I've been waiting for years for someone amongst the leadership to say this; Mandela was not alone though, it's was a collective decision.
On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 9:41 AM, Sithembewena tsembeyi <[email protected]>wrote: > Winnie says Mandela let us down 09 March 2010 > > ------------------------------ > > > Winnie Madikizela-Mandela > Mandela is now a corporate foundation > Mandela did go to prison and he went in there as a burning young > revolutionary. But look what came out > Maybe we have to go back to the drawing board and see where it all went > > Struggle stalwart Winnie Madikizela-Mandela bitterly lashed out at Nelson > Mandela in an interview published in the London Evening Standard this week. > > She said South Africa’s first democratically elected president, who is > also her ex-husband, had become a "corporate foundation" who was being > "wheeled out to collect the money". > > Madikizela-Mandela also called Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu a "cretin", > in the interview with Nadira Naipaul, who visited her with her husband, the > writer VS Naipaul, in Soweto. > > "Mandela let us down," said Madikizela-Mandela. > > "He agreed to a bad deal for the blacks. Economically, we are still on the > outside. > > "The economy is very much ’white’. It has a few token blacks, but so many > who gave their life in the struggle have died > > unrewarded," said Madikizela-Mandela, in the interview published on > www.standard.co.uk. > > She said Mandela had no control over the ANC anymore and was just being > used by the Nelson Mandela Foundation to get funds. > > "Look what they make him do. The great Mandela. He has no control or say > any more. They put that huge statue of him right in the middle of the most > affluent ’white’ area of Johannesburg. Not here where we spilled our blood > and where it all started. > > "Mandela is now a corporate foundation. He is wheeled out globally to > collect the money and he is content doing that. The ANC have effectively > sidelined him but they keep him as a figurehead for the sake of appearance." > > Madikizela-Mandela said Mandela was not the only leader who suffered. > > "This name Mandela is an albatross around the necks of my family. You all > must realise that Mandela was not the only man who suffered. There were many > others, hundreds who languished in prison and died. > > "Many unsung and unknown heroes of the struggle, and there were others in > the leadership too, like poor Steve Biko, who died of the beatings, horribly > all alone. > > "Mandela did go to prison and he went in there as a burning young > revolutionary. But look what came out." > > Madikizela-Mandela criticised him for accepting the Nobel Peace Prize with > the apartheid government’s last president, FW de Klerk. > > "I cannot forgive him for going to receive the Nobel [Peace Prize in 1993] > with his jailer [FW] de Klerk. Hand in hand they > > went. > > "Do you think De Klerk released him from the goodness of his heart? He had > to. The times dictated it, the world had changed, and our struggle was not a > flash in the pan, it was bloody to say the least and we had given rivers of > blood. > > "I had kept it alive with every means at my disposal." > > She also lashed out at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission process, > criticising Tutu, its chairman. > > "Look at this Truth and Reconciliation charade. He [Mandela] should never > have agreed to it. > > "What good does the truth do? How does it help anyone to know where and how > their loved ones were killed or buried? That Bishop Tutu who turned it all > into a religious circus came here. > > "He had the cheek to tell me to appear. I told him a few home truths. I > told him that he and his other like-minded cretins were only sitting here > because of our struggle and me. Because of the things I and people like me > had done to get freedom." > > Looking back, she said the movement’s actions were badly planned. > > "You know, sometimes I think we had not thought it all out. There was no > planning from our side. How could we? We were badly educated and the > leadership does not acknowledge that. Maybe we have to go back to the > drawing board and see where it all went wrong." - Sapa > > -- > You are subscribed. This footer can help you. > Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to > this message. > You can visit the group WEB SITE at > http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery > options, pages, files and membership. > To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected]. > You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to > put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to > this address (repeat): [email protected] . > -- You are subscribed. 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