In 1963, the U.N. Security Council declared a voluntary arms embargo on South Africa. That was extended to a mandatory embargo in 1977. And that was followed by economic sanctions and other measures - sometimes officials, countries, cities, towns - some organized by popular movements.

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

The U.S. - the idea that the U.S. has introduced and imposed principles of international law, that's hardly even a joke. The United States has even gone so far as to veto Security Council resolutions calling on all states to observe international law. That was in the 1980s under Reagan.

If the Security Council takes any punitive action, like economic sanctions, North Korea has said this is tantamount to going to war.

The poorest country in South America, Bolivia, had been devastated by neoliberal economic policies.

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