Quote Significance

This quote is significant to Mathabane because he personally witnessed several people, including himself, wish that someone would change South Africa and end apartheid. He was one of the few people that realized to bring about change, he must change himself. Most of his neighbors waited for someone else to do the changing. This relates to today whenever anyone blames America's problems on a president alone, such as evironmental decisions. Few people put the task upon themself to make the environment better, most just blame the president and say he needs to fix America.