Madiba...god Is Waiting For Him

[kloofnek]

Madiba(Mandela) is once again in hospital...I think we are going to lose him this time.I am not going to pray for him to get well...but that God takes him soon ..time has come to let him go.
Some will say "oh he was a terrorist"...but what he did was for the good of the people and the country...this he achieved...it was a pity he could not have been in power longer...what great things he may have done.

[emmie]

time for him and everyone to let go. His legacy sadly doesn't seemed to have benefited people in the way that many hoped.

[kloofnek]

I agree...that is why if he had had more time...he may have done

[emmie]

maybe, but much good has been undone, corruption and power struggles have seen to that. All the while people living in shacks and not accessing education, to me the key to a nations success.

[kloofnek]

I know,I can never understand why homes have not been built to replace the townships shacks...but a lot of them actually don`t want it!!!!
However,in the Eastern Cape they have improved them and while they are still townships,have proper homes albeit small .

[kloofnek]

I forgot to add...also in some other parts of the country too have improved them.I know this as I have seen them...one nearly always does when approaching a town .

[emmie]

from almost all news reports and papers it would seem corruption is stopping the country really moving forward, and don't buy that about people wanting to live in shacks, perhaps they would want to stay as a community, like many people like to do, with family, friends near by. I hope he passes away peacefully soon.

[flump1]

Bless him, I hope he is pain free. I think his time is near too.

[boxtops]

There's another current thread about this - I hope they let him go in peace

[woofgang]

May he go in peace to his rest.

[atalanta]

Now I fear the Government of SA will spend zillions on a state funeral - which would be far better spent on swapping shacks without a water supply for decent, sanitary homes for the poor.

[emmie]

i second that ^

[maggiebee]

Nkosi Sikeleli Africa
Malup hakanyiswu phondolwayo
Yiswa imithanda zo yethu
Nkosi Sikelela
Thina lusapolwayo

Our women's singing group learned this song many years ago and I still love singing it - God bless Africa became the anthem of the ANC

[Peter Pedant]

He is 94 Kloofje - how much longer do you want him to have ?

VERY reverential tmt on the Beeb - we are constantly reminded of his world wide contributions. Big contrast to Thatcher. Jacob Z used his world wide broadcast (after extremely reverential introduction) at 9 am to remind us how SA should be a one-party state and he (Mr Z) should be at the top of it all. Oh and I think he added the madiba was on his way out.

At 5pm the Anglo Saxon interviewer - still reverentially telling us how thankful we should be for his long and productive life notwithstanding the Detention Camps for dissidents - had now found a Dutch speaking family outside the Hospital. She asked the Africaanse (is that correct ?) in English of course; ' and do you feel honoured that his life long dedication to freedom democracy and the rest of it has been in direct benefit to you and your kind ? ' or words to that effect
and the girl lisped 'Yiss'.
So that was that then.

The beeb being the beeb - we can expect the same for Mugabe when his time comes

[kloofnek]

Afrikaans...Peter...yes,he has had a long life and I know he should now go ,but it will be sad.
I remember when he first came into power...I was against it,my family were very much before the aparthied and so one is brought up the same...but I was in Cape Town on a visit(I was living in the UK then) and it was Children`s Day,he was on TV with a lot of tehm and when I listened to him,,I then thought."Yes,he will be good for the country",he may not have achieved all he wanted but he did try."

[jno]

em, can't you just regret his illness as the OP does without moaning about what other people have done?

And Brits can hardly compain about the state spending millions on a funeral for a dead politician!

[kloofnek]

I agree,jno,I think it was disgusting how the gave M Thatcher a state funeral...I was not living in the UK at the time of her "reign" but heard plenty about it.She was not loved as Madiba is and I think the country should show there love for him by giving him a really good send off.
Do you know,he is a firm favourite of the Queen`s.