His story, our history
This is a true story of a man above all kinds of men, a man who stood head and shoulders above all men.
No one in the history of human kind compares to him, a man who taught himself to be a man amongst other men.
He took a firm stand and challenged all the devilish men, his story became our story, thus he was cursed by the evil men.
I’m talking about the one and only, Doctor Mandela, who was born in July, summertime, the eighteenth.
The year was a perfect match to the day of his birth, nineteen hundred and eighteen – the year he was born.
Nobody knew by then that a hero had been born, whose sting to the cruel system would hurt like a thorn. His life was like a script movie writers would kill for, he spent several decades of his life confined in a cage.
Fighting for people’s rights is what he was kept in for, like a criminal, he was treated like a savage. If people are people, why should it be, that blacks and whites could not be.
He realised that it did not make any sense, thus, he did not tolerate such nonsense. Good men can never be condemned to silence, trying to silence him was like processing his licence.
For him to create the sun where there is no sunshine, for him to provide the light when the stars fail to shine. Doctor Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, a true humanitarian with a vision, yes indeed.
A friend of the poor, always there when in need, a dedicated cadre and freedom fighter, a committed soldier and gallant fighter, his sad story defined our history.
Tata Dalibhunga Madiba, when he spoke, the world listened. When he danced, the world danced along, when he sneezed, the world froze. when he died, the world mourned, his rich story propelled us to victory. Khulu father of the nation.
Always a shining inspiration. To the old and new generation, his voice liberated the oppressed. his voice liberated even the oppressors, His triumph, our triumph.
By Job Prince Dlamini
(083-414-4808) pjdlamini@mpg.gov.co.za
