"Anyone who wants to talk to me on the basis that Mandela is the leader of black South Africa can forget it."
John Vorster, South African Prime Minister, 1975.
John Vorster, South African Prime Minister, 1975.
"As soon as he renounces violence and undertakes not to start violence in South Africa, government will release him."
PW Botha, South African Prime Minister and State President, 1988.
PW Botha, South African Prime Minister and State President, 1988.
"He is at the epicentre of our time, ours in South Africa, and yours, wherever you are."
Nadine Gordimer, South African writer and Nobel Laureate for Literature, on Nelson Mandela.
Nadine Gordimer, South African writer and Nobel Laureate for Literature, on Nelson Mandela.
"I don't think there is much history can say about me. I just want to be remembered as part of that collective."
Nelson Mandela on Nelson Mandela.
Nelson Mandela on Nelson Mandela.
