and said I could not come to South Africa until I had apologized to many individuals and groups, the president and herself included.

If you think about it, the Mulroney position on South Africa and the opposition to apartheid was a far more principled position than had been true of (former prime minister) Pierre Trudeau,

These are not individuals looting. These are large groups of armed individuals.

I want to be cautious here, because Africa is a hugely complex continent and you can't really generalize about it.

We all belong to South Africa, and South Africa belongs to us all.

In South Africa, we speak English and sometimes Afrikaans, sometimes Zulu, sometimes Xhosa.