We pay tribute to Nelson Mandela with songs, personal stories and memorable moments:
"His legacy will live for a
long long time and be aspired to by many many people" - Geoff
Rothschild - Patron of the Nelson
Mandela Children's Hospital Trust, the Head of Government and International
Affairs at the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and its former chairman
"We felt him. We touched him" - Yvonne Chaka Chaka -
The Princess of Africa, musical icon
"Let the angels have their wings over his body and family and the
world and bring the world to a peaceful world"- Pops Mohamed -
Celebrated musical legend and iStart2 Ambassador
"Madiba is my father and my guide on so many things" - PJ
Powers - South African Musical icon
"I met him in Japan ... it was the first time I held his hand"
- Jonas Gwangwa - Oscar nominee, Emmy Award Winner for Cry Freedom and iStart2
Patron
"Mandela leaves a revolutionary legacy of a nonracial South Africa
which is able to reconcile with its past" - Solly Mapaila - Deputy
General Secretary of the South African Communist Party and former
Umkhonto weSizwe cadre.
"When he was going to be
released we bought two suits for him from the Council of Churches" -
Malindy Myeza - Community Leader
and iStart2 Patron
Hamba Kahle Madiba!
To listen to the show and tribute songs by Yvonne Chaka Chaka, Jonas Gwangwa and Brenda Fassie, just click play:
Thought for the Day
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Daylight
I must wait for the sunrise
I must think of a new life
And I musn't give in
When the dawn comes
Tonight will be a memory too
And a new day will begun
Beautiful words from a song, Memory, sung by Elaine Paige was one of the songs chosen by Geoff Rothschild to play on our show. (The other was Power of Africa by Yvonne Chaka Chaka)
When I left the studio after the show yesterday, it felt good to know that there are people out there who are giving their all to make South Africa a more sustainable country to live in. Geoff Rothschild is one of those people.
I was taken aback by the humbleness, the business acumen and the "human beingness" of this great man. Someone not scared to share his greatness with the world and the people of our nation. Thank you Geoff! Yesterday is a memory I will treasure and a new day will begun for the children of South Africa ...
Our guest, Geoff Rothschild, Patron of the Nelson Mandela Children's Hospital Trust, the Head of Government and International Affairs at the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and its former chairman, received the Education Africa Allegiance Award at the Education Africa Lifetime Achievement Awards in New York City last month. He is also a director at the Nepad Business Foundation and Council member of the National Advisory Council on Innovation.
We chatted to Geoff about the Award, sustainability, King III, the NDP, citizenship and his community work, on the iStart2 Show. We also asked him the BILLION "Dollar" question: "How does one raise R1 Billion?"
Nelson Mandela made the dreams of millions of people true - You can help by making Mr Mandela's dream of building a children's hospital true by contributing R20 to the Nelson Mandela Children's Hospital Trust. Just sms gift to 40301. To listen to a podcast of the show click play below.
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