LAST MOMENT OF NELSON MANDILA

LAST MOMENT OF NELSON MANDILA ( Final Farewell)

The last moment of a great man, Nelson Mandela, finally he will be put to rest on this day Sunday, the 15^th of December, 2013. His casket was been moved by a military flight yesterday the 14^th to his home town in Qunu, where the funeral is taking place. A private service will be held at graveside will only be attended by madela’s family.

This was a man that took a long walk of freedom for his people, he was imprisoned at the process, among hundreds of people in his political party ANC (Africans national congress) but he was the only one that defended himself and never dropped his charges against the white leaders at that time oppressing and colonizing the South Africans. Others that where advocating the freedom of their people were dropped of their charges and he was sentenced to life imprisonment. However the fight would continue for his freedom by his people.

His sacrifice for his people made him an icon of hope, justice and peace then and until his death not only in South Africa but also the rest of the world. Now this great leader and hero is gone but am pretty sure is memories and legacy will live on both in South Africa and the rest of the world.

Mandila finally became free after twenty-seven years in jail, on the 11^th February, 1990. He became the first black president of South Africa. He will be forever remembered for his good works.

Final farewell, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandila Madiba.

More stories and photos after the cut.

Nelson Rolihlahla was born in 1918 in a small village in South Africa.
His name meant 'troublemaker', one who stirs things up. Later South Africans would call him Madiba, his clan name and an affectionate nickname.
His father died when he was nine years old. He went to stay with his uncle, a royal chief. Seeing the chief dispense justice set in motion a lifetime desire to fight for equality and democracy.
At university he studied law but his political activities got him expelled, so he moved to Johannesburg where he joined the African National Congress (ANC), a political party opposed to South Africa's racial segregation.
Known as 'apartheid' this system of government legally allowed for discrimination against non-whites. "He was the leader deliberately chosen by the ANC to be a symbol of resistance," Winnie Mandela says.
Mandela played an active and vocal role opposing the policies of South Africa's nationalist government. He took his activities underground in the 1960s, but was soon arrested, convicted of sabotage and treason and imprisoned for life.
He was released 27 years later, and was at the forefront of ushering in a new democratic dawn for the country.
Mandela helped build a new image for South Africa and although he spent the last years of his life away from the public eye, he will always be remembered as a man who inspired the world.
"The world needs symbols, the world needs to highlight the best of values we can find in certain human beings, we deliberately, minimise his weaknesses and we minimise his vulnerabilities because that's what counts. We even overvalue what he means in goodness." Says Graca Machel, his third wife, who he lived with until his death in 2013.

I have never met or heard of a man like Madiba, a truly a "world leader".