'SA today insults Madiba'

MANDELA DAY: 1’S A VIOLATION OF HIS VALUES, LEADERSHIP STALWART

- Brian Sokutu

GNU is an opportunity to reclaim the values he left us with, says Cas Coovadia.

As South Africa today marks Nelson Mandela International Day, in tribute to the legрадалам-рном до хот statesman Nelson Mandela, antiapartheid struggle stalwarts are expressing concern that the current crop of ANC leaders have abandoned his teachings of selflessness and put personal interests above those of the people.

As this year's event is being celebrated under the theme: "It's still in our hands to combat poverty and inequity", Nelson Mandela International Day offers everyone an opportunity to heed the call to action and to recognise their individual power to change the world around them.

Amid the excitement, antiapartheid stalwarts Cas Coovadia, Neeshan Balton and Mavuso Msimang expressed unhappiness about how the current ANC leadership has deviated from the Madiba philosophy.

Most scathing was Coovadia, who described 30 years of democracy as marking "the violation of the values and leadership of Madiba".