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Mosima Gabriel "Tokyo" Sexwale, né le 5 mars 1953 à Orlando West, est un homme politique et homme d'affaires sud-africain. Ancien opposant à l'apartheid et membre de la branche armée du congrès national africain, il fut emprisonné à Robben Island au côté de Nelson Mandela. Il fut premier ministre de la province du Gauteng de mai 1994 à janvier 1998 et ministre du Logement dans le gouvernement Zuma de 2009 à 2013. Philanthrope, administrateur de la Fondation Nelson-Mandela, président du groupe Mvelaphanda, la plus importante compagnie née de la politique du black economic empowerment , Sexwale est un rival politique de Jacob Zuma au sein du congrès national africain . Wikipedia

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Tokyo Sexwale: Citations en anglais

“Now that I have been convicted, I want to explain my actions so that you … should understand why I chose to join the struggle for the freedom of my people…. It was during my primary school years that the bare facts concerning the realities of South African society and its discrepancies began to unfold before me. I remember a period in the early 1960s, when there was a great deal of political tension, and we often used to encounter armed police in Soweto…. I remember the humiliation to which my parents were subjected by whites in shops and in other places where we encountered them, and the poverty. All these things had their influence on my young mind … and by the time I went to Orlando West High School, I was already beginning to question the injustice of the society … and to ask why nothing was being done to change it. It is true that I was trained in the use of weapons and explosives. The basis of my training was in sabotage, which was to be aimed at institutions and not people. I did not wish to add unnecessarily to the grievous loss of human life that had already been incurred. It has been suggested that our aim was to annihilate the white people of this country; nothing could be further from the truth. The ANC is a national liberation movement committed to the liberation of all the people of South Africa, black and white, from racial fear, hatred and oppression. I am married and have one child, and would like nothing more than to have more children, and to live with my wife and children with all the people in this country. One day that might be possible - if not for me, then at least for my brothers.”

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Tokyo Sexwale

Addressing the Pretoria Supreme Court judge in 1978 shortly after his conviction on a charge of high treason, as quoted in Down with Afrikaans - Oakes, D. (ed.), 1988. Illustrated history of South Africa – The real story, Reader’s Digest: Cape Town http://www.sahistory.org.za/archive/down-afrikaans-oakes-d-ed1988-illustrated-history-south-africa-%26ndash%3B-real-story-reader%E2%80%99s-digest-, sahistory.org.za