Who am I?
A Dreamer, an individual, a virtual explorer, a blogger and an Open Source Advocate who to boot is an European.
What is this Chronicle? This chronicle is the public blog of mine which contains my opinions, likes, dislikes and snapshots of my life.
The chronicle is written for myself first and in an effort to stave off my depression second. If anyone else reads the journal then it is a real bonus.
As a chronicle it is to be taken as a whole but best dipped into.
I feel a disclaimer is needed for my chronicle as there will be those out there who will not read the chronicle how it is meant to be read.
So here is the disclaimer in so much that this chronicle expresses my own personal views and opinions of the world not that of a company or other persons so if some of the facts are plain wrong it is because of my own ignorance and lack experience of the world and nothing else more sinister.
A Personal Tribute to Nelson Mandela
Posted: 13 December, 2013 in Comment, Life, Nelson MandelaI still remember the day in the 1980s when the terrible spectre of apartheid was still present in South Africa and the images on news were of Black South Africans standing up and dying against the then White dominated government.
Into this background is when I first heard the name of Nelson Mandela as one of the major players of the Blacks fight against apartheid especially when he was released from prison.
Through the news I watched this amazing man lead all South Africans to the new South Africa we see now not with bloody uprising but with defiance which forced the Whites there change something which was remarkable even to this day.
I admired the man as he always struck me as a gentle, humanist who never claimed to be perfect and even admitted he was not perfect and he made mistakes. He always stuck me to be this real human who really cared about people and his country who never put himself first.
In the passing of Nelson Mandela the world has lost a guiding light and real human being who will be sadly missed both in South Africa and beyond.
But he will not be forgotten and I believe the legacy of his actions in South Africa will be remembered for a long time. This memory and legacy will become a guiding light for good in itself.
So rest in peace Nelson Mandela and I feel honoured to have lived at the same time as him.
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