masukuma wrote:presidents are great for stuff they did and stuff they did not do. In the case of Mandela its the latter - stuff he did not do!! the running for 1 term is hog wash - if its such a sin why have it in the constitution? heck F.D. Roosevelt had 4 terms and the statement "he sacrificed his youth fighting oppression and segregation for his peoples gain?" he was not 'fighting oppression rather than discussing stuff in a limestone cave on robben island. the people that fought were outside - akina winnie mandela!! Native South Africans never seemed to care much about the land until recent times.
On his way to Robben:
"It is an ideal I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die."
"For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others." Nelson Mandela
..."Wewe ni mtu mdogo sana....na mwenye amekuandika pia ni mtu mdogo sana!".