Quotes About South Africa

Our history is responsible for the differences in the South African way of life.

In a country like South Africa, writers have nuisance value, because those of us who have become known overseas have certainly helped to inform people about what life is like there.

But I love bowling in India, the grounds are quite flat whereas in South Africa you feel you are running uphill.

Free education for all - whilst it is a desirable notion, in South Africa it will simply not be affordable.

A great white jumped into my cage when I was diving in South Africa. Half its body was in the cage, and it was snapping at me.

We have a history in South Africa of an entrenched white monopoly capital.

I loved 'District 9.'

The exchange rate of the Rand against the dollar, pound or euro makes South Africa an attractive location. The positive side of this is it gives our artists and technicians an opportunity to work.

When I was a teenager, I never knew anything about art. I think in South Africa at that stage, no one was really exposed to it. There were no museums that had great artists in them.

This country is armed to the teeth, and none of these African states could begin to attack South Africa.

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 to be political.

aardvark; aardwolf. Both these animals dig in the earth for termites and ants, the former somewhat resembling a pig, the latter looking a little like a striped wolf. Thus the Boers in South Africa named them, respectively, the aardvark (from the Dutch aard, "earth," plus vark, "pig") or "earth pig," and aardwolf, or "earth wolf.

Emily Hobhouse

Bloemfontein

I am hopeful about any future for whites in this country, but not entirely optimistic.

I went cage diving in South Africa with Great Whites, and that was fun. Sweden was cool.

Whoever says that sanctions will only deteriorate the situations of blacks in South Africa does not know the criminal, murderous character of genocide that represents the system of apartheid.

I grew up in South Africa and I would look at maps and we were at the bottom of the world. There was this whole thing up there. I was always reading encyclopedias about the world. So travel was something I was always attracted to.

At the outset, I want to say that the suggestion that the struggle in South Africa is under the influence of foreigners or communists is wholly incorrect. I have done whatever I did because of my experience in South Africa and my own proudly felt African background, and not because of what any outsider might have said.

I don't know many South Africans who don't have their eyes wide open to what it's like to be exposed to some sort of violence. The question is whether we choose to be cynical about it or not.

I always love going on a safari drive whenever I visit Ulusaba Private Game Reserve in South Africa. I've been fortunate to see so many incredible animals over the years, and each time, it's completely different. Following Ulusaba's pack of wild dogs is my highlight.

In South Africa in 1987, apartheid was still going strong. Some of the most brutal race laws had been relaxed, but they hadn't yet been repealed. There was still a lot of tension.

Zamajobe is great. She's a terrific singer from South Africa.

'Heart on Fire' didn't do as well as the last record in most territories, but South Africa is one of the places it did really well.