#south african

I look at an ant and I see myself: a native South African, endowed by nature with a strength much greater than my size so I might cope with the weight of a racism that crushes my spirit. ↗

— Miriam Makeba

#ant #cope #crushes #endowed #greater

Many South African tribes used extracts from the African bush willow to heal the sick. ↗

— Bob Pettit

#bush #extracts #heal #many #sick

Being a white South African, I enjoyed the better things that that country gave to a small percentage of its population. ↗

— Dave Matthews

#being #better #better things #country #enjoyed

I am very good with dialects, but the two that I can't do for some reason are the South African and Australian. ↗

— Liev Schreiber

#am #australian #dialects #good #i

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

As a gay Jewish white South African, I belong to quite a lot of minority groups. You constantly have to question who you are, what you are and whether you have the courage to be who you are. ↗

— Antony Sher

#belong #constantly #courage #gay #groups

We were very happy when a South African court, which had previously ruled against us, took another look and decided that this material was not obscene and allowed it into the country. ↗

— Gilbert Hernandez

#against #allowed #another #country #court

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

I turned pro and won Rookie of the Year on the South African Tour and then it took me two tries at the qualifying school on the European Tour and to get my card and the rest is history. ↗

— Retief Goosen

#card #european #get #history #i