It is with the deepest regret we have learned that Nelson
Mandela passed away on last Friday, 5 December 2013, at the age of 95. Mandela died of a lung
infection at his home in Houghton, Johannesburg
surrounded by his family.
Beloved figure around the world, a Nobel Prize laureate and the first black
President in South Africa, he dedicated his life to serving the humanity. He
has left us many special quotes, and 2 of them are my favourites. They are as
below :-
“If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work
with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner. “
“If you talk to a man in language he understands, that goes to
his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart. “
Well, if you would like to read all his special quotes, you may
refer here.
In the personal life of Mandela, he had 3 marriages. He had lost
his 2 sons, one whom died of AIDS and another who was died in accident. A few
days before the 2012 FIFA World Cup, he lost his beloved granddaughter too.
By the time
of his death, Mandela had come to be widely considered "the father of the
nation" within South Africa, and "the founding father of
democracy", being seen as "the national liberator, the savior, its Washington
and Lincoln rolled into one".
We would like to give thanks for his life and his sacrifices for freedom, and
express our sadness due to this enormous loss to the world.
Mandela's body will lie
in state from 11 to 13 December at the Union
Buildings in Pretoria and a state
funeral will be held on Sunday 15 December in Qunu.
Lastly, I would like to say that Nelson
Mandela would be missed by many people in the world wide and may he rest in
peace.
