“You may well ask, what is this old age pensioner doing here tonight, when he is supposed to have retired. Yes, I would love to enjoy the peace and quiet of retirement, but I know that like many of you, I cannot rest easily while our beloved continent is ravaged by a deadly epidemic….

…Each one of us - sister and brother, mother and father, teacher and student, priest and parishioner, manager and worker, Presidents and Prime Ministers, must add our voice to this call for action.
Not tomorrow, or the next week - but now.
You can help break the silence. Talk about HIV and AIDS. You can urge your leader to do more and act now. You can show more care and compassion. You can protect our woman and the next generation.

We hold the future of this continent in our hands. Let us use the universal language of music to sing out our message around the world.”

Mr Nelson Mandela
19 March 2005
George, SA

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