NAIROBI: Last year marked the 20th anniversary of the end of the apartheid system in South Africa.
Nelson Mandela came out as the most revered hero of the liberation struggle but he never tired of telling his admirers that he was only one among many South Africans of all ages, races, professions, gender and social-economic backgrounds who sacrificed their lives, families, careers, luxuries and other items to fight for the liberation of South Africa and restore the dignity of her people.