What's your legacy?

South Africans and our friends around the globe celebrate the birthday of Mr Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (aka MADIBA), a Statesman, our National Treasure, a global icon and a gentleman extraordinaire. His is a living legacy, a beacon of hope, past and present and most importantly, proof sufficient that triumph in adversity is the sweetest of them all.

Today's politicians would do well to lead, follow or get out of the way. 






It always seems impossible until it's done - Nelson Mandela

Happy Birthday Tata (Father) Madiba

Happy birthday Tata Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela. You've made us proud.

Appropriately, even for a short while, we remember our humanity and realign our perspective and priority. It's a legacy or gift, if you like, that Madiba gives us still.

On a different tack, irresponsible political leadership negates the benefits of personal 'long-term' financial engineering. No amount of fancy footwork will help you one iota. Giving up 67 minutes of your time painting a hospital ward or donating 67 minute's worth of income from your business to a charity, although commendable obviously, has a questionable long-term affect. Perhaps we should rather spend the time in quiet contemplation and make a structural difference. Anything less is merely cosmetic or worse still, self-congratulatory.