As the world celebrates the 90th birthday of Nelson Mandela, a time perhaps to reflect on the true meaning of peace..
The Madiba gave much of his adult life to the struggle for freedom, Justice and equality for Black South Africans in the era of Apartheid..
He also, crucially, initiated truth and reconciliation as a means of ensuring sustained and peaceful co-existence..
As we fondly remember his struggle therefore, we must also remember his perhaps less celebrated act of bringing together perpetrator and aggrieved with a view to achieving necessary catharsis and with this, the higher ground. This perhaps is the true meaning of peace..
The Madiba gave much of his adult life to the struggle for freedom, Justice and equality for Black South Africans in the era of Apartheid..
He also, crucially, initiated truth and reconciliation as a means of ensuring sustained and peaceful co-existence..
As we fondly remember his struggle therefore, we must also remember his perhaps less celebrated act of bringing together perpetrator and aggrieved with a view to achieving necessary catharsis and with this, the higher ground. This perhaps is the true meaning of peace..
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