If only they had blogs in those feisty days—change would have happened much faster. And obviously some of you still don’t get it. So if you just got your internet license, rentboy, here’s what Mandela said in 1964
During my lifetime I have dedicated myself to the 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 and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die.
Your attitude to life is the only real freedom you have any choice over, while in prison. But when you get out of prison, the biggest freedom you have is your choice of how you influence others through your attitude. Some of you are still prisoners in your mind.
Mandela’s Prison cell at Robben Island,
After my release from prison, I spent five years influencing the civil unrest among the black population when President Botha tried to crush Mandela’s outlawed organisation, the ANC. Oh yes! Mandela’s party was so strong, even removing him could not dampen the spirit that demanded to be heard. And when they forced me out of South Africa, I worked from afield precipitating his release. I predicted the South Africa’s brutal raids on Zambia, Zimbabwe and Botswana and foresaw the international sporting boycotts that followed. I am still haunted by the strange markings that formed on President Botha’s neck as he resigned. It was though he would explode into a thousand pieces in apoplectic rage.
Rage