I Am Annoyed with The World.

"I stand before you humbled by your courage. with a heart full of love for all of you. I regard it as the highest honour to lead the ANC at this moment in our history, and that we have been chosen to lead our country into the new century. I pledge to use all my strength and ability to live up to your expectations of me as well as of the ANC...I promise that I will do my best to be worthy of the faith and confidence you have placed in me."

Reading those words affirmed my belief in two things:

a) Madiba is, beyond all reasonable (and unreasonable) doubt, THE Greatest Man Alive.

b) The Human Race is Incorrigible!

Here is a man who gave the best years of his life to the struggle; who sacrificed so much, so that we could become the Rainbow Nation; a man who's strength of character, his skill at diplomacy, his determination and unwavering faith in the goodness of the human race holds the whole world in awe - and all we can think about is our 'right' to know more.

Doesn't anybody ever think, that while he may have given up his personal life to lead a political one that doesn't mean that he doesn't have the right to have one? Even while he lies in hospital, frail at the age of 92 years, the public still insists on encroaching on him further.

I find it absolutely outrageous that people reason that since they 'care' so much about him, they should know - what you need to know you will be told - you need the basics, not the intricate details. It is NOT our right; if he and/or his family chooses to share the information with us, it is our PRIVILEGE.

So, I'm annoyed with the world, because despite everything that Madiba has given us, they still want more. Madiba is not a circus freak; he's not an ordinary politician who's every action has to be laundered in public; he is an ordinary man (granted) who has achieved extraordinary heights. At a time really, where we should be stepping back, and giving him room to breath, we're only showcasing just how selfish we can be.

Be concerned, pray for him, but you don't need the grisly details to do that, so stop insisting that you do.