Dealing with people Quote by Zakes Mda

Obviously when it comes to the question of telling stories about other people's lives in a situation as political as South Africa, you get…

— Athol Fugard

I write about the human condition, as a South African. I sometimes see South Africa with the spectacles of the past and there will…

— John Kani

“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

I have strong views about South African politics and I still don't feel I need to make public statements.

— Zola Budd

“In South Africa, we have more political parties than we have in our social crisis. Yet none of our problems are being resolved. It…

— De philosopher DJ Kyos

At the outset, I want to say that the suggestion that the struggle in South Africa is under the influence of foreigners or communists…

— Nelson Mandela

Everybody now admits that apartheid was wrong, and all I did was tell the people who wanted to know where I come from how…

— Miriam Makeba

“Of course South Africa is not perfect. We have extreme social issues and many scars left over from the past. But what happened here…

— Lili Radloff

What I quickly discovered is that our so-called new South Africa has as much material for a story-teller as the old one. The landscape…

— Athol Fugard

“Yes, it’s because it’s one thing to think poor things and another to allow that African politics could have any resemblance at all to…

— Doris Lessing

My reporting in Africa wouldn't be political per se, but it's certainly the point of my reporting - and of a lot of other…

— Sebastian Junger

“A problem with us South Africans is our lack of integrity and patriotism. Some of us will do anything for money, even selling out…

— De philosopher DJ Kyos