Morgan Freeman to Screen 'Invictus' for Nelson Mandela (click here)

Imagine getting a phone call from Nelson Mandela asking to screen a movie that honors him? Wow.

Wednesday, 15 August, 2001, 15:38 GMT 16:38 UK
Mandela 'responding well to treatment' (click here)
...According to the statement, seven doctors met on 3 August to review Mr Mandela's treatment.
They decided that due to the good response, the same radiotherapy would be continued until the end of its seven-week course.
The tumour is said to be "microscopic" and should not reduce Mr Mandela's life expectancy....


December 3, 2009
A TRIUMPH OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT (click here)
Robben Island inmates used soccer to survive, overcome old SA practices
By Michael LewisBig
www.BigAppleSoccer.com
Editor
ROBBEN ISLAND, South Africa -- The ball, as they say, is round. And because of that, anything can happen.And on Robben Island, something did. The impossible happened.The inmates of that insidious prison managed to convince the powers that be to allow them to play soccer one day a week, giving themselves a self-made life-preserver to keep their sanity and their spirits up....