My people have been sucked into the violence because some feel they have to retaliate, and some feel they have to protect themselves.

We are here because we are determined to offer the people of the Western Cape choices which are long overdue.

I rejected the armed struggle because, as a Christian, I am committed to a nonviolent and peaceful struggle. But people take their own initiatives, because it is a Lebanon type of situation here.

I have always believed in dialogue and in nonviolence, and if you look at my background you will see that it has always been my policy to talk to everyone.

For our white members, voting is something they have done for hundreds of years. But for us, it is not such a traumatic thing, because we have never participated in an election.

I have been in America only once since Mr. Clinton became your president - as a speaker at the United Nations.