Opinion › Feature Article       06.12.2013

In Memory Of My Mentor, Nelson, The Son Of A Champion!!!

A great hero has taken a bow!!

I have been thinking about his death throughout the night.

I could not sleep, having the thought that my Mentor has finally taken a bow is one of the most difficult ones for me.

Upon hearing the news ,I was not sure of what to do, I didn't know whether I should jubilate or cry, all I could say was, "He is finally gone, the son of a champion is gone "

A great hero has taken a bow
He has paid his due
He is gone
The world is paying tribute to him. A tribute he soo well deserve.

All my life, growing up as s young leader
If there was any one man who has inspired me on the more, that man is Madiba.

He was imprisoned for the wrong reasons, I think but he came out with the right course still in mind.

He came out a hero who was more than determined to carry on the fight

He fought for humanity
A leader who knows soo well when to stay and when to bow.

Just when the applause was loudest , just when the call for his stay as President was loudest he bowed

He left the scene for others
Such a selfless leader who can find??
He is the next after the great Cincinnati of the Great Roman Empire,

The ordinary farmer who led the people to conquer their opponents

People called on him to be the king, to be their leader

He went back and continued his farming business. What humanistic achievement???

NELSON, meaning the son of a champion has really championed the course of humanity.

We have come a long way and the best tribute We can ever pay to this hero is to live in peace with one another.

Today this is where We are
When it is finally done
How will the world remember us??
What will our colleagues say about our today??
It has always been my dream to shake a hand with this man before he departs but he is gone, How I wish I did.

The man who has a golden heart of forgiveness!!
He forgave everyone including those who imprisoned him for nearly three decades, people who denied him the joy of seeing what the world looked like for over 2 decades.

Even when his people thought it was Good to fight and retaliate for the atrocities committed against South Africans and the Madiba himself,

He said it was time to move on
It was time to unite and build South Africa into a country that he has always dreamt of, his priorities never changed because of circumstances. He stated clearly that he was going to fight for peace until his end, and that he did.

He said it was time to see all men as equal, that he did.

Today what do We see?? When people preach forgiveness and peace, is either We see them as hypocrites or as cowards.

Nelson
Stood for what was just and right, he fought the peaceful way, he lived the peaceful way and he died in a peaceful way. He is a hero than some of the people who have lived all their lives going to war, fighting at the least opportunity, as a soldier who had the greatest support ever from his people, he could have chosen the path of war, he chose the path of peace and dialogue, the path that won but didn't destroy, the path that built.

His conscience and heart ruled over any other thing

This is what We need today as leaders, as a continental and as world leaders to progress.

If Nelson could put race, the pain and suffering he went through over two decades aside all for the sake of humanity

Why can't We put the unnecessary partisanship, tribalism, racism, functionalism, and nepotism aside and move on?? We have come a long way

Today this is where We are, We either move forward together as one people with a common destiny or stagnate as people trying to pull one another down.

When it is finally done

How will the world remember us??

What will our colleagues say about our today??

It has always been my dream to shake a hand with this man before he departs but he is gone, I have not been able to do that, but his deeds will forever remind me of a HERO I love and cherish.

My joy is in the fact that , he has left us with the Hope that We can find the solutions We seek to the challenges of Africa and the world when we work together, it is in the fact that We know it is Good to forgive and there is nothing Good in bearing grudges and there's nothing Good in retaliating those We think have wronged us!!

I have never seen him before, How I wish I did.

I am celebrating him because he is a hero, who never gave up on what is right

It is just telling me that ,nice stories sometimes write themselves regardless of How far their sources are.

We can do better together

Nelson's death should make us learn a lot about his gift to humanity.

It should make us into peace loving people

It should make us know that We need one another to advance the course of humanity

It should make us understand that We shall not be here forever and it should remind us that, only our deeds shall be left when We are finally gone.

REST IN PERFECT PEACE, GREAT NELSON MADIBA MANDELA, THE SON OF A CHAMPION, MY MENTOR, THE HERO OF HUMANITY!!!!

PROSPER DZITSE

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