Ngo-26 Febhuwari 1990, uNelson Mandela wamema uScott MacLeod emzini wakhe ukuthi axoxe ngesikhatsi sakhe etilongweni. UMandela eneminyaka engu-72 ubudala, wadlulisela iNingizimu Afrika ekungqubuzaneni kuze kube sekuqalisweni kwayo kokubuyisana kobuhlanga, esikhathini esingangonyaka kuphela.
Q. Enye yezinto zokuqala owasho ukuthi wawungeyena umprofethi. Ingabe abantu balindele kakhulu kakhulu kuwe? - Scott Macleod
A. Angicabangi kanjalo, nakuba ngizizwa isidingo sokubaxwayisa ukuthi akekho umuntu ongakwazi ukuxazulula izinkinga ezinkulu ezibhekana nathi. Kuwumzamo ohlangene oyosenza sikwazi ukuxazulula izinkinga [zethu]. - Nelson Mandela
Q. Ngabe abamnyama bazokhululeka nini kuleli zwe? - Scott Macleod
A. Angiyena umprofethi. Angikwazi ukusho. - Nelson Mandela
“Ukuyovalelwa ejele ngenxa yalokho yalokho okubambile futhi ukulungele ukuzwa ubunzima ngokholelwa kukho, kuyinto ezuzisayo impela.