Reporter: many people regard you as a personification of ubuntu, What do you understand Ubuntu to be?
Mandela: in the old days, when we were young, a traveler through a country wou
ld stop at a village and he didn't have to ask for food or for water. Once he
stops, the people give him food .... entertain him, that is one aspect of ubunt
u. ubuntu have various aspects
Mandela: ubuntu dose not mean that people should not address himself, the quest
ion therefore is: are you going to do so.in order to enable the community aroun
d you, after you are able to improve, these are the important things of life.an
d if one can do that, there are something very important which will be aprecia
ted.