Remembring Mandela

   The anti-Apartheid icon and former South African president died last night at age 95. Jailed for his revolutionary stance against the minority white government in 1962, he was finally released from prison in 1990.
   He was also the first black elected as president of the Republic of South Africa in 1994, and served one term. He was also named the Nobel Peace Prize winner, along with former South African President Frederik Willem de Klerk for their peaceful joint effort to bring down Apartheid.
   His death was not unexpected. He suffered from T.B while in prison, and had been hospitalised for a lung infection for over a month earlier this year.
   His legacy is simple. A great statesman and leader, and a fighter for his people who eventually saw the dismantling of an oppressive system, and the establishment of the rule of law for all, regardless of skin color.
   World leaders both past and present will be descending on South Africa for his funeral December 15th.

TTFN