Friday 29 March 2013

Thinking of Mandela

It is a worrying time despite South Africa's presidency saying 94-year-old Nelson Mandela is responding positively to hospital treatment for a recurring lung infection.

The office of President Jacob Zuma also said in a statement that the former president and anti-apartheid leader remains under observation.

Mr Mandela was admitted late Wednesday to a hospital in Pretoria, the South African capital.

But let us never forget that he contracted tuberculosis during his 27-year imprisonment for fighting white racist rule in South Africa. Since his release he has repeatedly had lung problems. White South Africa has much to feel guilty about and it has been a mark of the strength and genertosity of this great leader that he has always held a hand of friendship out to his persecutors.

He is a very rare man and this site salutes him and wishes him every good fortune and a return to good health.

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