Father of SA still an iconic figure

Today marks 102 years since Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela’s birth in the village of Mvezo, on the banks of the Mbashe River, near Mthatha in the Eastern Cape – and his name still reverberates around the world.

“I initially wanted to say it’s not relevant, we have more issues, but to be honest I think we are in trouble in society,” Mathekga said. “We should latch on to Mandela to reground ourselves,” he said. “And to those who say he is a sellout, I say to them: he sold his soul so well, they are able to speak so freely today.”

Coupled with “it is better to give than to receive”, there is a way out of the lockdown miasma. Dr Nompumelelo Ntshingila is a senior lecturer of psychiatric nursing in the department of nursing science at the University of Johannesburg.

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