What does Nelson Mandela mean to you?

"Nelson Mandela is like a hero to me, an ambassador to me," he said. Ebrahim is a 25-year-old security guard from South Africa's Free State. "You know, he [did] a lot for us. He [fought] for us, for the country. So that is why I say he is an ambassador to me, he's a hero to me. read more

To mark Nelson Mandela's birthday, we asked what the former South African president means to you. The response on social media has been overwhelming. To mark Nelson Mandela's birthday, we asked what the former South African president means to you. read more

" Ebrahim Ntsaba "Nelson Mandela is like a hero to me, an ambassador to me," he said. read more

A great and very much respected man who, despite of having been cruelly persecuted by the Apartheid regime because of his beliefs, after winning a landslide election became the President for the black, white and colored people in the post Apartheid period. read more