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tdayof: thats d last location

Look at this headline.

http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/article-189907/nigeria-military-says-one-its-warplanes-missing-boko-haram-territory

tdayof: dude it was out of radar

No one knows what happened. If I suspected boko haram, you can't say I'm wrong. And I can't say you're wrong either. It's been three days and neighbours have been alerted. If by next week, you haven't found the jet, you have every reason to be afraid.

fydence: Do u also know about Konduga, Mchika,.and others

Bruv, you're now giving me cheer leader reports. Boko Haram's still in charge of a frightening number of your towns. Why deny something that everyone knows?

neighy: dnt let boko haram stop you from doing what you do" And that is?

That's killing civilians in your quest to defeat boko.

tdayof: dude probably it crashed... search still on... what about the missing u.s fighter?

Crashed? No mayday? Man, this was your own airspace though. Although boko haram was about.

tdayof: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/09/45-boko-haram-members-killed-army-repel-attack-bama/
http://www.naij.com/283347-boko-haram-battle-bama.html
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/09/boko-haram-jonathan-declares-full-scale-war-deploys-warplanes/

That's Bama. We know about this one.

fydence: Great tidings from the NAF lately.. Pls let the flow continue.. No touching of 'helm of garment' for this one

Can we assume that the lost jet will never be found? Like the girls? It's 3 days already.

tdayof: all repelled by d NA and NAF.
B UP TO DATE bro

Not all, as far as I know. Where is your source confirming that? Post it, let's see if you are telling the truth. You repelled them in only some of the towns. Specifically the area around Maiguduri.

tdayof: dude where is d territory dey claimed?

Come now, bruv. Towns in north Eastern nigeria, as everyone knows. Including you.

agaugust: If Nigerian military is not strong and effective, we would have ended up like Mali and Iraq...go google ISIS !
.

That's a typical response of failures. At least we aren't like Mali. Dude, what was your mission when you started? Where are you now, relative to that mission?

tdayof: like seriously the poster above me is a kid!!
bokoharam is not a hard task for the nigerian army and air force!!
they hide under d shadow of innocent civilians.do u want the millitary to start killing d civillians too
moreover d airforce do have better chance when attacking d BH base

But dude let's be serious now. How can Boko Haram not be a hard task for your men? You see now, your playing. How do they get to claim territory in Naija if they aren't a hard task?

Your military already kills civilians and its own men. Don't let boko haram stop you from doing what you do.

agaugust: You seem to think the whole South African special task force police of ONLY 90 men is a force to reckon with? That tiny number of men will only save you on one street at a time, when real trouble comes from North-East-South-West, you will call in SANDF Army
.

But your large number of men isn't saving you from your situation. What does that tell us? It's not in the numbers. It's in solving problems before they even escalate. And when they do escalate, employing the right technology.

tdayof: dude d pics is bin culled from the police show!!
grow up!!!

And the show proves what? That you're better than SA? That's what you were arguing, remember? Acrobatics? Bwahahaha!

Just look at Thiza's pictures and stop posting circus photos.

tdayof: Dude bring d SA army n air force to go bring back d girls! Just write to the president of the federal republic of Nigeria .am sure he will let you go!!!
Do you think the process is easy?

I see boko's taught you folks to have a bit of respect. Now people understand the task is not easy. It's amazing what a bit of ass whopping does to a military.

tdayof: .

Dude are you serious right now? Acrobatics? Really? "For the why"? Look at the SA police pictures. They are undertaking actual maneuvers. And you wanna post pictures of acrobatics. Really, dude? Really?

Dudes standing on top of a bike. Yeah? So?

Peeps expressing their views y'all.

http://news.yahoo.com/12-nigerian-soldiers-sentenced-death-mutiny-court-martial-030902617.html

In 1879 the Zulu army, probably the finest light infantry militia that ever took the field, caught a column of the professional British army on the march at Isandlwana, and crushed it. The Zulus had iron spears and cowhide shields, and the British had rifles that could fire 10-12 rounds per minute, plus cavalry and artillery.

In 2014, Nigeria's professional army stands by helpless as Boko Haram runs rampant in the northeast. The army has AK-pattern rifles, belt-fed machine guns, anti-armor weapons, mortars, APCs, and tanks, plus support from fast air, helicopters, and artillery.

Whatever equipment shortages the Nigerian army has, they are far and away not the biggest reason they have trouble with Boko Haram.

kwametut:
their elite are puppets of the west. FACT. They have inherited this sucking technique from their forefathers who sold other Africans during Atlantic slave trade. those who BRITISH discovered oil and gas still control it from LONDON,NY run things thru igwes and their political elite. To make masses happy and feel important they tell them "naaigayria is a gi-ant of Africa". Silly elite who dont even use public hospitals or schools. Note: their few elite shop and come to RSA for holidays or medication.... while their actors and musicians do the same.

Mama we!

chris365: Please don't mind me... Keep darting your brains out.. It's a free world after all

Have taken your comments into context. Namely the Abuja school context below. I get you my man. It's not you. It's your see-too-way-shun.

kwametut:
Die Vluit....I like u my homie, the flat heads are frustrated. Keep exposing their stinking bottom

"Kudos in pigeon engrish".

Lol! You know how I do

chris365: Yeah.. They're facts right? Thanks

Amazing facts. I'm proud of you! All Nigerians are. You sure told me. You're smart.

chris365: And when you get tired of posting music videos in a military argument, this is what you do... Excreting through your brain.. Kudos

Oh wow! You're so on point right now. Look at all those amazing facts in your post.

neighy: Nigeria intelligence travels Incognito to buy weapon illegaly? The fact is Nigeria n S.A bin avoidin EachOda buh WatcHinG EachOda... N datx cox of both countries #EGO... BUH AI dnt tink it az gotin to d point of WEAPON SMUGGLING

Dude,speak for Nigeria. Not SA. SA would not have helped set up your auto manufacturing industry if you were telling the truth. Your story makes no sense. A detainee from Abuja has implicated your intelligence. You're just speculating. There's weapons export controls in SA.

The Nigerians were trying to buy weapons in South Africa. But they were too shamed to come out in the open and say it. They tried to get in secretly. Now their $10 million has been confiscated because our intelligence seems to be one up against theirs.


"Omonije Gbenga2014/09/14 08:07:06 PM
I would be very surprised if these guys were buying weapons for BOKO HARAM. There is a high intensity WAR going on in North East Nigeria. Despite the pledge of assistance from the western Countries, the tide is only turning recently with the routing of the Terrorists in the battle of Kondunga last Friday. The government must win this war, and victory will only come with the best weapons, which we can purchase from Denel. so to stop the speculations; The $10 million is going to Denel for sure. SARS will release it once proper documentation is completed. It is the urgency of War that precipitated the wholesale unorthodox transaction of the multimillion dollars arms deal in cash. Nothing untoward here. Don't quote me!!"

$9.3m confiscated from Nigerians in South Africa
2014-09-14 16:39
Johannesburg - The South African Revenue Service confiscated $9.3m at Lanseria Airport, northwest of Johannesburg, from two Nigerians and an Israeli, it said on Sunday.
"The passengers' luggage was searched after customs officials detected irregularities in the luggage," spokesperson Adrian Lackay said.
"The money was detained as it was undisclosed/undeclared and above the prescribed legal limit for bringing cash into the country."
The incident happened on Friday.
He said the money was being kept safe by the SA Reserve Bank.
The matter has been handed over to the police and the national investigations unit would investigate.
National police spokesperson Solomon Makgale confirmed that the matter had been reported to the unit.
He said the money was seized and the matter handed over to the Hawks.
According to a local newspaper, the men were going to use the money to buy weapons.
The passengers were reportedly acting on behalf of the Nigerian intelligence service, but this could not be confirmed by Nigerian authorities.
The group also had documents confirming they were in South Africa to buy arms.
It was unclear whether the Israeli passenger was an intelligence operative or an arms dealer, according to the report.
The National Conventional Arms Control Committee, which approves permits for the import and export of weapons, was not aware of any applications made for such a transaction.
The committee reportedly confirmed that it was aware of the incident but did not want to comment further.

14: So let them show us what Nigerian government has built in 50yrs.

They built this rail to nowhere, as I sing "midnight train to Georgia".

Anyway. http://www.punchng.com/news/nigerians-who-work-in-chinese-indian-lebanese-companies-were-treated-like-slaves-but-were-afraid-of-losing-our-jobs/
We’re treated like slaves but we’re afraid of losing our jobs –Nigerians in Chinese, Indian companies

Ade Abbas (not real name) looked furtively around before he spoke. It was clear he was afraid. He was afraid like many other factory workers, who simply walked away when our correspondent approached them to inquire about working conditions in their places of work. They did not want to get fired.

The condition in the country has taught these youths to be thankful for their situation and count themselves fortunate to be employed, no matter how terrible the working condition in their places of work is.

Some of them told our correspondent that they were aware that their case was ‘voluntary slavery;’ but said they had become powerless as a result of the economic hardship in the country.

“I don’t want to lose my job please, I cannot lose this job. My wife is pregnant. The survival of my family and I depends on the N15,000 I earn here per month,” Abbas said.

He tried to explain the reason why he had to be vigilant as he met with our correspondent some distance away from one of the factories of Lifemate Furniture, where he works on Oregun Road, Lagos.

Lifemate is one of the numerous businesses run by Chinese nationals in the country.

For Abbas, work begins at 8am and ends at 5.30pm.

Abbas’s appearance was nothing close to what one could describe as good. His mien portrayed a man facing rough times.

“I finished secondary school but I had no means to further my education,” the 31-year-old man said.

His work involves lifting heavy materials as he has to carry chunks of marble and other materials used for the high-end products churned out from the company’s factory everyday.

Abbas said, “This job is slavery, there is no other way to describe it. In fact, the company only started paying N15,000 recently. Our salary was N12,000 before. But where else do I go if I leave this job? Even if I find another factory work somewhere else, it is not likely that it will pay better.

“We hear from many other factory workers around. Their bosses pay terrible wages as well. It is usually like that in Chinese factories,” he added.

Foreign investment or foreign slavery?

China is one of the biggest investors in Africa. In fact, recently, the outgoing Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, Deng Boqing, said the trade volume between Nigeria and China in 2013 was almost $13bn.

“We encourage the Chinese companies to do their business, especially establishing factories in Nigeria in order to increase job opportunities for Nigerians and industrialise products for Nigerians,” the envoy had said.

But stories abound how badly expatriate employers treat locals in the country.

Saturday PUNCH met Tade Babatunde, a 30-year-old former employee of Lifemate, who claimed he developed a recurrent chest pain as a result of lifting heavy materials while in the employ of the company. He was fired a few months ago.

He told Saturday PUNCH, “The first time I took permission to go for treatment since the company does not have a health insurance, N5,600 (about $36) was deducted from the N26,000 (about $167) I earned monthly. I was so shocked because I had thought my bosses would be considerate. I earned N26,000 because I had spent more than three years in the company.

“If you are ill, you are on your own. The second time I had to stay off work because of the chest pain, I got back to work and was fired. I was a healthy person before I got the employment. There are no lifting tools available to us. I developed health challenges after continuous lifting of heavy materials in the factory.”

Babatunde said that out of his N26,000 salary, N6,000 was spent on transport from his home to work and from work back home since he had to work Monday through Saturday. Only his Sunday was free.

“I live in Ijaiye and spent at least N200 on transport every day while I was working with Lifemate. I had to do a lot of trekking daily just to reduce the cost of transport,” he said.

A visit to the showroom of the furniture company reveals a repertoire of expensive high-end furniture and marble-topped kitchen cabinets.

Babatunde was bitter. He said the fact that he was paid far less than the heavy work he did should have made his foreign employers to be considerate when he complained of ill health.

In another part of Lagos, and in yet another high-end furniture factory, Alibert Products Nigeria Limited, employees work for pay they can barely survive on.

During a visit to the factory, one of the employees who volunteered to speak with our correspondent blatantly refused to give his name for fear of being sacked for whatever he had to say. He explained that no matter how small the wages the foreigners who employed them paid, they could never protest.

“I had been coming here for at least two years in search of work before I was offered work in December 2013. I am paid N15,000 per month. Of course, it is not enough but where is the job in this country? Don’t you know things are hard in Nigeria?

“Nobody here complains about the little wage we are paid because we are all afraid of losing our job. I cannot afford to lose this job because it took me a long time before I could get in. In fact, if not for a friend who helped me, I would still be coming here every morning with the hope that someday, I would get a job in the factory.”

This young man is a polytechnic graduate who learnt furniture making after school.

Having qualified as a furniture maker, our correspondent suggested that he should have set up his own workshop. But he said there was no fund to set up as he even had to scrounge for money to put himself through school.

He said, “After I left school and there was no job, I had to go and learn furniture making. When I finished that too, there was no money to set up. I thought the best thing was to look for work in a factory like this. So you can see, anybody who complains that the money we are paid is too small is just stupid.

“Last month, my friend left this job. He said the money was too small for him. He was the one feeding me before I got the job. Now, I am the one feeding him.”

The case of the young man mirrors the plight of many young Nigerians who seek jobs in factories run by expatriates in different parts of the country.

He felt he was one of the lucky ones even though he admitted that out of his N15,000 salary, he spent between N6,000 and N7,000 on transport every month.

“I spend at least N150 every day on transport because I live in Egbeda,” he said.

N93 per hour work

Between 7am and 12pm of any week day, at least 60 youths, both male and female, besiege the entrance of Solpia Nigeria Limited, a company that manufactures artificial hair on Iju Road, Agege, Lagos.

The young men and women appear to be relentless because they are there everyday and remain at the gate of the Chinese company for hours before dispersing in twos and threes late in the evening.

One of the young men, Ayotunde Akinyo, who has become a regular “customer” among those who visit the company every morning, explained the reason why he had been parading the place with the hope of getting employed in the last six months.

“Sometimes, the Chinese owners employ 50 people at a go out of the crowd of job seekers standing outside. Sometimes, they take just five. Before now, I used to come here irregularly, but it seemed that they usually employed on those days that I did not come. That is why I have been coming here regularly for the past six months,” he said.

Akinyo said he was 27 years old and had a Higher Diploma in Mechanical Engineering.

When he was asked by our correspondent whether he was aware of how much he could be paid if he was lucky to get employed, he said he knew.

The young polytechnic graduate said he knew that he would be paid N15,000, which translates to about N93 per hour for eight hours in five days a week. A worker had earlier hinted that the salary of a fresher in the company used to be N20,000 until it was recently slashed to N15,000.

“What other choice have I got? I did not just graduate and decided to come here. I had searched for jobs and was tired before I decided to come here,” Akinyo explained.

Akinyo found no reason to be ashamed as he was aware that there were many other graduates like him in the crowd.

Brutality, abuse by expatriates

The Nigerian government consistently speaks about the innumerable advantages of foreign investment in the country. But if the stories of many workers in the foreign companies and factories, narrated to Saturday PUNCH are anything to go by, it seems many of the foreign investors and expatriates come into the country armed with horsewhips.

In December 2013, a national outcry necessitated an intervention of President Goodluck Jonathan in a case of the assault of 34-year-old Mrs. Alexandra Ossai, who was brutalised by her Lebanese employer, Kaveh Noine, after which she lost her pregnancy.

Last week, which was barely a month after Ossai’s case broke, The PUNCH reported the case of 40-year-old Adeleke Owolabi, who was allegedly assaulted by his Chinese boss, Mike Jackson, and his (Jackson’s) cousin. One kicked him in the private part, the other smashed a bottle on his head.

Many of this kind of incidents go unreported as our correspondent would soon learn. Workers in some factories run by foreign firms in Lagos told our correspondent that most times, the victims would rather endure the abuse than lodge a complaint with the appropriate authorities and risk losing their jobs.

And sometimes, the abuse is verbal in nature. A case in point is Nigerdock Nigeria Plc, an oil and gas construction company run by expatriates in Apapa, Lagos.

Nigerian workers in the company, who would rather remain anonymous, told Saturday PUNCH about how their expatriate bosses assault them verbally with racial slurs.

“Our expatriate bosses feel that we are slaves and treat us exactly that way. Some of them unleash verbal abuses and unnecessary sanction against us just to keep us subdued,” one of the workers told Saturday PUNCH.

When asked to name the expatriates who treat them that way, he promptly mentioned Chris Clark (Briton) and Nichola Marriott (Briton).

“If you see the way Clark treats us, you will realise that it is just a matter of time before he starts to whip us,” he said.

The issue of verbal abuse has been a bone of contention in Nigerdock for a while. But there has not been any intervention from the government on this issue.

In 2011, our correspondent reported how some expatriates in the company routinely called the Nigerian workers ‘black monkeys,’ a case that degenerated into a protest and the sack of many Nigerians in the company. Marriott was named as one of the expatriates responsible for the verbal abuse at the time.

Findings showed that the foreigners who were mostly guilty of abuse and maltreatment of their local workers are Indians, Chinese and Lebanese.

Systematic expulsion from neighbourhoods

The grouse some Nigerians have against some of the numerous expatriates in the country does not stop at workplace abuse. Some said, “A systematic expulsion” of Nigerians in some Lagos neighbourhoods is taking place. Ilupeju is a typical example.

Princewill Okeagwu is one of such individuals who have experienced this.

He said, “I lived in Ilupeju for at least three years before I got married. A few months after I got married, I got a notice to quit my apartment for renovation. It was fine by me.

“I got another apartment after some time but I later learnt that the landlord sent me away because a Lebanese offered to pay almost double what I paid as rent. I was paying a yearly rent of N500,000 but I heard the Lebanese offered to pay N900,000 per annum and he paid three years upfront.

“I thought it was ridiculous but my friends later told me that is what is happening all over Ilupeju now. The expatriates, especially Lebanese, are using money to shut Nigerians out of the neighbourhoods. You want to pay N400,000 for rent and a foreigner offers to pay N800,000, who do you think your landlord would listen to?”

A Nigerian who currently lives in Ilupeju as a tenant confirmed to our correspondent that the area was fast becoming foreigners’ exclusive territory.

“It happens. That is what capitalism is all about. Landlords too want to make profit. Some of these expatriates just come here to enslave Nigerians and chase us out of the neighbourhoods,” the man, who identified himself as Peter, said.

Reaction of expatriates

Our correspondent contacted the companies cited in this publication but some of them were evasive.

A Chinese national at Lifemate Furniture initially said he was in a position to answer our correspondent’s enquiries when he requested to see the manager. But when he realised it concerned the welfare of workers, he recanted and said his manager would be the one to respond. Asked when one could get the manager, he said, “I cannot say, but he will call you himself.”

As at the time of filing this report, he had not called back.

The Human Resources Manager of Nigerdock, Mr. Segun Ashamu (a Nigerian), said he was not aware of any allegations of verbal abuse in the company.

“The expatriates against whom the allegations were made the last time were repatriated. Nobody has reported any case to me lately. We take such allegations seriously. But I will look into the matter,” he said.

Later on Thursday, Ashamu said he had discussed with his boss and that the company could not commence investigation into the allegations of the workers unless their identities were revealed.

“The company takes employees’ welfare and security very seriously,” he said.

When our correspondent visited Alibert Furniture, an official said he would prefer if the Managing Director, Chief Maged Taan, responded to the questions himself.

When Saturday PUNCH called Taan, he seemed to be outside the country.

“I am in Ivory Coast at the moment, can you please call me back on Thursday?” the Lebanese said when our correspondent spoke with him on the phone.

His number was not reachable when our correspondent called back on Thursday.

Government and the workers are to blame – Labour

The government has abandoned its regulatory responsibility as it concerns the operations of foreign companies in the country, a labour leader, Abiodun Aremu, told Saturday PUNCH.

He said the problems that brought about the “enslavement” of Nigerians were multi-faceted.

Aremu, Secretary of the Joint Action Front, a union that has always fought against casualisation of workers in the country, said, “The major deficiency in addressing this issue has to do with the responsibility of the government. The government is the regulatory body in industrial relations. The position of the law is that every worker has a right to belong to a union. And it is only through a union that one can undertake a collective bargaining process, which allows you to discuss wages and the conditions of work.

“More often than not, government does not address issues relating to the workplace condition of workers. There ought to be factory inspection monitors from the Ministry of Labour but the government is not doing anything like that. That is why the responsibility rests squarely on the shoulders of the government.

“Casualisation or contract employment is what allows slave labour and gives the employers the opportunity to undermine the rights of the workers.”

According to Aremu, workers themselves fail to report the terrible working conditions in many of these factories so that appropriate actions can be taken.

“Whatever is happening in those factories is a reflection of our irresponsibility as a people to determine what we want and how our country should be run. Workers themselves need to be forthcoming so that their rights can be protected. Only information from them can allow us to engage their employers. If you engage one employer, it would send signals to the rest,” he said.

agaugust: Nigerians in America earn more than American whites, many NOT few, many Nigerians work as doctors, nurses, accountants, engineers, bankers, etc and we earn between $5,000 to $30,000 a months while many white Americans earn below $3,000 a month and cannot afford comprehensive health care insurance.

The few, and very very few and rare isolated cases of Foreigners abusing Nigerian staff is criminal act that happens all over the world, Europeans Abuse Americans that they employ in America.

Apart from the 3 weblinks of abuse you quoted, how many others do you have? There are millions of Nigerians working for foreign owned businesses including German giant Julius Berger, how many cases of abuse of Nigerians do you ever hear among millions of workers?

Those foreigners get arrested by police and will be charged to court. No foreigner can abuse a Nigerian in Nigerian and go free, if the police don't get him, local militants and vigilante like OPC and Egbesu will k.ill him !

FACT remains that the 5 million South African whites earn 6 times more than the 40 million black subordinates in your economy, that is NOT an isolated case, that is a million times occurrence and that is the way of life in South Africa which will never change, you Soweto mofos are doooomed !

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And South Africans in Nigeria earn more than Nigerians. To use your thinking. Expats earn more than Nigerians in Nigeria. Askies. Nigerians abuse each other everyday and go free. Where are the girls?

ZDee: Jeez.. I see agububuru is still as dumb as ever,

chief mumu, is SA unlike mumustan (naai-geria) people doing the same job earn the same salary there's no discrimination based on background. A black accounted, engineer etc. earns the same as their white counterpart.

The cause of the earning discrepancy (which isn't 6times) is not discrimination but factors like mean age (older people earn more than younger people, and the mean age of white people is 40years compared to 20years for black people ) urbanisation (people in urban areas earn more than those in rural areas, and whites are more urbanized than black people) and other factors which have nothing to do with racial discrimination.

Ofcos when we look at mumustan, that's where one sees the real slavery.

foreigners in Nigeria earning more than locals for doing the same jobs even though Nigerian workers are more qualified.

Discrimination Against Nigerians In Nigeria
www.nairaland.com/77338/discrimination-against-nigerians-nigeria

How Germans Abuse Nigerian Workers, On Nigerian Soil
www.nairaland.com/695042/how-germans-abuse-nigerian-workers


We’re treated like slaves but we’re afraid of losing our
jobs –Nigerians in Chinese, Indian companies

http://www.punchng.com/news/nigerians-who-work-in-chinese-indian-lebanese-companies-were-treated-like-slaves-but-were-afraid-of-losing-our-jobs/



Chinese Expats Treat Nigerian Employees As Punching Bags

A Nigerian policeman holds an umbrella over a Chinese expat

www.nairaland.com/attachments/552194_China_in_Afrika_0_jpgb957255b2a72a3f626390c5718c2205d

Maaji Meriga
By SaharaReporters, New York
The Chinese kick Nigerian workers on the testicles when they are not submissive.

If you are a Nigerian working for the Chinese, you are at risk of losing your private parts, says Maaji Meriga, after he practically lost the use of his manhood while working to construct railway tracks in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, for the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC), a major overseas interest of the Chinese government.



http://saharareporters.com/report/chinese-expats-treat-nigerian-employees-punching-bags

poor naai-gerian slave got his azz whipped by his chinco master
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agububuru He's still at it No improvement. Is he the one whose balls the Chinese kicked? He sure seems like the type to get his balls kicked.

MikeZA: Oh boy. There's no coming back from this one.

The result of big boy mentality with nothing to back it up.

ChukwuCantDie: Here in Nigeria, we make our own food, we don't rely on racist whites that stole African land and sit down in a big house all day while the native Africans burn in under the sun all day for a slave salary with no complaints. We are the Pride of Africa.

Sure you are. Look at all that meat you are producing. You should be proud. Source = world economic forum.

Woolies and Soweto Gospel Choir: Madiba Tribute


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHHjP7XrBq0#t=74