Brush with Madiba magic

16 July 2015 - 02:12
By Jerome Cornelius

A long wall of freedom adorns the Cape Town home of artist Cui "Simon" Ning. After three years, Ning is putting the final touches to his two-metre high and six-metre wide oil painting of Nelson Mandela, divided into four panels.The former statesman stands in the middle of sepia-toned depictions of history, starting with his life in Qunu.

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