Nelson Mandela: Let his message live on....

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was born on 18th July 1918. He was the most famous South African anti-apartheid revolutionary. He was a politician and philanthropist who was imprisoned for 27 years and later became 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 democratic election.

Mandela had come to be widely considered "the father of the nation" within South Africa and  "the founding father” of democracy.

Nelson Mandela died of a lung infection on 5 December 2013 at his home in Houghton, Johannesburg, surrounded by his family. He was 95.

Today was declared a national day of prayer and reflection. May he rest in peace and may his message of unity & equality continue to live on…..