Not only are whites kicking us; they are telling us how to react to being kicked.
I have the hatred of apartheid in my bones.
It was deeply important for me to understand where Mandela came from. Because we know where he was going, and that's a famous story, but who was he? Where did he come from? What was his upbringing?
Mandela's political evolution was gradual.
Unsurprisingly, Nelson Mandela had and still has many detractors.
It is the dictate of history to bring to the fore the kind of leaders who seize the moment, who cohere the wishes and aspirations of the oppressed. Such was Steve Biko, a fitting product of his time; a proud representative of the re-awakening of a people.
Whenever I am asked who I admire most among the leaders I have met, I have no hesitation in naming Nelson Mandela.
Lethal Weapon 2 used the platform to talk about the apartheid system. That was a very important moment for us.
I led the fight here against apartheid as President of the ACTU, including particularly the Springbok tour in 1971. And that led to the banning of the South African cricket tour which had been scheduled - that was something that I sorted out with Sir Donald Bradman. That was interesting.
The reason I joined the struggle against Apartheid was because you had this system of oppression, which affected everybody who was black. Whether you were old or young, man or woman, in a village or a town, it didn't matter.
My time in prison only deepened my resolve against apartheid. Even while I was in prison, I fought against it, teaching my cellmates about white supremacy and how to fight against it.
