The vultures are out in South Africa. Members of the ruling party, African National Congress, and the opposition, Democratic Alliance, are staging photo ops to bask in the image of the ailing, fading 94-year old Nelson Mandela, life-long activist for equal treatment of all South Africans, 27-year prisoner for his opposition to apartheid, and first black president of South Africa. Amidst all this members of his family squabble publicly over the executor of the trust set up to handle his estate when he dies. This is shameful in the extreme. To be used as a political prop and have your family fighting over your estate is a sad way to end a life of struggle and victory.
This downloaded picture of Mr. Mandela is from a happier time when he was enjoying his later life in his beloved South Africa.
I took this picture in 2003 of Mr. Mandela's former cell in the Robbin Island prison where he was held for almost three decades.
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