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John Mountford

Hi, my name is John Mountford. My wife, Chanie, and I have been married for 40 years and raised four children, Camilla, Guy, Leila and Courtney. Being husband and father to a close, loving family has been my greatest achievement. I have been many other things in my life – missionary, entrepreneur, political activist, world traveller… I even tried my hand (?) at singing. Since retirement I have worked hard at adding another item to my CV, that of Author. I have always written for pleasure in the short format – diaries, essays, poems, speeches, articles – but now with time on my hands I have turned to the ultramarathon of writing, the novel.

Long Walk To Freedom Book

MANDELA’S TOP-TEN-TIPS FOR GREATNESS

Kill Mandela /

‘A Long Walk To Freedom’ is Nelson Mandela’s autobiography. It was written by himself in the crucible of his suffering, and not in the relative ease of his later years. It tells us what he really believes and feels, without fear, favor or prejudice; as such it provides us with Mandela’s blueprint for greatness.
Here, in my opinion, are the top ten characteristics of greatness as recorded and lived by the great man himself:

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Kill Mandela Novel By John Mountford

prologue and chapter one

Kill Mandela /

‘When darkness comes we leave our hiding place. The sheep stand like ghosts as we run past them, heading for the road. The rain has stopped but clouds block the moon, nyanga. It breaks through on and off like silver torchlight, but it doesn’t matter. We keep going. It’s almost midnight and these farmers are in bed. They’ve eaten well, from their Saturday afternoon braaivleis, and they’re sleeping. A dirt road outside of Bredasdorp, a quiet road, a late hour and all the world’s asleep. Except for the two of us – my older brother Sipho, and me.’

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