As the world celebrates 100 years since the late former president Nelson Mandela was born, some of his great-grandchildren remember unforgettable moments they spent with him.
Babongile Mandela
Babongile, 31, is an international affairs manager for the South African Sugar Association.
Asked to locate himself in the Mandela family tree, he said|: "Mandela had Makgatho and Mpathi, Mpathi had Thanduxolo, Makgatho had Mandla and Thanduxolo had me. This makes me his great grandchild."
Babongile's fondest memory of Madiba was when the anti-apartheid hero visited Washington DC in 2005.
"I was studying at McLean High School in Virginia at the time. So I went to see him at his hotel room.
"He said, 'Ngubengcuka (clan name), in all that you do here you must know that you are representing South Africa, Africa and the house of Mandela, so you must make sure that you do it well and with excellence, but in all you do, remember that we fought for freedom so that your generation can build the South Africa of our dreams'," he said.