Nelson Mandela reminded us that:
“As long as poverty, injustice and gross inequality persist in our world, none of us can truly rest.”
We must be part of the quest for a better future of dignity, opportunity and prosperity for all people on a healthy planet.
Nelson Mandela fought against the apartheid and racial segregation policy of the South African govt. This led him to imprisonment for 27yrs. He became the first black president of South Africa (1994-99). Won Nobel Prize. Source of inspiration for civil rights activists worldwide.
Afrikaner union, Solidarity,promised to build&start an Afrikaner University&alternative Afrikaans schooling system. Here is the university rising in centurion near waterkloof. Love or hate afrikaners, they are decisive they don’t sit in endless workshops, boere maak ‘n plan.
I offer my deep condolences to the Mandela family as we mourn the passing of a fearless political activist who was a leader in her own right. Our sadness is compounded by this loss being visited upon us just days before the world marks the birthday of the great Nelson Mandela.
I have seen the same four or five images of Mam Zindzi Mandela being shared. This always worries me cause images colour our perspective and can drive us to see a person only one way. Here is a thread of lesser-seen images of the woman we lost today.
Zindzi Mandela, daughter of Nelson Mandela, gets her hair styled by Alece Cooper for her father's presidential inauguration after South Africa's first democratic elections.. (Photo by © Louise.
Zindzi Mandela, in 16 July 1988 in Soweto wearing the boxing gloves given to her father by the World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Mike Tyson as a present for his 70th birthday.
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