Across the UK, across continental North America, and around the world, on the internet, by

webcast and by podcast, my name is Howard Hughes and this is the unexplained.

Thank you for your great feedback from my recent shows, that's Jesse Ventura, Jim Mars

and Robert W. Sullivan, who talked of course about the Masons and Freemasonry in general,

which was an interesting and controversial show, will have all of those guests back on

in the future, but really, really gratified to know that you enjoyed those shows.

Now, before I say anything else on this edition of the unexplained, I just want to explain

to you the circumstances under which we're recording this one.

I literally have just rushed home from work while I've been breaking the news on a radio

station about the death of Nelson Mandela, which of course is just about the only news

story in the world at the moment as I record these words.

Nelson Mandela has a particular part in my life, believe it or not, because some 19 years

ago when I was working at London's capital radio, I was invited to go to the South African

Broadcasting Corporation just a couple of months after the elections and do some journalist

training for broadcasters there.

It was a remarkable experience for me that in many ways changed my life, and I met some

truly amazing people, some people of great fortitude and courage, and yes, South Africa

was a divided nation, but day to day, the ordinary people of every race and color and

creed that I met had a remarkable knack of getting on, and that continues, if you're

listening in South Africa, you know what I'm talking about.

That ethos there, that spirit, continues to this very day, and part of that I think

is down to Mediba, it's the name they have in South Africa for Nelson Mandela, a remarkable

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