"My view at the time was not agreeing with apartheid," commented Trott.
Geoffrey Budlender, former director of the anti-apartheid Legal Resources Centre, commented of Goldstone's decision in the Govender case that "it was an alert judge trying to apply human rights standards to a repressive piece of legislation.
The Dalit Freedom Network has tried to win over African-American lawmakers by comparing the condition of Dalits in countries such as India and Nepal with the oppression faced by Black South Africans during apartheid, which parallels comments made several years ago by Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
Asked about AfriForum's apparently dismissive comment about apartheid being a "so-called" historical injustice, Tupy said there "should be no doubt that apartheid was a historical injustice" ― and then suggested there were similarities between the current South African government and the apartheid regime.
His art has commented extensively on apartheid and the tyranny of group think.
Roets has also referred to apartheid as a "woolly concept," a comment he stands by.
The New Yorker, July 8 , 1991P. 25 Comment about the end of apartheid in South Africa.
By Raymond Bonner The New Yorker, July 8 , 1991P. 25 Comment about the end of apartheid in South Africa.
Baloyi, a figure in the government's effort to settle the strike, added, in comments confirmed by his spokesman, "Even during apartheid time, ministers were using vehicles such as Mercs".
Moore was a vocal critic of the apartheid regime, while Hewitt and his doubles partner, Frew McMillan, did not comment publicly on the issue.
