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.

For many years, I supported the concept of separate states.

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.

It was fortunate in looking back for South Africa and its entire people that Mandela and I found it possible to work together even though big strains developed between us from time to time.

The government that came into power after the April 1994 elections was going to need a budget. It was drafted by our finance minister, Derek Keys, and he convinced them of the necessity to stay within the free-market principles that had been in force in South Africa for decades.

The relationship between me and President Mandela right at the beginning was not a very well-established relationship. It was based on two meetings.