Jacob Zuma, the South African president, was booed
and jeered before his speech at the memorial as in a
major public humiliation in front of leaders six
months before national elections. Many South
Africans in the ten thousands-strong crowd emptied
their seats of the stadium during his address.
Zuma said that everyone had a Madiba moment in
their life as Mandela "touched their lives".
"That we are Madiba's compatriots and that we lived
in Madiba's time is a reason for great celebration," he
said.
At a landmark moment at the ceremony, Obama
shook the hand of Raul Castro, leader of long-time
Cold War foe Cuba, in an unprecedented gesture
between the leaders of two nations which have been
at loggerheads for more than half a century. Castro
smiled as Obama shook his hand on the way to the
podium to make his speech at the commemoration,
indicating that such antagonisms have been put on
mute on Tuesday.
In his speech, Raul Castro, quoted his brother Fidel
Castro, former Cuba leader, and said, "Mandela will
not go down in history for the 27 years he spent
behind bars... but because he was able to free his
soul from the poison that such unjust punishment
can cause."
Ban Ki-Moon, the United Nations Secretary-General
who is also attending the ceremony, said: "He has
done it again.... We see leaders representing many
points of view, and people from all walks of life. All
here, united... He showed the awesome power of
forgiveness and of connecting people with each
other."
David Cameron, the British prime minister who did
not make an address at the memorial, said it was
clear that people of South Africa want to say goodbye
to the "great man" and "commemorate what he did",
but also "celebrate his life and celebrate his legacy." Source: m.aljazeera.com/se/20131210134926782841

He seem like a typical african politician.A selfish and short sighted one like obj.And not in any like Madiba,except for the fact that they were both in the struggle against oyinbo.

Politicians like him end up turning into the oppressors they fought against.They become ruthless oppressors themselves against their own people.