Nelson Mandela and how young South Africans view his legacy - BBC News

A decade after Nelson Mandela's death, young South Africans are increasingly re-evaluating his legacy.

1 hour agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Getty Images By Danai Nesta KupembaBBC News"I have a love-hate relationship with the old man," says Sihle Lonzi, 26, of Nelson Mandela on the 10th anniversary of the death of South Africa's first black president.

Mr Lonzi is the leader of the student wing of South Africa's third biggest party, the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), and part of a generation that grew up after the racist system of apartheid ended in 1994.

Too young to have witnessed the liberation struggle or Mr Mandela's presidential years, and unencumbered by the nostalgia of previous generations, Mr Lonzi and his peers have been re-evaluating the anti-apartheid icon's legacy.

Mr Mandela is cemented in history as one of the most-influential people of all time.

He led the fight against apartheid, spent more than 27 years in prison, and became South Africa's first democratically elected president in 1994 after negotiating an end to white-minority rule.

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