Winnie speaks! --
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.
Nelson let us down. 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.
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.
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.
The people of Soweto are still with me. 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.
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.
Nelson let us down. 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.
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.
Look at this Truth and Reconciliation charade. He should never have
agreed to it. What good does the truth do? How does it help anyone toknow 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.
The people of Soweto are still with me. 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.
Sent from Nova Felder via casr google group.
PLEASE POST! Sis. Iman, SRDC
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She took no hostages,& accepted no quarter because she overstood that only WINNERS take all. My only regret is that she was not elected President..moving forward , but then again i overstand the reasons why
Sistah Winnie, whom i have had the pleasure of meeting and sharing with twice, both in her country as well as in Cuba has always been in my view the real revolutionary. She has stood up in the face of the most rabid racist GOV, and used thier own actions to claim freedom for herself and her people..as well as her former husband.
One thing which i love more than anything. is the fact that she held her head up when Nelson disrespected her by choosing to allow Israel , the US and the colonizing SA GOV to assassinate her character and reputation, and all that she had suffered and struggled to achieve for her country while Nelson, laid in the belly of the beast.
Where i respect what Nelson did in his early days..What Winnoe did for her people her country and her man..far outshines those 27 yrs at Robben island..
MilagrosGVillamil
90milesfromMiami
As I share with you, The Wise Learn From Mistakes But The Fool Keep On Making Them.
The Struggle must continue in South Afrika and throughout Afrika until Afrika become for the Afrikans, as so stated by the Honorable Marcus Garvey.
What Queen Goddess Winnie must come to realize is that she must focus on establishing a Pan- Afrikan Relationship with her long lost Kit and Kin in North America and she must join the Garvey Black Nationalist Revolutionary in Demanding our Enslaved Ancestors Reparation, with her voice being the voice of the Children of the Middle Passage, the gate to Afrika Freedom will begin to open.
So if this Missive get to Mother Winnie, let it resonate in her Mind to the extent that she will be able to see the wisdom in that which I state, knowing that there is much more that is not to be said on this wide world web.
Be kind To Your Self, Beloved
Hoteph
Osiris
Chief Elder