South African Quotes
43 South African quotes by 31 unique authors
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Crime is fast destroying the moral fabric of South African cities, and is becoming a major threat to South African democracy as well as the…
— Achille Mbembe
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I'm addicted to Jack's Wife Freda, a South African - Jewish-inspired restaurant founded by my brother Dean and his amazing wife, Maya. The vibe is…
— Unknown Author
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If the day comes when the two-state solution collapses, and we face a South African-style struggle for equal voting rights (also for the Palestinians in…
— Ehud Olmert
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I hate racial discrimination most intensely and all its manifestations. I have fought all my life; I fight now, and will do so until the…
— Nelson Mandela
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As long as many of our people still live in utter poverty, as long as children still live under plastic covers, as long as many…
— Nelson Mandela
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I turned pro and won Rookie of the Year on the South African Tour and then it took me two tries at the qualifying school…
— Retief Goosen
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I look at a stream and I see myself: a native South African, flowing irresistibly over hard obstacles until they become smooth and, one day,…
— Miriam Makeba
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In New York I heard A Piece of Ground, written by a white South African, Jeremy Taylor. I modified it a little and sang it…
— Miriam Makeba
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I think a legitimate target is the enemy and [the] enemy is basically in uniform, but not all [are] in Uniform. For example in the…
— Joe Slovo
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The South African native is probably the one impossible person to train in the entire world; he is probably impossible by any human standard.
— L. Ron Hubbard
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I have strong views about South African politics and I still don't feel I need to make public statements.
— Zola Budd
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When you sit in America you miss the open plains and you miss the sound of rain and the smell of rain and the smell…
— Zola Budd
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Many South African tribes used extracts from the African bush willow to heal the sick.
— Bob Pettit
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Braai Day is a slap in the face of our efforts to regain who we are. And should make any self respecting South African cringe.
— Simphiwe Dana
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If all the white people who claim they don't hate us would ever get together and do something to the whites who claim they hate…
— Malcolm X
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In the Occupied Territories, what Israel is doing is much worse than apartheid. The South African Nationalists needed the black population. That was their workforce.…
— Noam Chomsky
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He just rubs people up the wrong way in a short space of time and, after he'd gone, one of the South African coaches there…
— Unknown Author
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Let us join hands and build a truly South African nation.
— Nelson Mandela
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The histories of our two peoples, Palestinian and South African, correspond in such painful and poignant ways, that I intensely feel myself being at home…
— Nelson Mandela
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WOMEN must be at the forefront of nation-building to bring the South African citizenry together and, therefore, develop a whole new ethos of human co-existence
— Steven Biko
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As a gay Jewish white South African, I belong to quite a lot of minority groups. You constantly have to question who you are, what…
— Antony Sher
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The best tribute we can pay Madiba is to ensure that our political debate focuses on issues of how best we can ensure that each…
— Helen Zille
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I'm always very proud of belonging to three minorities: gay, Jewish, white South African.
— Antony Sher
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I look at an ant and I see myself: a native South African, endowed by nature with a strength much greater than my size so…
— Miriam Makeba
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Being a white South African, I enjoyed the better things that that country gave to a small percentage of its population.
— Dave Matthews
Who Wrote These South African Quotes
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