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| Late Nelson Mandela |
South Africa's first black president and anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela has died. Mr Mandela, 95, led South Africa's transition from white-minority rule in the 1990s, after 27 years in prison.
LESSONS TO LEARN:
(1) He gave his life to achieve a simple, yet at the time distant, dream, something that required great and sad sacrifices on the personal front.
(2) Mandela’s job while he was president was to build a nation, unite its people and secure its foundations. In this he was successful.
(3) His legacy is one of the most liberal and well rounded constitutions in the world and a vision of a post-racial society, of forgiveness and solid institutional foundation for the country. His leadership casts a long shadow over his successors.
(4) We will always be inspired by the lessons of selfless service to humanity, communicated primarily through deeds rather than words; his love for humanity and his persistent message of peace, equality, human solidarity and the pursuit of a just and inclusive world.
...to be continued
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