It is true Mandela rose to greatness. Freed after 27 years in a South African jail, the anti-apartheid fighter emerged not bent on vengeance but healing.

He negotiated a peaceful end to apartheid, and as the first president of democratic South Africa, preached - and practised - reconciliation. In this he was great. A healer. An inspiration.

But Mandela was no Christ nor even Gandhi nor Martin Luther King. He was for decades a man of violence
In 1961, he broke with African National Congress colleagues who preached non-violence, creating a terrorist wing.

He later pleaded guilty in court to acts of public violence, and behind bars sanctioned more, including the 1983 Church St car bomb that killed 19 people.

Mandela even suggested cutting off the noses of blacks deemed collaborators. His then wife Winnie advocated "necklacing" instead - a burning tyre around the neck.

Mandela argued the apartheid regime left him no option but to fight violence with violence, but it is too easy to claim events proved him right. His legacy is not yet played out.

Mandela's support for other leaders of violence is even less forgivable. He maintained close ties to Cuban dictator Fidel Castro and backed Palestinian terrorist leader Yasser Arafat. As president in 1997, he gave his country's highest award for a foreigner to Libya's dictator, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, who'd donated $10 million to the ANC. He gave the same award to the corrupt Indonesian president Suharto, who he said had donated $60 million.

He supported Nigerian coup leader Sani Abacha, refusing to say a word publicly to stop the 1995 hanging of activist Ken Saro-Wiwa.

How can I eat this long and hard yarn with no SAUCE?

Ebubeslym:
How can I eat this long and hard yarn with no SAUCE?

Enjoy!https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/opinion/the-dark-side-of-nelson-mandela/news-story/68f4acdbf2b0b4e6c799e458a55e6cb2

nairalandankrah:
It is true Mandela rose to greatness. Freed after 27 years in a South African jail, the anti-apartheid fighter emerged not bent on vengeance but healing.

He negotiated a peaceful end to apartheid, and as the first president of democratic South Africa, preached - and practised - reconciliation. In this he was great. A healer. An inspiration.

But Mandela was no Christ nor even Gandhi nor Martin Luther King. He was for decades a man of violence
In 1961, he broke with African National Congress colleagues who preached non-violence, creating a terrorist wing.

He later pleaded guilty in court to acts of public violence, and behind bars sanctioned more, including the 1983 Church St car bomb that killed 19 people.

Mandela even suggested cutting off the noses of blacks deemed collaborators. His then wife Winnie advocated "necklacing" instead - a burning tyre around the neck.

Mandela argued the apartheid regime left him no option but to fight violence with violence, but it is too easy to claim events proved him right. His legacy is not yet played out.

Mandela's support for other leaders of violence is even less forgivable. He maintained close ties to Cuban dictator Fidel Castro and backed Palestinian terrorist leader Yasser Arafat. As president in 1997, he gave his country's highest award for a foreigner to Libya's dictator, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, who'd donated $10 million to the ANC. He gave the same award to the corrupt Indonesian president Suharto, who he said had donated $60 million.

He supported Nigerian coup leader Sani Abacha, refusing to say a word publicly to stop the 1995 hanging of activist Ken Saro-Wiwa.

One man terrorist na another man freedom fighter...

Lastly Abacha was not a fan Mandela. I remember there friction with the then minister of Information Walter Ofonagoro . He said some things that then Gov found offensive.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/mg.co.za/article/1997-07-28-mandela-abacha-to-solve-row-personally/%3famp

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.irishtimes.com/news/mandela-seeks-nigerian-apology-1.92739%3fmode=amp


South Africa's President, Nelson Mandela, called the executions a "heinous act."
https://www.nytimes.com/1995/11/11/world/nigeria-executes-critic-of-regime-nations-protest.html

"Mandela to Seek Oil Embargo Against Nigeria Military Regime : Politics: S. Africa’s president wants severe sanctions in the wake of last week’s executions. U.S. unlikely to heed call."
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-11-16-mn-3816-story.html%3f_amp=true

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