Die uitlating van Alfred Milner na die beëindiging van die Anglo-Boereoorlog, nl. “The South African struggle continues.   It is no longer war with bullets, but it is war still”, is die sekerste gedokumenteerde verklaring van voorneme, wat steeds kulmineer in die optrede van die Britte soos wat in die berig hieronder duidelik na vore kom.

Instede daarvan om verskoning aan die Afrikanervolk aan te bied soos wat herhaaldelik skriftelik van hulle versoek is in die lig van verskonings wat die Engelse regering aan ander volke aangebied het vir hulle vergrype in die verlede, word eer betoon aan terroriste wat deur hulle aangewend was om nie net die Afrikanervolk van sy besittings en politieke mag oor Suid Afrika te verloor nie, maar wat ook die wreedaardigste dood van honderduisende mense in Suid Afrika veroorsaak het!

Tribute paid to Nelson Mandela in London

2014-03-03 22:15

London - Two of Nelson Mandela's daughters joined Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, British Prime Minister David Cameron and Prince Harry on Monday at a memorial service for former president Nelson Mandela in London.

Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe was also among about 2 000 guests invited to Westminster Abbey to celebrate the life and work of Mandela, who died in December aged 95.

In an address to the congregation, Tutu praised the anti-apartheid movement in Britain, including those who had picketed the South African embassy and helped boycott South African sport in the 1970s, such as former minister Peter Hain.

"Thank you, you who regularly picketed South Africa House, thank you elegant ladies who boycotted South African goods, thank you to all those who followed the long-haired Peter Hain to stop South African sports, thank you all those incredible young people in other parts of the world," Tutu said.

The former archbishop added: "What would have happened had Mandela died in prison as was the intention and hope of the upholders of apartheid?

"I suppose most would have regarded him as no better than a terrorist - after all, persons in high positions in Britain and the US did dismiss him as such."

Prince Harry attended as a representative of his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, while other guests included Mandela's two daughters by his second wife Winnie, Zenani and Zindziswa, and actor Idris Elba, who played Mandela in a film last year.

Hain, whose parents fled apartheid to Britain and who later served as a minister under former prime minister Tony Blair, told guests of his "great privilege" of having known Mandela.

A permanent memorial stone for Mandela will be installed at the abbey later this year, putting him in the company of Winston Churchill, Shakespeare, Martin Luther King and Oscar Wilde.

The dean of Westminster, John Hall, said: "His remarkable constancy under suffering stands as an example to everyone.

"In addition, his capacity for forgiveness and his generosity of spirit show what humanity at its best can achieve."

London's statue of Mandela, unveiled in 2007 in his presence, stands across from the abbey in Parliament Square.

Family in 2nd phase of mourning for Mandela

2014-03-24 08:05

Nelson Mandela’s wife, Graca Machel, and his ex-wife, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela grieve for him.

Johannesburg - The Mandela family observed a second phase of mourning for former president Nelson Mandela in Qunu, Eastern Cape, at the weekend, the Sowetan reported on Monday.

"We are pleased that everything went well. Things were done properly... The ceremony was peaceful," royal house spokesperson Daludumo Mitrara was quoted as saying.

He said the mourning ritual was attended by the main family members and several others. This included Mandela's widow Graça Machel, his grandson Mandla Mandela, and ex-wife Winnie Madikizela-Mandela. "It would have been improper to have the ceremony if they were not there," said Mitrara.

The third phase of mourning would continue until June, when Machel concluded the entire mourning process, which had been reduced from one year to six months. Mandela died in December at his Houghton home at the age of 95.

- SAPA