Madiba - Man of Peace

Yinkungu nelanga

Today we are thankful for the life of Nelson Mandela. 
A man of peace who was a living demonstration of the power of compassion and forgiveness to transform individually and as a nation, while also shining that light out into the world.

Mandela is the best example of how one person can make a difference, and move many others to also make massive and positive change for the lives of many many more.

Hamba kakuhle Madiba xxxxxx

Ulwimi olunye zange lonela

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"If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart."

Nelson Mandela

All of us can learn so much from Madiba, his leadership was through living example, of conviction to a belief and being wiling to give up his life for an ideal, a hope, a dream, through courageously living through harsh trial and imprisonment, and then when released from 27 years of jail, used his power for good, by harmonizing, not through pettiness, not through bitterness, not through combativeness, but by bringing people together. 
He will remain an inspiration for us all. And hopefully for our leaders to reflect on what true leadership really looks like.
Not to be fashionable but to have purpose.
Words are not enough to express this man's presence, and certainly cannot be grasped simply in a book, which although it shows some essence of him, the message he bore was larger.

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Jacquelene