I've never been a crook.

People tend to try to find something to talk about Zuma. My surname is very nice and simple. Very simple, so they like pronouncing it all the time. So what's the problem?

The ancestors will turn their backs against you and you will have bad luck forever if you leave the ANC unhappy

Those who vote for the ANC will be blessed on earth and heaven

Something has gone wrong with Ronnie... He wasn't like that before. I don't know what went wrong with him.

A shower would minimise the risk of contracting the disease.

When I joined the ANC, I never thought I would be anything. In no way, did I say, 'One day I could be the president. I think I am good material for the presidency.' Not at all.

It is your future that really matters.

Fifty percent of people won't vote, and fifty percent don't read newspapers. I hope it's the same fifty percent.

Life is all about finding challenges for yourself that you want to try to achieve.

Youth culture adopts Armani and adapts it in its own way, as befits youthful enthusiasm.

I believe we should all know each other, we human carriers of so many pleasurable differences. To not know is to doubt, to shrink from, sidestep or destroy.

In six pages, I can't even say "Hello.

I understand the lifelong scars born by women who are victims of assault and abuse.

Riches do not come by crossing your fingers and walking through the day hoping. Riches and wealth comes from well-laid plans.

To any white body receiving the light from the sun, or the air, the shadows will be of a bluish cast.

I have not failed. I have successfully discovered 1200 ideas that don't work.