*** This forum was active till April, 2021. Now it is read-only, please use the New forum! ***

+  AChat Forum
|-+  Off-Topic
| |-+  Quizz, Fav TV, Fav Music, Fav Films, Books... (Moderators: Lover, Brandybee, jayc, Nat33)
| | |-+  Nelson Mandella RIP
« previous next »
: [1] 2 3
: Nelson Mandella RIP  ( 17630 )
Brandybee
Moderator
Hero Member
*****
: 6966


Sweet As Honey With A Cheeky Sting. BUZZ !!


« : December 05, 2013, 04:20:21 PM »

A great man died today.  The scale of his achievement  is  immense and remarkable and one of the few respected politicians.

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela  18 July 1918 − 5 December 2013 was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary and politician who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. He was the first black South African to hold the office, and the first elected in a fully representative, multiracial election. His government focused on dismantling the legacy of apartheid through tackling institutionalised racism, poverty and inequality, and fostering racial reconciliation. Politically an African nationalist and democratic socialist, he served as the President of the African National Congress (ANC) from 1991 to 1997. Internationally, Mandela was the Secretary General of the Non-Aligned Movement from 1998 to 1999.

Mandela served 27 years in prison, first on Robben Island, and later in Pollsmoor Prison and Victor Verster Prison. An international campaign lobbied for his release, which was granted in 1990 amid escalating civil strife. Becoming ANC President, Mandela published his autobiography and led negotiations with President F.W. de Klerk to abolish apartheid and establish multiracial elections in 1994, in which he led the ANC to victory. He was elected President and formed a Government of National Unity in an attempt to defuse ethnic tensions. As President, he promulgated a new constitution and initiated the Truth and Reconciliation Commission to investigate past human rights abuses.

He is an inspiration to all.  His spirit of forgiveness was impressive and was South Africa's salvation.

God rest his soul and keep him safe.
« : December 05, 2013, 04:22:38 PM Brandybee »


                         :)   :D   :P    THERE'S  A  LITTLE  BIT  OF  DEVIL  IN  MY  ANGEL  EYES       :)    :D    :P
Lydiarose
Hero Member
*****
: 974


Bitch's Corner


« #1 : December 05, 2013, 04:23:49 PM »

R.I.P  Nelson Mandela

zoerink
Hero Member
*****
: 2465


I am into the big blue ocean swimming and dreaming


« #2 : December 05, 2013, 04:24:54 PM »

R.I.P


KISSES & HUGS & SMILES FOR ALL
zoerink
Hero Member
*****
: 2465


I am into the big blue ocean swimming and dreaming


« #3 : December 05, 2013, 04:25:28 PM »

R.I.P

KISSES & HUGS & SMILES FOR ALL
hukk
Hero Member
*****
: 2078


Later, Space Cowboy


« #4 : December 05, 2013, 04:31:50 PM »

Very, very tragic. I'm actually watching President Obama address the Nation right now, regarding Mr. Mandela's death.

A true champion of civil rights, and all around good human being, his legacy in abolishing apartheid in South Africa will be remembered.

Here's to you Mr. Mandela.



R.I.P
zoerink
Hero Member
*****
: 2465


I am into the big blue ocean swimming and dreaming


« #5 : December 05, 2013, 04:32:25 PM »

A song to remember him...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgcTvoWjZJU

KISSES & HUGS & SMILES FOR ALL
Lover
Moderator
Hero Member
*****
: 10350



« #6 : December 05, 2013, 04:36:35 PM »

A great person, a great personality. The world has lost a very special man today but he taught us never to give up and believe in the good. You always have benn an idol for millions of people and your spirit never will die.
Mr. Mandela, RIP - as you did all your life.

tangoracer
Hero Member
*****
: 3444



« #7 : December 05, 2013, 04:39:16 PM »

R.I.P   A great Man    Nelson Mandella

He made the world better place to live and spent far to long locked away from the world.

He is finnaly Free from all persecution

God has him now and has a great new Angle to look down over use all  

Bows head for a minute in silence  

hukk
Hero Member
*****
: 2078


Later, Space Cowboy


« #8 : December 05, 2013, 04:40:10 PM »

A song to remember him...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgcTvoWjZJU

*smiles*

Good homage to Mendela Mr. Zoe'. Here's to you Mendela. We'll meet again, one day.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHcunREYzNY
hentaiboy69
Hero Member
*****
: 7883



« #9 : December 05, 2013, 04:52:32 PM »

A great man who spent his whole life for his nation and his brothers and sisters! No one will never forget about him!

All_for_you
Full Member
***
: 131


here for fun :) :)


« #10 : December 05, 2013, 05:35:35 PM »

Bows Head

Rest In Peace  Nelson Mandella

The world is a sadder place today it has lost a great man

God rest his soul

Stone
Hero Member
*****
: 1842



« #11 : December 05, 2013, 05:41:57 PM »

1 )  "Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies."

2)  I saw a documentary once about this great man and his release from prison. All the young black South Africans were ready to take up arms and looked to him to lead and avenge the wrongs that had been afflicted on him and other victims of apartheid and he looked at them and said quite simply

"Go to school."   And a civil war didn't happen

3) " No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite"

4) " During my lifetime I have dedicated myself to this struggle of the African people. I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to see realised. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die"

5)  "If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.”

6)  “It is now in the hands of your generations to help rid the world of such suffering.”

7) "Death is something inevitable. When a man has done what he considers to be his duty to his people and his country, he can rest in peace. I believe I have made that effort and that is, therefore, why I will sleep for the eternity. "

His wise words and legacy will live on.  We have lost a great man today but his name will be remembered through the ages.  I hope the current leaders in the current troubles will take note of his wise words and put them into practice.

Rest in Peace Mr Mandella and indeed you have earnt the right to sleep for the eternity as you wished.
God Bless you.


hukk
Hero Member
*****
: 2078


Later, Space Cowboy


« #12 : December 05, 2013, 10:23:04 PM »

2)  I saw a documentary once about this great man and his release from prison. All the young black South Africans were ready to take up arms and looked to him to lead and avenge the wrongs that had been afflicted on him and other victims of apartheid and he looked at them and said quite simply

"Go to school."   And a civil war didn't happen
^This.

Sorry, but I have to admire this guy. I know if it was me, I would damn well make sure to inflict some sort of bodily harm onto my captors. Each waking day, my mind would be preoccupied on how to best beat the utter crap out the people responsible for keeping me locked up.  For him to walk out of there and seek cooperation among all South Africans says a lot.  I couldn't do it. He did.


bluedenim
Hero Member
*****
: 3007



« #13 : December 06, 2013, 01:37:29 AM »


A sad day.
But let's be glad he lived, where would South Africa and the world be today without him?




I love to be dominated, my mission is to serve .
Covems
Hero Member
*****
: 1688



« #14 : December 13, 2013, 11:55:45 AM »




The hero of the anti-apartheid struggle was not the saint we want him to be.

The image of Nelson Mandela as a selfless, humble, freedom fighter turned cheerful, kindly old man, is well established in the West. If there is any international leader on whom we can universally heap praise it is surely he. But get past the halo we’ve placed on him without his permission, and Nelson Mandela had more than a few flaws which deserve attention.

Nelson Mandela was the head of UmKhonto we Sizwe, (MK), the terrorist wing of the ANC and South African Communist Party. At his trial, he had pleaded guilty to 156 acts of public violence including mobilising terrorist bombing campaigns, which planted bombs in public places, including the Johannesburg railway station. Many innocent people, including women and children, were killed by Nelson Mandela’s MK terrorists. Here are some highlights

-Church Street West, Pretoria, on the 20 May 1983.  19 killed, 217 wounded.

-Amanzimtoti Shopping complex KZN, 23 December 1985.  5 killed, 27 wounded.

-1985 - 1987 At least 150 landmines on farm roads.  125 killed

-Krugersdorp Magistrate’s Court, 17 March 1988.  3 killed

-Durban Pick ‘n Pay shopping complex, 1 September 1986. 

-Pretoria Sterland movie complex 16 April 1988. 

-Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court, 20 May 1987.  3 killed, 10 wounded

-Roodepoort Standard Bank 3 June, 1988.  4 killed, 18 wounded

In his book  Long Walk to Freedom Nelson Mandela wrote that as a leading member of the ANC’s executive committee, he had “personally signed off” in approving these acts of terrorism.  This is the horror which Mandela had “signed off” for while he was in prison – convicted for other acts of terrorism after the Rivonia trial. The late SA president P.W. Botha told Mandela in 1985 that he could be a free man as long as he did just one thing: ‘publicly renounce violence’. Mandela refused. That is why Mandela remained in prison until  Pres F W de Klerk freed him unconditionally. The bottom line? Nelson Mandela never publicly renounced the use of violence to further the ‘cause of freedom.

Tellingly, not only did Mandela refuse to renounce violence, Amnesty refused to take his case stating “[the] movement recorded that it could not give the name of ‘Prisoner of Conscience’ to anyone associated with violence, even though as in ‘conventional warfare’ a degree of restraint may be exercised.”

Nelson Mandela was the leader of Spear of the Nation [MK], the terrorist wing of the ANC. MK murdered countless people and advocated mass genocide of all white people in Africa. MK also slaughtered members of South African tribes who had gained independence or were in the process of gaining independence under the Apartheid plan.

While Mandela was in prison, his wife Winnie Mandela ordered followers to carry out numerous gruesome killings of black people she deemed to be “race traitors.” Many of the victims were women or teenage boys. They were killed by being burned alive with a gasoline soaked tire around their neck.

Yeah... rest in peace Nelson Mandela





*Be good or at least be good at what you are doing*
: [1] 2 3  
« previous next »
: