AT A TIME IN JULY 2019 WHEN SOUTH AFRICANS AND THE WORLD AT LARGE ARE COMMEMORATING AND OBSERVING THE LIFE OF OUR FREEDOM ICON, NELSON MANDELA, IT IS APPROPRIATE TO RECALL HIS COMMITMENT TO THE CREATION OF A NON-RACIAL, DEMOCRATIC AND UNITED SOUTH AFRICA FOR ALL THE CITIZENS OF THE COUNTRY. AS A CORRESPONDENT WHO COVERED THE COUNTRY'S FIRST DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENT SINCE HIS RELEASE IN FEBRUARY 1990, I WOULD LIKE TO PUBLISH THIS DOCUMENTARY I PRODUCED WHEN NELSON MANDELA TURNED 90 YEARS. IN THIS FEATURE, I HAVE REPRODUCED MANDELA'S CALLS FOR ALL SOUTH AFRICANS TO SHUN RACISM AND TO WORK TOGETHER TO PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF ALL PEOPLE WITHOUT ANY REFERENCE TO RACE AND COLOUR. MR MANDELA'S THOUGHTS AND VIEWS ARE RELEVANT TODAY IN 2019 AT A TIME WHEN SOME POLITICIANS ARE PROMOTING RACIALISM AND HATRED. I SINCERELY HOPE THIS DOCUMENTARY WILL BE AN EDUCATION FOR THOSE WHO ARE PROMOTING RACISM AND HATRED.
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