Sequel to Long Walk to Freedom - Revision 9 - Chapter 1 Page 3

respect and admiration far and wide, and inspired millions in all continents to rise against oppression and exploitation. Freedom and the installation of a democratic government bring erstwhile liberators from the bush to the corridors of power, where they rub shoulders with the rich and the mighty. It is in situations of this nature that some former freedom fighters run the risk of forgetting principles and those who are paralysed by poverty, ignorance and diseases; some then start aspiring to the lifestyle of the oppressors they once detested and overthrew. Unless their political organisation remains strong and principled, exercising strict discipline on leaders as well as ordinary members alike, inspires its membership, apart from government programmes, to develop social initiatives to uplift the community, the temptation to abandon the poor and