The Jemstep team is deeply saddened by the loss of Nelson Mandela. Our hearts go out to his family and the people of South Africa.
Mandela – often called Madiba in South Africa (his Xhosa clan name) – had a profound influence on my life and the lives of countless South Africans. To have been a South African growing up in the apartheid regime and to then witness the extraordinary difference one man can make in transforming a country into the Rainbow Nation that it is today, was to witness nothing short of a miracle. Among the most memorable moments in my life are voting in South Africa’s historic first-ever democratic election in 1994, and having met Madiba on two separate occasions.
May his example continue to illuminate all our lives as a shining beacon of the goodness that humans are capable of doing in this world.
Rest in peace, Madiba.
“It always seems impossible until it’s done.”
– Nelson Mandela