R.I.P. Madiba; you were an ICON because you walked your talk, you brought your people together irrespective of their colour,religion or gender. Madiba is the last of the true inspirational leaders of the independence struggle who loved their people unlike the current crop of African leaders who compete in looting their country's coffers and stashing the money in Europe!!! The current crop of African leaders have a lot to learn from Madiba's leadership style; he believed in reconciliation and not vindictiveness and that is what propelled him to a be a larger than life human being!!