Friday, 5 December 2014

News: Nelson Mandela: One Year Gone But His Legacy Lives On

It does not seem that it was a year ago that South Africans danced and sang in the streets all night to remember the life of Nelson Mandela, the man who liberated them from the scourge of racial oppression.
Left: A 1961 photo of Nelson Mandela (AP); Centre: Mr Mandela and his then-wife on his release from prison in 1990 (AFP); Right: Mr Mandela pictured in 2007 (AP)
They did not mourn the 95-year-old's death - instead they rejoiced that Madiba (Mandela's clan name) had saved them from a potential racial bloodbath.
Yet despite this sense of unity, there were many, especially white South Africans, who were visibly worried that the man they regarded as the insurer of a peaceful future had gone too soon and had left them exposed.
They feared his departure opened up a door for the angry poor black masses to destroy their comfortable lives.
However, 12 months have passed since he died and life continues as normal.
Rest on Madiba, the world loves, misses and celebrates you! -TBW 
A women wears a Nelson Mandela shirt while holding a candle during a memorial for the late Nelson Mandela in Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa, 04 December 2014
 A young girl waits for the funeral cortege of former South African president Nelson Mandela as it passes through Qunu on its way to his family's rural home on 14 December 2013 in Qunu, South Africa

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