Beyers naude biography of martin short

The good book tell us that it is given to human beings to live for three score years and ten, or by reason of strength, for score years. Dr Beyers Naude has reached his four score years, proving to us yet again that he is a man of strength. His is a strength of body and of mind, and of that indomitable spirit that defied the evil of apartheid to make him a hero of our people.

Oom Bey may your years still be long upon this earth. Beyers Naude became an outcast amongst the Afrikaners, amongst many whites and amongst the church that he loved. Such is the price that prophets are required to pay. Standing in the tradition of great Afrikaners and Patriots like Braam Fischer, Betty Du Toit and others, his life is a shining beacon to all South Africans - both black and white.

It demonstrates what it means to rise above race, to be a true South African.

Beyers naude biography of martin short: Half a millennium later, Beyers Naudé,

I want this evening, on behalf of South Africans, to thank Beyers and Ilse Naude for their sacrifice. And I want to use this opportunity to call on all Christians, not least members of the NG Kerk, to take note of the positive contribution of this Afrikaner prophet. The time of conflict in our land is over.