Mandela's spirit is still alive - Graça Machel
19 July 2017
Cape Town – Former President Nelson Mandela's spirit is still alive, his widow Graça Machel said on Mandela Day on Tuesday.
“His spirit is still alive here with us,” she said to loud cheers from the audience at the launch of the Walk Together initiative by The Elders at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC). She then invited them to join her in singing Mandela happy birthday. Machel was addressing an estimated 1000 people at the event.
During her address, she told the crowd that South African youth were the shapers of their own world and should partner with others to work toward a future Mandela can be proud of.
“Don’t be shy – take action, be bold, change your world and make it bright, fair, just – exactly the world you aspire to be your world and the world of your children,” Machel said.