Nelson Mandela's assistant's memoirs will be published

The personal assistant and trust of the former South African President Nelson Mandela, Zelda la Grange, will public her memoirs in June.

Zelda la Grange, aged 43, accompanied Nelson Mandela during his presidency from 1994 to 1999, and stayed with him even when he left the power.

"Good Morning, Mister Mandela," which will be published on June 19, is an "extraordinary history of a young woman who has seen all her life and ideas in which she believed transformed by the greatest man of the time," said Penguin in a statement.

Helen Conford, who dealt with the publication, promised the readers that the book "will change your life" and making them believe that "each of us, regardless of who they are and what they did, have the ability to change."

Also named 'Zeldin' by Mandela, she grew up in the Afrikaner middle class, descendants of the first white settlers who spoke a language derived from Dutch and have instituted the apartheid, before appearing in the spotlight.

She accompanied the first black president of South Africa through the world, organizing each of his movements and protecting him from the crowd of people who wanted to meet him.

"What we had learned when Nelson Mandela has transformed the country is a message of hope for all," said Conford, she also said that the book "radiates truth and love."

Called the 'adoptive niece' of Mandela, she described him, immediately after his death on December 5, as "the easiest person with whom she worked, the best teacher and guide."

She was widely greeted for her loyalty to Mandela.

Nelson Mandela became the first black president of South Africa after the first multiracial elections in 1994. His policy of forgiveness and reconciliation made ​​him a worldwide symbol of peace.