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Now, of course, we know there has been an end to apartheid in South Africa, but what excited me was seeing it in the context of history.

The fact that apartheid has been tied up with white supremacy, capitalist exploitation, and deliberate oppression makes the problem much more complex. Material want is bad enough, but coupled with spiritual poverty, it kills.

I've never doubted that apartheid - because it was of itself fundamentally, intrinsically evil - was going to bite the dust eventually.

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

One can't erase the tremendous burden of apartheid in 10 years, 20 years, I believe, even 30 years.

South Africa is highly politicised; even small issues become politicised, and it becomes quite bitter.

Apartheid does not happen spontaneously, like bad weather conditions.

I've seen so many screw-ups of representations of South Africa, and it makes me so angry every time.

It must not be forgotten in fairness to the National Government that apartheid is not just a policy of oppression but an attempt - in my opinion an attempt doomed to failure - to find an alternative to a policy of racial integration which is fair to both white and black.

The biggest problem in South Africa is that we have a disrupted timeline. Historically, politically, spiritually, economically, in people's minds, in people's heads.