Tomorrow, 18 July 2012 is the father of our nation and former preseidents 94th birthday. Now of course this calls for some sort of celebration aand the odd concert here and there. The Big 46664 concert is a big event and all. Plus its Mandela day where you do something good for 67 minutes to remember the 67 years Madiba offered up for this country.
So after becoming the SA's first black president and having this magical air about him that lead the Springboks to victory in the 1995 Rugby world cup, he retired and hoped to live a peaceful life in his old age. "Not a chance old man". That is pretty much what the media in this counrty must have thought. From being invited to all kinds of events to make speeches or just sit there. I mean its nice having the man who with the help of many others freed our country around. Having had the pleasure of meeting the man himself I kinda get why there is such a big hullabaloo about Madiba.
But come on now. On the eve of the mans birthday his Eastern Cape home of Qunu ( I know, I still struggle to pronounce it) was "besieged by media and family members had to be smuggled into the home. Mandela has been rather quite over the last few years not having said almost anything lately. Well granted that you don't really say much when you retire from retirement. Im sure if Madiba one had to get up and say something in reaction to everyone making a big fuss about him and everything else and if he falls into the grumpy old man stereotype he would get up and being a tall man tower over every one and let out a calm but assertive plea.
" Honestly, I like the fact that you got through all this trouble for me but LEAVE ME THE FUCK ALONE!!!!
