I would not hesitate to vote for a white person as president if I thought he was the best person for the job.

We believe it is comprehensive international sanctions against the white regime that will save us from the slaughter of hundreds of thousands of South Africans, black and white.

We have a vision of South Africa in which black and white shall live and work together as equals in conditions of peace and prosperity.

In May 1961, South Africa was to be declared a Nationalist Republic. There was a white referendum, but no African was consulted.

It may be that apartheid brings such stupendous economic advantages to countries that they would sooner have apartheid than permit its destruction.

I can see quite clearly that if there was a single event that launched me on the road to ultimate involvement at the heart of South African politics, it was an assault on an African woman by her white employer in a kitchen in Fort Hare.