Africa Quote by Nelson Mandela

It's not difficult in South Africa for the ordinary person to see the link between capitalism and racist exploitation, and when one sees the…

— Joe Slovo

“If you are truly telling a South African story then it will be political — because you are dealing with people who lead political…

— Zakes Mda

When I went to live in South Africa, I immediately began to understand what went wrong. Because here was a place supposed to be…

— Binyavanga Wainaina

“I don't think that, when future generations look at the apartheid struggle, they will see it as quite the momentous literary cauldron that recent…

— Justin Cartwright

“People wo are privileged tend to take their privilege for granted. South Africans are no exception in this regard. We take for granted the…

— Frank Chikane

South Africa has faced many problems in the past. You would understand those problems if you understood the history of the struggle to get…

— Thabo Mbeki

“Don’t let anyone tell you that Apartheid has nothing to do with South Africa now. Those roots run deep and tangled and we’ll be…

— Lauren Beukes

Living here in North America - I have been Americanized. When I go back home now, there are things that I have far less…

— Kandyse McClure

I've always been very proud to be a South African and I've always been very honest to people about that. And whatever I can…

— Charlize Theron

'A Just Defiance' has been a huge success in South Africa. While reading at times like a well-written thriller, its significance is to reveal…

— Justin Cartwright

“There is a duality to South Africa, as in all of life itself, that is evident, and as stark as the inequality among its…

— Diane Brown

All of our forebears contributed to what South Africa has become. That does not, however, mean that I must apologize to anyone for being…

— Mangosuthu Buthelezi