Tributes to Madiba
“The Rainbow Nation continues to evolve. The steps that are being
taken towards an equitable and open society are a direct refl ection
of your personal conviction that South Africa should never again
experience oppression of one by another. I cannot but feel humbled
by your energy and commitment to see the process through. Many
men would have baulked at the challenges facing South Africa in
1994. Many would still do so. I am sure that, even in retirement, you
will continue to play an invaluable role in the transformation process.”
Tony Blair in a letter to Nelson Mandela, 1998
Picture: AP Photo/Jerome Delay
“The life and works of Nelson Mandela has done much to help the
rest of us to see the promise as well as the problems of Africa. The
promise manifests in more democratically elected governments than
ever, in a new generation of leaders in committed to understanding
and unleashing your economic potential. For the fi rst time in history
the rest of the world is interested in working not for or against Africa,
but working with Africa, listening to you, looking to you, and learning
from you. One lesson we all have to learn from Mr Mandela is how to
build a community across divisions of race, religion and tribe.”
Bill Clinton, 2003
Picture: Matthew Willman, supplied by Nelson Mandela Foundation
“We really do have much to celebrate and much for which to be
thankful. Hey just look at us, which other country has a moral colossus
to match Nelson Mandela? We are the envy of every single nation
on Earth. He has become an icon of forgiveness, compassion and
magnanimity and reconciliation for the entire globe. How blessed we are
that he was at the helm to guide our ship of state through the choppy
waters of transition.”
Desmond Tutu, 2004
Picture: Adil Bradlow / PictureNET Africa
“Many years ago Nelson Mandela made it bold to say that our
country needs an ‘RDP of the soul’, the Reconstruction and
Development of its soul. He made this call as our country,
in the aftermath of liberation in 1994, was immersed in an
effort to understand the elements of the Reconstruction and
Development Programme that had constituted the core of the
Election Manifesto of the ANC in our fi rst democratic elections.
We should never allow ourselves the dangerous luxury of
complacency, believing that we are immune to the confl icts that
we see and have seen in so many parts of the world.”
Thabo Mbeki, 2006
Picture courtesy GCIS
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