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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.

I played an integral part in helpings formulating that new vision... that we must abandon apartheid and accept one united South Africa with equal rights for all, with all forms of discrimination to be scrapped from the statute book.

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.

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

Together we have travelled a long road to be where we are today. This has been a road of struggle against colonial and apartheid oppression.

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.

When I talk about the end of apartheid, I prefer not to claim the honor that I have ended it.

No matter what vision one has of South Africa, the first thing that must be done is to destroy racism.

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

We had to forge an alliance of strength based not on colour but on commitment to the total abolition of apartheid and oppression; we would seek allies, of whatever colour, as long as they were totally agreed on our liberation aims.