MyPE

Community Business Directory, Event Listings, News and Views from Gqeberha, Nelson Mandela Bay

wdms

#WDMS – What did Nelson Mandela say about FW De Klerk?

By

“Even the head of an illegitimate, discredited minority regime – as his is – has certain moral standards to uphold,” raged Mandela. “If a man can come to a conference of this nature and play this type of politics, then very few people would like to deal with such a man.” Mandela accused de Klerk of allowing the “slaughter of innocent people because they are black,” adding: “It will remain a stain on him.” "Reconciliation is not an easy thing. So we had to show that a De Klerk can be … [Read more...] about #WDMS – What did Nelson Mandela say about FW De Klerk?

#WDMS – What did Nelson Mandela say about Change?

By

"Change is as unsettling as it is painful. It cannot be any different because change is movement...At times of momentous developments, when societies reach their high noon, everything else becomes uncertain except for the golden gate that must be reached - the goal of freedom." ~ Statement on the occasion of his installation as the Chancellor of the University of the North, 25 April 1992 More Madiba Quotations ... … [Read more...] about #WDMS – What did Nelson Mandela say about Change?

#WDMS – What did Nelson Mandela say about the Practices of the Oppressor?

By

"It could have been that our own hearts had turned to stone. But we understood that the oppression dehumanises the oppressor as it hurts the oppressed. We understood that to emulate the barbarity of the tyrant would also transform us into savages. We knew that we would sully and degrade our cause if we allowed that it should, at any stage, borrow anything from the practices of the oppressor." ~ Address to Parliament of the Republic of Ireland, 2 July 1990 More Madiba Quotations ... … [Read more...] about #WDMS – What did Nelson Mandela say about the Practices of the Oppressor?

#WDMS – What did Nelson Mandela say about the Real History Makers?

By

"Since my release, I have become more convinced than ever that the real makers of history are the ordinary men and women of our country. Their participation in every decision about the future is the only guarantee of true democracy and freedom." ~ Address at a rally in Durban, 25 February 1990 More Madiba Quotations ... … [Read more...] about #WDMS – What did Nelson Mandela say about the Real History Makers?

#WDMS – What did Nelson Mandela say about a Free South Africa?

By

"We are going forward. I have spoken about freedom in my entire lifetime. Your struggles, your commitment and your discipline have released me to stand before you today. The basic principles will propel us to a free, non-racial, democratic, united South Africa that we have struggled and died for." ~ Address at a rally in Soweto, 13 February 1990 "The names of those who were incarcerated on Robben Island is a roll call of resistance fighters and democrats spanning over three centuries. If … [Read more...] about #WDMS – What did Nelson Mandela say about a Free South Africa?

#WDMS – What did Nelson Mandela say about his Release from Prison?

By

"I stand before you not as a prophet but as a humble servant of you, the people. Your tireless and heroic sacrifices have made it possible for me to be here today. I therefore place the remaining years of my life in your hands." "Our struggle has reached a decisive moment. We call on all our people to seize the moment so that the process towards democracy is rapid and uninterrupted. We have waited too long for our freedom. We can no longer wait. Our march to freedom is irreversible. We must … [Read more...] about #WDMS – What did Nelson Mandela say about his Release from Prison?

#WDMS – What did Madiba say when rejecting government’s Freedom Offer?

By

"Too many have suffered for the love of freedom. I too cannot sell my birthright, nor am I prepared to sell the birthright of my people to be free. Your freedom and mine cannot be separated." ~ Extract from a letter by Mandela, rejecting the government's offer of freedom, read on his behalf by his daughter Zindzi to a mass meeting at Jabulani Stadium, Soweto, on 10 February 1985 More Madiba Quotations ... … [Read more...] about #WDMS – What did Madiba say when rejecting government’s Freedom Offer?

#WDMS – What did Nelson Mandela say about being a Black Man in a White Court?

By

"Why is it that in this courtroom I am facing a white magistrate, confronted by a white prosecutor, escorted by white orderlies? Can anybody honestly and seriously suggest that in this type of atmosphere the scales of justice are evenly balanced? I am a black man in a white man's court. This should not be." ~ Spoken in court when Mandela was on trial on charges of incitement and illegally leaving the country, November 1962 More Madiba Quotations ... … [Read more...] about #WDMS – What did Nelson Mandela say about being a Black Man in a White Court?

#WDMS – What did Nelson Mandela say about the path to Freedom?

By

"You can see that there is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again before we reach the mountain tops of our desires... Teach children that Africans are not one iota inferior to Europeans." ~ Address at the ANC Congress, 21 September 1953 More Madiba Quotations ... … [Read more...] about #WDMS – What did Nelson Mandela say about the path to Freedom?

#WDMS – What did Nelson Mandela say about the Defiance Campaign?

By

"...I would like to emphasise the aims of our campaign over again. We are not in opposition to any government or class of people. We are opposing a system which has for years kept a vast section of the non-European people in bondage. Though it takes us years, we are prepared to continue the campaign..." ~ An extract from We defy - a statement written by Mandela and published in Drum, August 1952 More Madiba Quotations ... … [Read more...] about #WDMS – What did Nelson Mandela say about the Defiance Campaign?

#WDMS – What did Nelson Mandela say about the Struggle?

By

"True, the struggle will be a bitter one. Leaders will be deported, imprisoned, and even shot. The government will terrorise the people and their people and their leaders in an effort to halt the forward march; ordinary forms of organisation will be rendered impossible. But the spirit of the people cannot be crushed...until full victory is won." ~ Address at the Annual Conference of the ANC Youth League, Bloemfontein, December 1951 More Madiba Quotations ... … [Read more...] about #WDMS – What did Nelson Mandela say about the Struggle?

#WDMS – What did Nelson Mandela say about himself?

By

"I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying." "I am fundamentally an optimist. Whether that comes from nature or nurture, I cannot say. Part of being optimistic is keeping one’s head pointed toward the sun, one’s feet moving forward. There were many dark moments when my faith in humanity was sorely tested, but I would not and could not give myself up to despair. That way lays defeat and death." "I stand here before you not as a prophet but as a humble … [Read more...] about #WDMS – What did Nelson Mandela say about himself?