#south africa

I helped found Artists for New South Africa, but it used to be called Artists for Free South Africa. Alfre Woodard and a bunch of us started this. ↗

— Mary Steenburgen

#artists #bunch #called #found #free

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

— Helen Suzman

#african #armed #attack #begin #could

It was but then, when you're, one of the great poisonous events that have infected us all who were in South Africa is that the idea of difference is drip fed into your veins. It's that that you fight. ↗

— Janet Suzman

#difference #drip #events #fed #fight

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. ↗

— Charlize Theron

#africa #always #attracted #bottom #grew

I have strong views about South African politics and I still don't feel I need to make public statements. ↗

— Zola Budd

#african #feel #i #make #need

It's a blessing that South Africa has a man like Nelson Mandela. ↗

— Desmond Tutu

#blessing #like #man #mandela #nelson

The biggest problem in South Africa is that we have a disrupted timeline. Historically, politically, spiritually, economically, in people's minds, in people's heads. ↗

— Abdullah Ibrahim

#biggest #biggest problem #disrupted #economically #heads

I skated in ice shows all over Europe and South Africa for 20 years. I love to ice skate. ↗

— Kenny Baker

#europe #i #i love #ice #love

In South Africa, we could not have achieved our freedom and just peace without the help of people around the world, who through the use of non-violent means, such as boycotts and divestment, encouraged their governments and other corporate actors to reverse decades-long support for the Apartheid regime. ↗

— Desmond Tutu

#africa #apartheid #around #corporate #could

I mean in the South African case, many of those who were part of death squads would have been respectable members of their white community, people who went to church on Sunday, every Sunday. ↗

— Desmond Tutu

#been #case #church #community #death