Submitted by Sandisile
“During my lifetime I have dedicated myself to this struggle of the African people. I have fought against White domination, and I have fought against Black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal, which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die.”
– Nelson Mandela, Rivonia Trial, 1964
“The struggle must go on – the struggle to make the opportunity for the building to begin. The struggle will go on. I speak humbly and without levity when I say that, God giving me strength and courage enough, I shall die, if need be, for this cause. But I do not want to die until I have seen the building begun. Mayibuye iAfrika! Come, Africa, come!”
– Albert Luthuli, Let My People Go, 1962
Is the present generation of South Africans too self absorbed and concerned with instant gratification to continue the legacy of those who secured the country?
Is there anything worth dying for in South Africa?
Have the efforts of those who fought for freedom been wasted by the youth?
