FREE MADIBA!
By: Khethukuthula Lembethe
“He is a fighter. He has been through this many times and he has been through worse issues, and he’s survived.”
This is according to a press release by Mac Maharaj on former president Nelson Mandela’s health.
The 94-year-old has been rushed to hospital numerous times for what Maharaj has claimed to be ‘routine checkups’. Madiba was rushed to hospital again this weekend for a chronic lung infection which has been an obstacle to his recovery in the recent weeks.
South Africans are concerned about Madiba’s health.
“The country is prepared for the worst,” ANC spokesperson Jackson Mthembu told Sky News.
Nelson Mandela is the father of the nation as he brought freedom and relief to many South Africans hence he is mostly referred to as “Tata”.
Anele Nzimande, One Day Leader contestant, compassionately feels, “Yes, he’s lived a full and wonderful life. He deserves to be in the presence of the Lord now.”
Skhumbuzo Mhlongo on the other hand opposed Nzimande.
“We must wait until nature takes its cause, God will take him when the time is right,” said Mhlongo.
McIntosh Polela, former spokesperson of the HAWKS and author of My Father, My Monster, strongly feels that no-one should decide how we depart from this world.
“I don’t think anyone is qualified to make that call,” said Polela.
Anele Nzimande and Vusi Thembekwayo, business speaker. Picture: curtesy of Anele Nzimande
Nqobile Buthelezi thinks he needs his privacy and said, “I don’t agree with that. He should die on his own but the media must leave the man alone. I do not know why our colleagues don’t get it. But as they always say, if you’re a public person, there’s a fine line between your private and personal life.”
Views on Madiba’s health condition, whether he needs to rest or not, differ from many South Africans, but one view they have in common is that he deserves to have peace in his life. He has been a fighter, a hero and most a father to the nation.
Greetings to the editor and the whole Journalism iziko and the whole team ,,quite an important aspect u touching on ther,but yes I agree with you Madiba is no god ,neither is he a tree that never falls or bread that never decomposes like everything in nature theres a time it has to let go for the new .let him rest now we truly ackno0wledge his work but its time.
Greetings and thank you for keeping us informed about the latest and by that i also mean legit news, I am a first year student in journalsim and would alsdo like to add on saying that nothing lasts forever no matter how good and what great work somthing has provided but at theend it will have to rest. We will never forget the hard work Tata Madiba has done for us and we acknowledge and always put him in our prayers that may he stay blessed,but it pains mne to see the old men in sickness and pain and if we truly love him like we say we do let us free him .By Mhleli Mkhize
Good day and great story indeed ,i have to say Madiba is a legend that shall forever be a hero amongst us . He did what he thought was right for his country ad we will always acknowledge that and keep it within us, but every hero deserves a rest and i think its time we ourselves set him free first. It is selfish of us to want him and pray that he lives for long not putting in mind that this illness he encounters every now and then also has pain South Africans let us the men free
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