I wish You, Mr. President, good health and many happy years in free and democratic South Africa.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THANKS FOR BEING A GREAT LEADER STAY COOL!!!!!!!

To the greatest President a country could ask for,You are an inspiration to all and lead by example.I hope you have a wonderful 80th birthday.Enjoy it as you really do deserve it.Thank you !!

Dear Madiba Happy Birthday! love,Vanessa

My wife and me thank You for Your fight for justice and freedom. God bless You!

Happy Birthday Mr. President. We, the Junior Boys Class of Matthews Memorial Baptist Church 1998 Vacation Bible School, have been learning about how you should have God in your life and then you can Make A Difference, Don't Give In, Be In The Right Place At The Right Time, and Just Do It. We see by your life's Struggles and Triumphs that you have made God a very important part of your life and have done all these things and more. Again we wish you a very Happy 80th Birthday and may God continue to shower you with Blessings. Signed Donta Tremant Leonard, Antonio Detanta Phoenix, Stephan Simms, Rodney Wood, David Crenshaw, Anthony Boyer, Robbie Dorsey, Dante Kearney, Bryce Robinson, Charles Alston, Garret Crenshaw, Brandon Montgomery, Teachers: Frank Williams, James Harris, and Don Jones, Director: Myrtle Brown, Pastor: Rev. John H. Kearney, Sr.. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!

Happy Birthday Baba Madiba. From : '98 Mandela Economics Scholars

Dear Madiba, You are an inspiration to us all, we can only wish for more leaders and citizens such as yourself. HAPPY BIRTHDAY from the Troskies

Happy Birthday! I admire the person that you are, even after everything you went through! My God bless you every day!

Many happy returns to the man who has all the capabilities to lead the mixed societies of South Africa. I would like to tell the president that he has been and always will be the pillar of hope for all South Africans. You are the Man! How does it feel to be 80 anyway at this time of life?

Happy Birthday to Our First Black President Madiba. South Africa is so because of you, we are so lucky to have you in this world. We will always Love, Honour and Respect. I wish God could have created me like you, you are so wise and talented. If it were not for you we will still be living in darkness. Halala Madiba and Long Live Our Lovely President. May God bless you and make all your ways to shine. Kindly Regards Sophy Sibiya

May God bless you now and forever! You have been a great inspiration to our people. Your triumphs show that sometimes setbacks are a part of the whole picture. And to get up and continue the journey or the fight can result in great things . Wishing you much happiness in your life. The Sims - Maryland

Happy Birthday Mr President. Come and visit us at the Licence Department in Centurion. We would love to meet you in person.

happy birthday and much celebrated success.

From as far back as 1980, when I got to know (through a Radio Freedom broadcast) that we share a birthday, I felt trully honoured. At my birthday celebrations, my comrades would always ask if had phoned you and I would reply that you actually said you would be joining us for dinner. You are indeed a source of inspiration to many souls. May you live to touch even more souls.

Dear Madiba, I hope that you have a very pleasent eightieth birthday and may you have many many more. Happy Birthday. Best Wishes From Jawerya Shamsi

May you have a very happy 80th and many more healthy birthdays from all at DP Dynamics in Midrand

Dear Mr President, Congratulations on turning 80. You are such an example for freedom around the world. I was in 6th grade in Primary School when you turned 70 and were persecuted in Jail by Apartheid. I would never have guessed at the time that you would be President of South Africa in the next 6 Years. May your legacy live on Yours Sincerely Howard Shroot.

I am proud to have a leader like you. You have done what no man has done. That makes you an institution. Have a blessed and happy birthday, Madiba.

It is indeed a great honor for us, to be able to wish you a HAPPY BIRTHDAY on your 80th anniversary!

I wish you all the BEST on your 80th birthday, may God bless you and your family. I also would like to thank you for all your contributions to this country. When the history of South Africa is re-written your name will certainly be among other greats that this wonderful country has produced. I am talking about King Shaka, King Sekhukhune, Joe Slovo, Chris Hani, OR Tambo and the list is endless. Thank you Thata, the father of the nation. Long live !!!!

Dear Mr President. Enjoy your birthday and thank you for your effort in making sure SA has a birthday as well. Thanks for inspiring my life

Happy Birthday President Mandela, May Our God Jesus Christ Bless you a lot.

Happy Birthday President Mandela, May Our God Jesus Christ Bless you a lot.

Happy Birthday sir, enjoy your day en ek hoop u bly gesond en sterk.

A privilege indeed for saying, Happy 80th birthday to you Dhlomo,Sopitsho,Yam Yam,Ngubengcuka. Don't forget you said at a Parade (Cape Town)in 1990 at your release, that you still have fifteen years to go, And if I count well, you still have seven to go.

A privilege indeed for saying, Happy 80th birthday to you Dhlomo,Sopitsho,Yam Yam,Ngubengcuka. Don't forget you said at a Parade (Cape Town)in 1990 at your release, that you still have fifteen years to go, And if I count well, you still have seven to go.

The most honourable and most humble man. God does send angels to earth. May your birthday be truly blessed and may you live forever in our hearts so that we may be graced to share many more with you.

you are the best, happy birthday.My birthday wish at http://members.tripod.com/~msheke

Happy Birthday Madiba and may you have many good years to come. My sister Rachel is also her birthday and I want to with the both of you good health and prosperity.

Many Happy returns on your 80th Birthday Madiba. You are an Inspiration to the Future of South Africa, especially the young children who will be the next generation to represent the Rainbow Nation. God Bless and keep you going for many, many years to come.

Dear Mr Mandela, I wish you God's richest blessings on your birthday. You have been an inspiration and, indeed, proof to Singaporeans that those who fight for democracy, justice and free speech do not fight a losing battle. Like yours, our voices will be heard and we need not fear when we seek that which is right. Happy birthday!

I would like to have the honor of wishing you a happy 80th birthday and to send you greetings of solidarity and goodwill Mr. President. May your legacy live on as a shining example for generations to come. AMANDLA!!

Dear Rolihlahla, South Africa produced two great leaders of this century - M.K. Gandhi who launched a satyagraha against racism in the first decade and N.R. Mandela who symbolised in the last decade the end of the shameful colonial-racist domination of nations. As one who was inspired by this long struggle - and your leadership for a half a century, I wish you a happy 80th birthday - and may you live long enough to see the fulfilment of the vision from Mahatma to Mandela. E.S. Reddy

Warm wishes for a happy 80th Birthday Mr. Mandela.

Happy Birthday Madiba. May you have many more. Long Live Cde Madiba!

You have made me proud to say I am a South African.Thank you for all you did and the great sacrifice you made for our country.

Have a Blessed birthday sir!!!!!!

Happy birthday and I hope you will be very happy with your beatifull girlfriend

President Mandela: Happy 80th! You are an inspiration to all of us around the world. Your hard work ethic, ability to reconcile and work with former enemies and excellent taste in shirts highlight the wonderful qualities you bring to this world. Continued good health. Viva Madiba Viva! Michael Goldberg Seattle, WA

Dear President Mandela: I love you and will be thinking of you on the big day, from the other side of the world. Have a lovely day. xxx

Best wishes on your birthday and many, many, more!

It is indeed a great honor for me, to be able to wish you a HAPPY BIRTHDAY on this your 80th! To GOD be the glory for the great things HE has done!

Many congradulations on your 80th birthday!!!. NKWE YA MABALA, Your intergrity, courage, dignity and your leadership which has inspired such admiration and respect from every corner of the globe. I wish you well and MANY HAPPY RETURNS.

Sir, President of the Republic of South Africa Ntate Madiba. Re go lakaletsa matlhogonolo le matshelo a sa feleng mo moletlong wa mengwaga e 80. Modimo anne le we mo mesebetsing le mo bophelong ba gago.

Just a small note to say thank you. You've been an absolutely fab president and I think that you deserve the best. Happy Birthday.........and remember........you are only as old as you feel and by gosh you look 55!!!!!!!!

Happy birthday. May you see many more

Madiba, With best wishes for your birthday. You give us hope for the future of mankind!

Best wishes and have a wonderful day.

Dear Mr President, it's so beautiful to know that in the word's history people like you live and work for giving to the mankind a better future. My Best Wishes to You. Katia

Hold on Madibo our island is still colonized, by french governement, but we'll overcome! hoping to come in S.africa one day!

To the worlds greatest leader, hoping for many god years to come !

Dear Mr. Mandela Congratulaion on your 80th birthday! I wish you a happy day with a lot joy! my warmes regards Sadia Syed Denmark

Happy birthday Madiba, may the lord bless you and keep you well. You are an inspirational leader to many of us. Long live comrade Rolihlahla Long live!!!

Congratulations Madiba! Happy Birthday!!! May you enjoy a wonderful day surrounded by the ones you love. I was privileged to live in your beautiful country for 16 years, where I met my wonderful wife and adopted my beautiful son. As you have been such an inspiration, mentor, and guiding light to us in all that is good and true, we would like to adopt you as the Grandfather that our 4 year old son never had - Father of a Rainbow Nation and Grandfather to Peter! God keep you safe, Madiba, and shower you with the continued happiness and humility that you empowered us to embrace. Go well - we love you!

Dear Madiba Here is wishing you a happy and blessed 80th. May God bless you and keep you. MANY HAPPY RETURNS. Love Judy

Happy Birthday, dear Madiba Is the weather fine in South Africa ? Whats the name your dog ?

Happy 80th Birthday from my family. We were not among the faces you saw over and over while visiting, except behind the airport fence, but we are great admirers of you. I would like to make one last comment. I often wondered how it was possible for one to spend 27 years in prison and emerge without bitterness and clothed in one's right mind. I concluded that first and foremost you were a man of purpose who had a vision and two , you have a relationship with the Creator. May God continue to bless you richly with many restful and happy years into your retirement. Elistra. ps: My two children Josh,7 and Jevonne 9 went into delightful squeals when they found recent pictures of you on the internet.

Congratulations on reaching your 80th year. May you live long enough to see your vision of South Africa realized.

Dear President, Happy Birthday! I am so proud of your braveness in fighting for freedom, peace and democracy. Almost every Chinese knows your name. Edward

Happy Birthday and I wish you longevity. May God continue to bless you

Happy 80th Birthday. I've learned a lot from the struggle because I grew up in Mozambique and I knew Aquino Debraganca who died in the plane crash with the President of Mozambique in 1986. Aluta Continua. I sing with a choir called Vukani Mawethu and I visited Robbin Island last year, and we were told what you went through in Robbin Island. Kaidi

Greetings: Words are simply not adequate to properly express gratitude and respect for your contributions to all of humanity - with your charity properly beginning at home. Not to express anything, however, would be extremely ungrateful and disrespectful. The least that any one of us can say is Thanks! Thanks for your commitment, vision, love, concern, spirituality and everything else necessary to accomplish the long term goals shared by so many million. God bless you! God bless Africa! God loves you and so do we! Happy birthday. Live long and prosper in happiness and health! Sincerely, Stan Daniels, Editor, Intercity Sports Review

Dear Mr. Mandela: It is with pleasure that I wish you the best on your 80th birthday. May God keep you in his safe and loving arms as you are an inspiration to many Africans born in America. May you have many more years of good health and happiness.

All the best wishes to our great leader. When you and your Comrades were moved to Pollsmoor, i always used to hoot out a distinct and long rythm on my car hooter as i drove past the walls, to remind you all that you were not forgotten at that time, surrrounded by white suburbia and the hard walls of your opponents. Here is a big toot on your eightyth birthday Madiba, and thank you so much for all that you have given to this great land.

Happy 80th birthday, Madiba! May you have many more years to enjoy freedom, family, and the fruits of your labors. I'm looking forward to my first visit to your country in January on a staff exchange program between The University of Toledo and the University of Natal-Durban.

Dear Madiba I wish you peace and joy. Happy Birthday.

howzit Madiba just wanna say HAPPY 80TH BIRTHDAY! and i wish you many more lots of looney love Nkosazana(msholozi) Zuma

I am an American currently dividing my time between the US and South Africa, working on small business development projects with women in the townships and rural areas and I cannot begin to tell you how lucky I feel and how proud I am to be taking a small part in building the future of South Africa. You are truly an inspiration and I wish you a very happy birthday.

Happy Birthday, Madiba. You have been and will always be a great inspiration to people of goodwill everywhere in the world.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!!!!!!!!! DEAR PRESIDENT MAY ALMIGHTY BLESS YOU AGAIN AND AGAIN !

My wife and I had the honor of seeing President Mandela this past weekend in St. Lucia on our honeymoon. It was ironic that we saw the greatest world leader of freedom on the same day of the United States' Day of Independence, July 4th. Seeing President Mandela was both an honor and a priveledge, and will be an experience I will remember all my life. I look forward to teaching my children and grandchildren the same ideals as this great man. Warm wishes on the coming Birthday of President Mandela. With upmost respect, Matt and Kristen Meade

When things are not going my way, I think, well, Mr Mandela coped for 27yrs, so I can cope today... Thank you for inspiring me in my personal capacity.

Happy birthday to the most compassionate world leader we will ever know. I wish you good health, and happiness for many many more years, and peace, prosperity and success to your wonderful country.

Madiba wena ongasenhla! Unwele olude!

Happy birthday to a great leader!

Dear Mr. Mandela, Having lived in South Africa for 9 years and visited SA a number of times since, I came to love your country and its people. The day after tomorrow I shall visit SA again for a period of 4 weeks, so I shall be able to celebrate your 80th birthday whilst actually staying in your country. A very happy birthday and many happy returns!

A very happy birthday to you may God bless you on your birthday.Regards The Williams family

Dear Mr President, Congratiolations from all the children her at Futurekids Klerksdorp. Thanks for the opportunity to write this to you. We are learning more of computers and we hope you will find time to E/Mail us sometime in future. We are all preparing ourselfs for the best future IN South Africa. We knows that computers are part off our future and this is why we are here at Futurekids. Maybe sometime in future, this opportunity, to be part of Futurekids, will be available to all the children of SA thru the schools. (We really hope so.) From Gustav Janse van Rensburg and ALL the 80 kids at FUTUREKIDS Computer Learing Centre in Klerksdorp

it is my privlige to wish you a happy birthday. God bless.

go ahead with the good work!

Happy Birthday Madiba, wishing you many more years.

Many happy returns of the day, Mr. Mandela! May you continue to enjoy good health for many years to come, for the good of humanity!

Peace! Peace! Well Done!!

CONGRATULATIONS GREAT OCTOGENARIAN! GOD BLESS WITH FURTHER SUCCESSFUL, HAPPY & HEALTHY YEARS WITH GRACA. LOVE RADHI

May God's love, peace, happiness, and good health be with you always!

Dear President Mandela, Just knowing that you have made the choices that you have, makes me glad to be alive on this planet. I can look at you, a very great hero for all of us on this planet, and be sure that the world is slowly, slowly improving and that one day human beings will have a world to be proud of, a world that we have dreamed of together and that you, President Mandela, have fought with the long years of your life in prison and with your voice and with your nobility of soul, to help us create. Thank you, on this your 80th birthday! Love, Charlotte Wellen English/History teacher Charlottesville, VA

I am honored to send birthday congratulations to a man who represents the essense of being a servant-leader. Your personal sacrifice is so deeply appreciated, and so overwhelming until words cannot describe my inner feelings. For that, I say Thank You. My son and I will cherish you and your efforts for humanity all of our days. Happy Birthday President Mandela! I wish you many more.

Happy Birthday, from someone who will never know you, but cherishes your name as that of a great hero of our time.

Congratulations on your 80th birthday!! I feel very honored to be celebrating on the same day!! God bless you as you lead the great country of South Africa!!

I really admirer you and i wish you a Happy Birthday!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MADIBA !!!! HOPE YOU HAVE A SPLENDID DAY. THANKS FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR MY COUNTRY. ALL COUNTRIES GOT PRESIDENTS BUT WE ARE PRIVILEGE TO A LEADER, A FATHER OF THE NATION, THE ONLY NELSON MANDELA. ENJOY THE DAY WITH THE FAMILY BUT REMEMBER YOU STILL GOT TO BACK IN THE OFFICE ON MONDAY, HA, HA !! GOD BLESS YOU, MADIBA!

Dear Madiba, We wish you a Wonderful Happy Birthday! May you share this Special Day amongst all your loved ones and your friends! Your Life and your Health matter a great deal to us, for you are the Most Precious Gem Humanity has ever produced! Take extreme good care of yourself, and be Happy with your Companion! Accept the expression of our highest admiration and esteem. Odile and Robert Jan Bulten

Happy birthday Madiba.You are the greatest president in the whole-wide world. Long-live!

Happy birthday Madiba. (Groot Melungu). Enjoy your day! A-team

Dear President Nelson Mandela, May your birthday and every day be filled with the collective, ecstatic joy, radiant happiness,scintellating pride and hope that you brought to millions of South Africans and so many others all over the globe. Stay with us Madiba! Sincerely, Neville

Dear Mr President.I am a native of the The Gambia presently studying in the United States. Your leadership, sacrifice and commitment to your people and to such a worthy cause has been a source of inspiration to me and to many people around the globe.I have read your autobiography(Long Walk to Freedom)many many times,and this is the best book i have ever read.I have obtained some very important lessons about life when i read that book. The world and Africa in Particular needs leaders like yourself.May Almighty Allah bless you and your family with an excellent health on your birthday.Amen!

Peace and love and power on your 80th birthday...Your struggle and leadership was an inspiration and guidance for me personally as I sang in support of the ANC in Vukani Mawethu, the California CHoir that James Madhlope Phillips created and directed. With deep appreciation and gratitude to you....I wish i could be at the party....

Happy birthday Mister Mandela,I hope for you and for South-Africa that you may live many many years to come.

Dear President Mandela, Even so far North, in Eastern Europe, people know You and love You. I wish You could feel all that love on Your b-day!

Dear Mr. Mandela, We, on behalf of our family wish you the best life can bring. We also wish you another 80 years ahead because you one of a kind in Africa. Keep up the good fight and never look back as Africa needs more of your great job. Happy Birthday and many more returns. You are indeed the father of Africa. We love you and God loves you too.

Dear Mr. Mandela, We, on behalf of our family wish you the best life can bring. We also wish you another 80 years ahead because you one of a kind to Africa. Keep up the good fight and never look back as Africa needs more of your great job. Happy Birthday and many more returns. You are indeed the father of Africa. We love you.

Happy Birthday Zondwa The sacrifice you have made for the South African Nation and the world at large can never be made by anybody in the whole world. Thank you very much for that. Many happy returns.

Many congratulations on your 80th birthday and may you for long enjoy it !

Lieber Nelson Mandela, ich bin Studentin an der P‰dagogischen Hochschule in Schw‰bisch Gm¸nd (Deutschland). Zur Zeit besch‰ftige ich mich in meiner wissenschaftlichen Hausarbeit mit S¸dafrika. Meinen Schwerpunkt habe ich dabei auf die Transformation der Apartheid gelegt. Ich w¸nsche Ihnen alles Gute zum Geburtstag und bewundere wirklich ihren Einsatz f¸r ihr Land und die Art und Weise wie Sie es geschafft haben S¸dafrika aus der Aparteid zu helfen. Da mein englisch nicht so gut ist, habe ich in deutsch geschrieben und hoffe, dass meine Gl¸ckw¸nsche ankommen. Hochachtungsvoll, Ihre Silke Hofer

Wishing you a very Happy Birthday and many happier returns. God bless.

Tata uMadiba ngomkhulu umbuliso sikunqwenelela uwonwabele umhla wakho wokuzalwa

Umama, abantwana basekhaya nabo bonke abantu bezilali zakuLukuni kulemixanduka yomlambo uMzimvubu sithi Madiba omkhulu ungakhokhobi ungezanga kuzobona umahluko owenzileyo kwimpilo yabantu balapha. The previous regimes saw us as trouble-making Pondos, but to you we're South Africans whose lives needed to be improved. May God give you 80 more years to cleanse this world of the hatred the human race has on other human beings. VIVA MADIBA!!

Congratiolations on your 80th B-day. Hopefully your spirit and health will stay excellent. You have taught us so much and will continue to teach us much more.

To the one and only MAIBA. You are the miricle South Africa waited for. Happy Birthday and many more.

Happy birthday to you! You have done the right jugement for the people in the world. As a chinese, I respect you very much.

Dear Mr. President: May Allah bless you and your family with excellent health on your 80th birthday Brother Hakeem Muhammad President, Nation of Atoners

Mr Mandela, it is amazing to read, see and experience what difference one man has made in the eighty years God gave him. Your life history is an inspiration to achieve whatever we can vividly imagine, as long as we ardently desire it and act enthusiastically and passionately upon it - even if we're young white Afrikaans speaking South Africans in the nineties, intending to stay in South Africa! Hope you have a blessed and peaceful 80th birthday!!

We wish you a very happy birthday, and many happy years to come in peace and health !!!

Happy birthday on your 80th birthday from two italian fans. Angela and F rancesco

Congratulations on a long road, well travelled.

Dear mr Mandela, We wish you a good birthsday and hope many to follow in good health. The moment you imprisonment was ended was the moment that our eldest son, Nick, was born. In Holland he became the youngest member of 'Radio Freedom' (the Dutch radiostation that supported ANC). Each year we remember both and hope that your goal to bring democracy and solidarity to the people in South afica will succeed. Good Luck, Jos en Cora.

Happy Birthday Mr President. May you have a long and happy retirement.

Happy Birthday, Mr President ; You're a great man ! I've visited SA last year and I wish the best future for your beautiful country !

My father lived until he was 99 years old. I hope that you will do the same or better. Thanks for the inspiration which you have provided for the millions of freedom lovers throughout the world. I thoroughly enjoyed reading your autobiography. Best wishes to you and the ANC.

Feliz cumpleaÒos para ti. Espero que continues con tu trabajo para formar un mejor pais!

Per molts anys. Es un exemple a seguir per tot nosaltres i per les generacions futures. Grýcies . Happy Birthday,Mr Mandela.

happy birthday!

Happy Birthday dear Dad. May God bless you to live longer.

Siphilele Tata we Afrika u Thixo azakubabale..

We all LOVE you. Happy Birthday. You are out of this world. KHOTSO PULA NALA NTATE. NUNE, PALESA, BULELWA & AYANDA

Wishing you a happy birthday FATHER OF THE NATION. Hope you see many more. GOD BE WITH YOU .

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MR MANDELA ! Your ideals are an inspiration to all ! Best wishes and have a wonderful day.

We have asked someone with a computer to tell you that you are a wonderful person and it is a privilage to be alive in your time. We are very proud of you especially as we are all Xhosa too. The person sending this doesn't speak Xhosa but, if she could, this whole message would be in OUR language! God bless you.

I am celebrating with the legend of the world, Mr Mandela, on his 80th birthday.HAPPY BIRTHDAY.We are all with you, our very powerful president.May God be with you in this wonderful moment, and in future.

I would like to thank you personally for all you've done for humanity. You will forever be honored by the human race because you've dedicated every fiber of your being and every moment of your life to furthering a cause for the benefit of all people everywhere, human rights. You've not only set the black people of South Africa free, you've set us all free. Although I am an average white man from America who has never had to go hungry or fealt real predjudice, I feel greatly indebted to you. You have given me something to be prowd of as a member of the human race that has men like you. Thank you very much. Have a happy birthday!!! Erik Jorgensen

Best wishes to a remarkable human being. May God bless you.

Congratulations on your 80th!! I'm Twenty-three years old. I admire your Honorous and peaceful fighting,etc.. President Nelson Mandela is father in the world. I think so. always Health.. No one is good from the world. Good luck sir. Happy birthday to you!!

Happy Birthday Nelllson Happy Birthday To Ya Happy Birthday Haaapppy Birrrthday Haaapy Birrrthday Haaapy Birrthday Ala Stevie Wonder's tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Dear Sir, I?d like to congratulate you not only to your birthday, but also to your achievements. Since I visited your country two years ago, I am fascinated by your state, your people and the whole culture.My greatest desire is to come back to South Africa and stay there after my graduation(I will take my A-Levels next year). Actually, I was looking for some information about South African newspapers, because I am preparing an expert work about the relationship between white and coloured people in present time. I wish good luck and a peaceful future to you andyour nation. Yours faithfully, Eva Hausler

Aa! Ri vha tamela mashudu mahulwane vhukuma ngeno devhula. Mudzimu a vha engedze minwe minwaha nga lufuno lwavho lwa vhana vhatuku. Nga nne Amanda, ndi kha grade 4, fhano Pietersburg. Ndi zwone Aa!

Dear Mr. Mandela, I hope you have a wonderful birthday! Thank you for inspiring me like few other human beings ever have! May you have many happy returns of the day. With Deepest Respect and Warmest Regards, Megha Shah

Happy Birthday Nelson Mandela You are an inspiration to all of us fighting injustice in the world.

Dear President Mandela. Wishing you a very happy birthday. You are truly the Son of Africa and Father of the Nation and a great inspiration to people all over the world.May your wisdom and compassion continue to light the way for South Africa. My family and I wish you the very best for the years ahead. Happy birthday Madiba.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!;P Many Happy Returns. Luv, Ben

Dear President Mandela To a wonderful President Wishing you a great 80th birthday and many many more wonderful birthdays. Your vision and wisdom is truly appreciated. Yunus Patel

President Mandela, Me and my family want to wish you a very Happy Birthday! We have followed your activities for many years and want you to know that you are a great inspiration to all African Americans!!! I hope to visit your country soon ( my background is Telecommunications) I am very interested in doing business in South Africa and have been very encouraged by the positive changes that have come as a result of your fight for what is right!!! We love you and will support you always. Sincerely Ron Adkins & Family Issaquah, Washington USA

We love you President Mandela Thank you for your democratic vision for S. Africa, specifically & Africa in general. Please use your influence to persuade other African despot like Nigerian dictator to give democracy a chance.

Dear mr. President! Congratulations. I hope that you will continue to be such a remarkable person as you have always been. A lot of people all over the world admire you, and I hereby state that I am one of them. Sincerely, Monica Lea Christiansen

Madiba Thank you for who you are. Have a very special day.

Many happy returns to President Mandela from Brixton's community Web site. Your visit to Brixton in 1996 is remembered with great affection.

Happy birthday and good halth for you!!

Happy Birthday Mr President. Kuthi thina lutsha loMzantsi Afrika, usisibonelelo esihle, kwanemithandazo yethu yaphendulwa ngawe, happy 80th Birthday. Best regards Mini , Isaac, lulu, kholiwe, Zubenathi. Phumzile. Strke, Winnie, Neliswa, Nozuko, Kgaukgelo, Mohau, Sibusiso, Sinazo and Okuhle

Keep working hard! Put your efforts on education and on the creation of a new civilized mentality among all south-africans. Fight hard against every force trying to disrupt your country's peace and progress. Look at the example of Denmark. It's something that should be followed by all the world.

Happy birthday Your Excellency, and many happy returns!!

From the Cango to the Congo, From Djibouti to Bopane, Howzit goeimore, sikaboema en kunjani, Die boere kan nie kla nie, Want dis Makalakalane, wat skop die bal nou soos n mal ou teen die kop van Doc Khumalo, Mr. President, Even though this may seem irrelevant, happy birthday and we wish you not only a merry xmas, but many more so that one day you will be our big cheerleader and we'll all shout viva as you do the Madiba Macarina. With true respect. The 1a and 2b bafanas, South Africa's top bananas.