Other Speeches : Speech by President Nelson Mandela at the Chief Albert Luthuli Centenary CelebrationEDUCATION American SpeechesSPEECH BY PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELAAT THE CHIEF ALBERT LUTHULIKwaDukuza, 25 April 1998His Majesty the King, The Mayor of KwaDukuza, Mr Siyanda Mhlongo, My brother, uMntwana wakaPhindangene, Inkosi uMangosuthu Buthelezi, Ladies and Gentlemen,Ngithanda ukubonga ubuhlakani boMkhandlu waseKhaya waKwaDukuza ngokuhlela wokujabulela "ukubunjwa kwesizwe saseNingizimu Afrika, , ukuthula nobumbano" ngokuhlonipha amaqhawe akithi anjengeZulu, iLembe, uMahatma Gandhi kanye neNkosi uAlbert Luthuli.Ngihlala ngibuzwa ukuthi saqiniswa yini idolo sisejele isikhathi eside kangaka. Okusemqoka kulokhu indlela iNkosi uLuthuli asisekela ngayo ngesikhathi sisecaleni laseRivonia nagemuva kokugwetsha ukudilikwlwa ijele. Inkosi uLuthulu yathi:"Ngenxa yokuqinisa amakhanda kwabelungu ngokungafuni ukuhlukana nemigomo enqabela abantu abamnyama kanye nezizwe ezinye ezicindezelwe ilungelo labo lenkululeko, akekho ongagxeka amadoda afuna ubulungiswa ngokuthatha izikhali, Ngeke futhi agxekwe ngokuzama ukugqugquzela umbutho ohlangene ukuze kutholakale ubulungiswa."What is it that we as individuals and as communities collectives are doing to promote nation-building, freedom, peace and unity? Would any of these great leaders have tolerated a situation where we still slaughter each other simply because we differ politically? Would they have allowed enemies of nation-building, freedom, peace and unity to divide us on racial lines? They would never have don so, then why should we?.
