'Our aim is to make sure his legacy lives on': Mandela and me and keeping his memory alive

Precious Jenga, who grew up during apartheid  in South Africa. Now, living in Limerick, she organises the annual Nelson Mandela Day lunch in Cork ever year to mark his birthday. Pictures: Kieran Ryan-Benson.

At a time when other children were running to their mothers with scraped knees, Precious Jenga recalls keeping secret the fact she was tear-gassed and shot at.

“It was the order of the day at the time,” says the apartheid survivor who has been in living in Ireland for the past 21 years.