Our Daily Deeds As Ordinary South Africans

Ethiopia Always Has A Special Place In My Imagination And The Prospect Of Visiting Ethiopia Attracted Me More Strongly Than A Trip To France, England, And America Combined. I Felt I Would Be Visiting My Own Genesis, Unearthing The Roots Of What Made Me An African.

I Dust [your Photo] Carefully Every Morning, For To Do So Gives Me The Pleasant Feeling That I'm Caressing You As In The Old Days. I Even Touch Your Nose With Mine To Recapture The Electric Current That Used To Flush Through My Blood Whenever I Did So.

We Recall Our Terrible Past So That We Can Deal With It, To Forgive Where Forgiveness Is Necessary, Without Forgetting; To Ensure That Never Again Will Such Inhumanity Tear Us Apart; And To Move Ourselves To Eradicate A Legacy That Lurks Dangerously As A Threat To Our Democracy.

Sports Have The Power To Change The World. It Has The Power To Inspire, The Power To Unite People In A Way That Little Else Does. It Speaks To Youth In A Language They Understand. Sports Can Create Hope, Where There Was Once Only Despair. It Is More Powerful Than Governments In Breaking Down Racial Barriers. It Laughs In The Face Of All Types Of Discrimination. Sports Is The Game Of Lovers.

The Message Of Reconciliation, Of Nation-building, Of Granting Amnesty, Indemnity, Has Struck A Powerful, Favorable Chord. And People Can Understand That We're Here Not For Purposes Of Retribution But To Forget The Past And To Build Our Country.