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document.write("<h5>A New Madiba</h5>");
document.write("I had the privilege to work with the   younger Mandela. While he may a a fine person, he does not have the same charisma of his grandfather. I do not see him stepping into Madiba's shoes.. Jaco");
document.write("<h5>He mustn't even try to be \"Madiba\".....he must be himself</h5>");
document.write("I just hope he does not try to fool himself....He cannot be His Grandpa even if he can cry or try the whole night and day. Mandla just be yourself my boy, do not even imitate him, concentrate on your projects, you will rise as GOD has planned for you NOT BECAUSE YOU IMITATE \"MADIBA\"....Just tell yourself and others that you are Mandla not Mandela, you will see, you will rise like an Eagle. Do not even try to live on Tata Mandela's shadow or even try his shoes they will be big for you. Nomathemba");
document.write("<h5>abused his wife?</h5>");
document.write("He did what to his wife? Some morals he has.. excuse me");
document.write("<h5>Damelin 1994</h5>");
document.write("I was in Matric with him... arrogant then. Also had a huge fight in the Canteen. Can't shake the image I have of him from school. Does a leopard change it's spots?. SDJ");
document.write("<h5>nepotism</h5>");
document.write("Who this man's grandfather is should not help him in the least. Societal nepotism should be avoided at all cost.  Unfortunately the tribal patronage system works in favour of this.  We should avoid the political dynasties like the Bushes and those reighning in chahotic places like Pakistan at all cost. It works against merit and fairness in favour of elitism, clasism, cronyism and despotism. . Piet");
document.write("<h5>Ridiculous #2</h5>");
document.write("New Madiba?! ag please man....he's going to ride his grandad's reputation untill the end of time...<br /><br />. Braam");
document.write("<h5>The majority will decide</h5>");
document.write("Such a shame that Rebekah Kendal takes such a presumptuous stance when she writes: \"What is, for some, a little surprising is Mandla's support for Jacob Zuma. Why would a leader from the heartland of Thabo Mbeki territory, the grandson of a man beyond moral reproach, back such an obviously flawed leader? And a Zulu at that.\"  Encapsulated in this lies a terrible prejudice against a very prominent and highly respected leader of South Africa.  It also points to an established prevalence in the white-owned media of an unwillingness to embrace African politics. Patronizing Mandela like this is not only a inexcusable insult, but a certain suggestion of underlying racism.. Evan");
document.write("<h5>slow learner</h5>");
document.write("A privelged background, educated at Rhodes, and yet supports a hypocritical liar who stands not for democracy but for tribalism and nepotism. He clearly hasn't learnt very much so far and has a lot to learn from Nelson. If this is the cream of the crop imagine what the bottom of the barrel is like.. chris");
document.write("<h5>well put, evan</h5>");
document.write("i think you hit the nail on the head with your comment. <br /><br />as for the rest of the comments, you dont have to look far to see white racism, do you? we whitey's have SO far to go to get past our collective prejudices. every other comment drips with stereotypical white racism. obviously nothing new for iafrica.com - seems to attract that type of reader.... sean");
document.write("<h5>To Evan & Sean: </h5>");
document.write("Salute to you both....It is such a breath of fresh air when others can see past some of the racist comments that get posted on iafrica, and for those white people who take refuge, insult, belittle and undermine all that there is in the comfort of these forums, instead of being active participants in shaping this country for the better!. Khotso");
document.write("<h5>Who Cares If he's Madiba's Grandson</h5>");
document.write("Should be judged for his own stand points and actions, not based on family connections.<br /><br />As to all the racist stuff, grow up. Zuma is a populist leader, it is in fact surprising to see Mandla supporting him. <br /><br />If you believe Zuma is not a flawed leader, then your standards for leaders are very low indeed.. Mickey Mouse");
document.write("<h5>racist view? NOT!</h5>");
document.write("Evan, Chris and Khotso get over yourselves. people who support JZ are blind, so do not call those who can see through his evil greed racists. I have a life partner who is of a darker shade than me, so you have no ####ing foot to stand on in calling us racist whites. I am horrified that the young Mandela is a supporter of JZ, shame on you!!. down but not out YET");
document.write("<h5>He looks more like Winnie to me</h5>");
document.write(". Godot");
document.write("<h5>Deal with corruption & Crime - our government!</h5>");
document.write("In  South africa  before you can get any  govenment  contract  you  have  to have  a Black  \"educated or not\" in your   your  senior  Management  team.<br /><br /><br />Three contractors - one from Soweto , another from Pretoria ,<br />and the third from Benoni - are bidding to fix a broken fence at<br />the Union Buildings in Pretoria .<br /><br />They go with a Union Buildings official to examine the fence.<br /><br />The Pretoria contractor takes out a tape measure, does some<br />measuring, and then works some figures with a pencil.<br />'Well,' he says, 'I figure the job will run about R900.<br /><br />R400 for materials, R400 for my crew, and R100 profit for me.'<br /><br />The Benoni contractor also does some measuring and figuring,<br />then says, 'I can do this job for R700: R300 for materials,<br />R300 for my crew, and R100 profit for me.'<br /><br />The Soweto contractor doesn't measure or figure, but leans<br />over to the Union Buildings brother and whispers, 'R2,700.'<br /><br />The official, incredulous, says, 'You didn't even measure like<br />the other guys! How did you come up with such a high figure?'<br /><br />The Soweto contractor whispers back, 'R1000 for me, R1000 for<br />you, and we hire the guy from Benoni to fix the fence.'<br /><br />'Done!' replies the government official.<br /><br /><br />And that, folks, is how it all works in S.A. these days!<br /><br />. Fact");
document.write("<h5>Who cares who he is.</h5>");
document.write("But lets pray that he or anyone else could be touched with Madiba's honestly and compassion and change the direction that SA is traveling at the moment.<br />We need clean politics.. Wallyumbibo");
document.write("<h5>He looks like a baboon to me</h5>");
document.write("Vote ANC. ");
document.write("<h5>wisdom will tell</h5>");
document.write("Madiba was a wise old man when he was released from prison... he had 27 years and much counselling from various spiritual leaders to help him figure out the right way to behave on his release. No credit taken from Madiba - he's a great man - but a somewhat different man to when he was first arrested for his involvement in a conspiracy to blow up the houses of parliment. If Mandla can adopt Madiba's wisdom, there will be hope, but if not... well. craig");
document.write("<h5>Nelson Mandela</h5>");
document.write("It would nice to think he could be anything like his Grandfather.   They are hard shoes to fill.   He unfortunately left a legacy that is also hard to follow a pity he could not have lead us for longer.<br />Margaret. Margaret Swift");
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