I played an integral part in helpings formulating that new vision... that we must abandon apartheid and accept one united South Africa with equal rights for all, with all forms of discrimination to be scrapped from the statute book.

What I haven't apologised for is the original concept of seeking to bring justice to all South Africans through the concept of nation states.

You cannot say we are a healthy, dynamic democracy when one party wins almost two-thirds of the vote.

When I talk about the end of apartheid, I prefer not to claim the honor that I have ended it.