Requiescat in pace, Mr Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (1918 -2013)
We are greatly saddened at the death of our former president, Mr Nelson Mandela. In the articles below, South African Jesuits, Fr Anthony Egan SJ and Fr Russell Pollitt SJ, reflect on the legacy of Mr Nelson Mandela – the father of South Africa’s democracy. Rest in eternal peace, Tata Madiba!
The Founding Father
Nelson Mandela and the re-creation of South Africa
As South Africa and the world mourns the loss of Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, and as tributes pour in from all corners of the globe, it seems appropriate to move beyond the obituaries and ask why his life mattered. What may be his legacy? How did this man so profoundly capture the aspiration and passion of an entire nation as he did mine that day in May 1994?
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Minister of Reconciliation
The best tribute we can make to Mandela… will be our striving to live with the respect and integrity he modelled. An American friend, Becky, captures it best in something she wrote after hearing of Mandela’s death: “Nelson Mandela’s passing reminds me to rise to my best self in the face of the worst of humanity… I think I will always be striving to live up to the example he has set for us.”
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