But now my country is free and ten years old. Only ten years! Still too young. It has been a long walk from the beautiful and dusty village of Bordeaux in Tzaneen. But as President Manadela says “I have walked that long road to freedom. I have tried not to falter, I have made missteps along the way.
But I have discovered the secret that after climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. I have taken a moment here to rest, to steal a view of the glorious vista that surrounds me, to look back on the distance I have come.