[Headings] Nelson Mandela

an icon of freedom
in Africa and the world

an inspiring symbol 
of tolerance and humanity

the African tradition 
of "ubuntu"

what is ubuntu?

it is a universal truth

it is a way of life

it underpins the concept of 
an open society

[Journalist] Many people regard you as a

personification of ubuntu.

What you understand ubuntu to be?

[Mandela] In the old days when we were young

a traveller through a country

would stop at a village

and he didn't have to ask for food or for water.

Once he stops the people give him food

and attend him, that is one aspect of ubuntu.

But you'd have to learn various aspects.

[Written lines] respect

helpfulness

sharing

community

caring

trust

unselfishness

one word
can mean so much

this is the spirit
of ubuntu

[Mandela] Ubuntu does not mean that people

should not enrich themselves,

the question therefore is:

I have got to do so in order to enable

the community around you

to be able to improve.

These are the important things in life

and if one can do that

you have done something very important

which will be appreciated.