Being a father means giving more than you take, worrying more than you speak, and loving deeper than you show. It's sacrificing quietly and celebrating loudly when your children win.
A father's only wish is for his kids to surpass him in every way.
Appreciate that kind of love while you still can.
Advice for law students who have time at hand -
Do not be satisfied with summaries. Anyone can copy headnotes. A lawyer sees the loophole that the court missed.
Read judgments to understand and argue against them when the time comes. Read statutes like they owe you an extra meaning.
The best legal minds do not worship precedent. They question it. They challenge it. They understand that law is not a script to follow. It is a shift of ideas.
Thabo Mbeki's profound and timeless assertion in 2012 still resonates "... unless we produce leaders and cadres of the calibre of Oliver Tambo, it is almost inevitable that the National Democratic Revolution will fail".
This raises a critical question: Are our current efforts to develop quality leaders and members sufficient?