Having died as a ‘commoner’ and prisoner what are the lessons that can be learnt from this hero, especially in the context of the anti-apartheid struggles that we in the 1950s and beyond? What kind of foundation can we justifiably attribute to a leader such as Langalibalele? How did that foundation shape the politics of later leaders such as Mabhida, Mandela, Sobukwe, Hani and many others?
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The world united in grief when former president Nelson Mandela passed away on 5 December 2013. In Rivonia, Johannesburg residents lit candles under a giant poster of the statesman's youthful days to pay tribute. Nine years since his passing the world remembers his selflessness and contribution to the establishment of a democratic state in South Africa.