From Fred Hiltz:

Today the world mourns the passing of one of the greatest men of our times.  Nelson Mandela’s life is the story of the prisoner who became the president of his beloved country.  He is the icon of South African’s long road to freedom from apartheid.  He is “the father of our nation”, writes Desmond Tutu, “the pride of our people.”

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Mandela is destined to be remembered in the calendar of holy men and women through the ages.   To give ourselves to the work of “transforming unjust structures of society, to challenge violence of every kind, and to pursue peace and reconciliation among all people,” (the Fourth Mark of Mission) will be to truly honour his life and his labours.

During the 1950s, Mandela was appointed commander in chief of the ANC’s armed wing, Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) – Spear of the Nation. This organisation was responsible for blowing apart men, woman and children in places like shopping centres, cinemas and government buildings. Torture and executions were routine at ANC detention camps, a favourite of Mandela’s wife, Winnie, being to put a gasoline filled tire around someone’s neck and set fire to it.

It’s all part of “transforming unjust structures of society”.