South Africa is blessed to have women and men like yourselves who have little to give but give what you have with open hands and open hearts.
From Mangosuthu Buthelezi
We have our own history, our own language, our own culture. But our destiny is also tied up with the destinies of other people - history has made us all South Africans.
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.
The candidates before you know that the IFP has set up a system of deployed IFP national and provincial leaders who are not only monitoring the performance of candidates during these elections but will also do so after these elections.
AIDS is the biggest challenge, the major disaster facing this country and we would have wished for something more specific and far-reaching.
And the basis on which we agreed to operate with them involved a manifesto, where it states that we proceed from different ideologies and policies. One thing that we insisted on was that they should take an oath to reject racism and discrimination.
My people have been sucked into the violence because some feel they have to retaliate, and some feel they have to protect themselves.
I was proud to call Dr Rupert a friend. He was always a wonderful source of support and kindness.
Others may make you promises, once again, and then election after election not deliver. We will not do this.
So long as the Zulu people are here, clearly I will still have a role to play in this country.
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