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Wow!!! The resounding humility both in your story and from you is awe inspiring. May you be well and healthy for years to come Mr Brand, I for one classify you as a Hero.

Greg Hurvitz, Melbourne - 23 June 2020

It was a pleasure to host Christo in Port Elizabeth. The talk was great and when trying to relay some of it to my family we were all in tears – it was very moving. Susan Wilson

Nelson Mandela Bay Tourism event - 22 May 2019

Hi – my name is Bianca and I’m a Brazilian living in Mexico. I’ve just finished your book and OMG. I had no idea about all you lived with Mandela, but in this book I know the huge human being that you are. Seeing all the injustices and living like a prisoner too. I’m so sorry about your son, but it reminded me about my uncle who died very young too. Thank you for sharing your memories!

Bianca Lopes, January 2021

Christo, it was an honour to have met you this morning and heard your truly inspiring talk on Doing Life with Mandela.

Alastair Collins, May 2019

Absolutely fascinating and moving, especially to hear about the parallels between the lives of Christo and Nelson Mandela, two men who, as you say ought to have been enemies, yet became such close friends. Christo clearly feels blessed to have known Madiba, but I get the sense that Mandela was also blessed to have known Christo. He spoke with such warmth, humility and honesty. The boys were clearly also very interested – some wonderful questions. I hope Christo enjoyed answering them. I parti…

Sam Moss of Horris Hill Prep School (UK) - Zoom, 12th February 2021

“The format was perfect, slides and pictures were great. A few people remarked on how much they liked the personal pictures and letters.” “Thank you for arranging this interview. The relationship in the context of those times is in itself fascinating and the friendship between jailer and prisoner almost biblical in significance. Definitely a story that needs to be told.” “Thanks for making that presentation available for everyone this morning. Seeing the handwritten letters and hearing tho…

Ashbury College - Zoom presentation - 5th May 2020

Dear Christo Thank you for an outstanding zoom presentation sharing your courage, care, kindness for the Father of our Nation, President Nelson Mandela. Yours and his are both inspirational stories. My beloved late mother Zelda Gosschalk met her late husband Bernard Gosschalk when he came out of exile in UK to attend Nelson’s 75th birthday. He was invited by Mr Mandela to attend. Bernard was in solitary confinement for some months and went into exile. He and his then wife Ruth, who died …

Chabad Double Bay, Sydney - Zoom, Sunday 15th November 2020

It went SO SO well!! Everyone is still talking about it. And the messages were so perfect for our Global Week and for this moment in the United States. There was certainly a lot of excitement and it was excellent that our school president also attended. The whole thing made me miss South Africa, of course. I hope we can return soon with our students – and we can meet in person!

Cecilia Nipp, Ursuline Academy of Dallas, Zoom - 19th January 2021

Christo’s account allowed me to appreciate the power of forgiveness and education that Nelson Mandela championed. A different perspective but undertones of hope that despite massive difficulty and hurdles, meaningful change could come about within a lifetime.

Blooms Conference, September 2019

The feedback from faculty and students was great. They really enjoyed it and wished that you could have been in person! I told them that doing it virtually was probably much better because we never could have afforded the plane tickets!

Jackie Riley, DCDS Zoom - 15th April 2021

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