Former President Nelson Mandela of South Africa speaks to visitors on March 8, 1999 in his residence in Houghton, a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. The ANC freedom fighter was in prison for 27 years and released in 1990. He became President of South Africa after the first multiracial democratic elections in April 1994. Mr. Mandela retired after one term in 1999 and gave leadership to the current president Mr. Thabo Mbeki.
From Drum Magazine 23 October 2002
Former President Nelson Mandela has spoken for the first time, in an exclusive interview with Drum, about his "shame" at the way he treated people who had been good to him in his early life.
This world icon of decency and integrity said last week he did "not behave like a human being" and felt immense sorrow and regret for certain of his actions towards people he had once been close to.
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