I hope I didn't bore you too much with my life story.

The task at hand on will not be easy. But you have mandated us to change South Africa from a country in which the majority lived with little hope, to one in which they can live and work with dignity, with a sense of self-esteem and confidence in the future. The cornerstone of building a better life of opportunity, freedom and prosperity is the Reconstruction and Development Programme.

Perhaps it was history that ordained that it be here, at the Cape of Good Hope that we should lay the foundation stone of our new nation. For it was here at this Cape, over three centuries ago, that there began the fateful convergence of the peoples of Africa, Europe and Asia on these shores.

I just hope people don't get sick of us. I'm sick of us and I'm in Destiny's Child.

I am not an optimist, but a great believer of hope.

Let's hope that Ken Oosterbroek will be the last person to die.