Day 1 of the Platinum Strike along the Rustenberg Belt. Lonmin Mine AMCU 23 January. In the swetlering heat 100,000 Amcu members downed tools in a bid for a wage increase to R12,500.
Markham Moodley stands and prays outside the home of former South African President Nelson Mandela. Markham says he met with Mandela in his home in 2011 in Nkunu, Eastern Province. He says the visit was unforgetable and hye was privelaged to have met the man. He brought his wife Michelle and two daughters Racquel 8 and Nikeziah 4. "No words can prepare you for when you met him. Mandela laughed with you, all he said to me was welcome but that was enough. That he took the time to speak to me and ask wme questions was enough." I had to bring my children to see what this all means, to remember the day he died and how much he means to the country. markhammoodley@vodacom.co.za he is a communications distributor for South Africa.
