Nelson Mandela iqhawe kwezikhathi zethu, sithandwa futhi ebatshazwa kakhulu kuwo wonke umhlaba ngokuzinikela kwakhe wokulwa nobandlululo eNingizimu Afrika, futhi ubulungisa nokuthula kulo lonke izwe weqiniso . Le ncwadi isitshela indaba yokuphila kwakhe, kusukela izinsuku zakhe ngokunganaki njengoba indawo umfana abajwayelekile, ekuholeni kwakhe begxilile we - ANC, ukuba izithunjwa iminyaka eminingi ejele futhi inkululeko kwakhe kamuva futhi ukuphakama okungaphezu kokuvamile ukuba nguMengameli waseNingizimu Afrika. Ezifingqiwe ngumbhali akukhuthazwa Chris van Wyk kanye ukufanise kuhle Paddy Bouma, lokhu kuyinto incwadi ebaluleke uletha umuntu ugqozi ekuphileni isizukulwane abasebasha.