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"Happy Birthday Madiba!" SOS CHILDREN'S VILLAGE MTHATHA
Madiba, Nelson Mandela, will celebrate his 90th birthday in the rural town of Qunu in the Eastern Cape. Qunu is about a 15 minute drive from the SOS Children's Village Mthatha. The youth and children from the village, pay tribute to this living legend
Tata Mandela
I wish you a very happy blessed birthday. May God be with you for
the next coming years, you are a star. I mean you are a role model to
every young black South African who wishes to make it one day in life.
You are the main man who one day gave his life in order to set your
people free from the struggle. You are a compassionate man. You made us
realise how important our cultures and beliefs are. We love you Tata
Nelson Rholihlahla Mandela. May God be with you.
From: Sonwabile (male, 18 years old)
Birthday artwork for Madiba from
Zola (male, 19), SOS Children's Village Mthatha
u Tata
Mr Nelson Rholihlahla Mandela
SO many things have been said
Thousands of praises have been given
Again compared to what you have done
Not even words can be enough to thank you
You have been an inspiration and helped so many lost souls
It must have been a long walk to freedom but
Now I think it is also a long walk to free time
Happy 90th Birthday Tata
Let God keep you longer to see your achievements
You bring joy, hope and laughter to many people
Live long Madiba, we still need to see you grow old
We still want to spoil you with changes for a brighter
future
Tata
An idea came into your mind so slender so light
An idea came fleetingly, fearfully came alight
It changed everyone's life and provided a brighter future for
all
For that I say long live Madiba
May this day bring you closer to God
Happy Birthday!
From: Nomaliviwe (female, 12 years old)
Birthday artwork from Sakhumzi
(male, 16), SOS Children's Village Mthatha
Mr Nelson Mandela
We get our inspiration from you
Mr Nelson Mandela
Where could we get our inspiration from
If you did not exist?
Thank you God for giving us
This wonderful person
Where could the black
Community be without you and
Other fellow politicians?
Without you we are lost
You must carry a pass but you did not, why?
I have the answer …
You did because you wanted a democratic
And sustaining South Africa
If I'm wrong it means I don't know my hero
We want to say thank you father
Of South Africa
We want to say thank you father
Of Africa, father of the world
It took you so many years to finish your
Odyssey of freedom
We as South African youth
Or may I say the future of South Africa
We are saying
Thank you Mr Nelson Mandela
Dankie Mnr Nelson Mandela
Leyaleyha Nelathu Nelson Mandela
Siyabulela Mhlekuzi u Nelson Mandela
Siyabonga Baba u Nelson Mandela
Mr Nelson Mandela
Enjoy your 90th birthday to the fullest
We love and need you in South Africa
May God bless you Mr Nelson Mandela
From: Athi (male, 17 years old)
Birthday artwork from Bheki (male,
12), SOS Children's Village Mthatha
Happy Birthday Madiba
I wish you a very enjoyable and delicate 90th birthday
with great enjoyment and pleasure because you are worth it.
Madiba you have the power of all in your body such as being a
loving father to charities, a leader, a hero and an inspiration to all
South Africans. Madiba, with your long path of life and experience you
have changed people's lives into living life positively like you do.
Nelson you show great love and come by not putting a blind eye to the
poor and oppressed but instead love them and support them, and that
truly is an inspiration to me. The 90th birthday you are
having Madiba shows that people who have good deeds are rewarded with a
long period of living life to the fullest. Madiba you are a true
inspiration and we would like to see you more.
Father Madiba there is nothing I would like to see more than your
happiness because you deserve better. Enjoy every day you get with
great happiness because we are not promised tomorrow.
From: Zola (male, 19 years old)
The Eastern Cape will buzz on Saturday as 500 close friends and
relatives, including dignitaries such as Swaziland's King Mswati II,
Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini, Xhosa King Mpendulo Sigcawu and Western
Pondoland's King Ndamase Ndamase, veteran ANC activists Ahmed Kathrada,
President Thabo Mbeki and ANC president Jacob Zuma, celebrate Madiba's
birthday traditionally.
Birthday artwork from Queen
(female, 17), SOS Children's Village Mthatha
Welcome aboard, SOS Rustenburg!