Before I went to jail, I was active in politics as a member of South Africa's leading organization - and I was generally busy from 7 A.M. until midnight. I never had time to sit and think.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
My arrest in Egypt happened in 2002, and I was convicted to five years as a political prisoner.
Jail was a result of me not taking time for myself. So I was forced to take some time for myself.
When they put me in jail, that's when they turned me into an activist. Up until the time I went to jail, I was just a comedian.
I was a government employee in the morning and a writer in the evening.
Jail was probably the most exciting thing that's ever happened to me.
I was on leave from local and regional politics, as long as I was a Minister.
I served my time and came out of prison when I was just 26 and have worked with the government for 37 years. But people only remember me for what I did before that.
I was never jailed. The fact is that I was arrested, but I went into a diversion programme, and by that time I'd already begun working in what was called anger management. It was a painful and awful moment.
I went downtown as a lawyer and then I worked in a liquor store at night, as I had done all through law school. And so when I got to the point where I could give up the night job, I joined the political club.
When I joined politics, I was arrested in Luanshya... In 1960, I was with great people like Justine Chimba, Mazimba from Ndola and Dingiswayo Banda.