MANDELA’S PASSING PREDICTED
“A nation is heading to mourn,” this is what the servant of God
spoke after he had asked the Tvc congregants whether he should speak. He again
said, ' many people are going to come out to speak.”
On 5th December 2013, the first black president
of South Africa, Nelson Madiba Mandela passed on at the age of 95 years after years of declining health that had caused him to withdraw
from public life since he had been diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2001. The
death of Mandela has sent South Africa deep into mourning and self-reflection
18 years after he led the country from racial apartheid to inclusive democracy.
He was the towering figure of Africa's struggle for freedom and a hero to
millions around the world. But his passing has been keenly felt by people
around the world who revered Mandela as one of history's last great statesmen,
and a moral paragon comparable with Mohandas Gandhi and Martin Luther King. He
was arrested and eventually charged with sabotage and attempting to violently
overthrow the government. He escaped the death penalty but was sentenced to
life in prison, finally, in 1990, released from prison amid scenes of
jubilation witnessed around the world. It was a transcendent act of forgiveness
after spending 27 years in prison, 18 of them on Robben Island that will assure
his place in history, Mandela sought reconciliation with the white minority to
build a new democracy.
In total, he had six children, of
whom three daughters survive: He has 17
grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. But he has remained a beloved and
venerated figure with countless buildings, streets and squares named after him
His passing on has drawn many to speak as the servant of
God said. The archbishop of Cape Town, Desmond Tutu, said that we should be
like him, the president of United States of America, Mr. Barrack obama, United
Nations general Secretary Ban Ki- Moon, many African presidents and many leaders
of the world.
May His soul rest in peace
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