Since stepping down in 1999 as a one-term president, Nelson Mandela's successors, with the exception of short-term appointment, acting President Kgalema Motlanthe, have consistently pissed on the ideals of the great man, says the writer.
NELSON Mandela would cringe in his resting place at Qunu in the Eastern Cape, given the current state of his beloved South Africa.
Mandela spent 27 years behind bars fighting for an end to apartheid.
Since stepping down in 1999 as a one-term president, his successors, with the exception of a short-term appointment, acting President Kgalema Motlanthe, have consistently trampled on the ideals of the great man.
If Mandela was about human rights and an inclusive South Africa, former President Thabo Mbeki’s statesman-like legacy is tainted by the signing of the R30 billion arms deal scandal in December 1999.
