Hands Quote by John Hume

Well, you know, in the fundamentalist milieu of the Afrikaners, there was a sense that they were a chosen people, that they were bringing…

— Nadine Gordimer

“As the British Empire fell, the Afrikaner rose up to claim South Africa as his rightful inheritance. To maintain power in the face of…

— Trevor Noah

What the apartheid system was really good at doing was convincing groups to hate one another.

— Trevor Noah

The reason I joined the struggle against Apartheid was because you had this system of oppression, which affected everybody who was black. Whether you…

— Thabo Mbeki

You found during apartheid a strange occurrence from the white folks themselves. There were those who did make a choice to speak out and…

— John Kani

The British in South Africa always portrayed themselves as more enlightened and tolerant than the 'narrow-minded', 'intolerant' Boers.

— Kwasi Kwarteng

“The genius of apartheid was convincing people who were the overwhelming majority to turn on each other. Apart hate, is what it was. You…

— Trevor Noah

I discovered even before I went to jail that apartheid was not run by people who were monolithic in their approach. Some of them…

— Nelson Mandela

“The Apartheid system has systematically infiltrated the struggle and eliminating our heroes, and chose their own preferred candidates to lead us”

— Thabiso Monkoe

“The Apartheid system has systematically infiltrated the struggle, eliminating our heroes, and choosing their own preferred candidates to lead us”

— Thabiso Monkoe

I didn't actually realise what apartheid meant. I'm probably a bit naive, but I thought it was more of a vague segregation, like on…

— John Deacon

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

— Thabo Mbeki