You build dreams, you build castles in the air, and you hope that at least part of that will be realized, even under apartheid.
You all must realize that Mandela was not the only man who suffered. There were many others - hundreds who languished in prison and died. Many unsung and unknown heroes of the struggle.
We have a shared destiny, a shared responsibility to save the world from those who attempt to destroy it.
We talk of a rainbow nation - in a country that remains dichotomized between black and white. We must acknowledge that the rainbow, in fact, is still a dream.
It is any wife's dream to lead a normal life with her family.
This name Mandela is an albatross around the necks of my family.