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In His Own Words: Quotes from South Africa’s Nelson Mandela

By Mike Cohen – Dec 5, 2013 4:55 PM CT

The following is a list of quotations from Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, South Africa’s first post-apartheid leader, drawn from a compilation of speeches posted on his foundation’s Internet site. Mandela died yesterday at the age of 95

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Message from The Nelson Mandela Foundation, The Nelson Mandela Children’s

Fund and The Mandela Rhodes Foundation

5 December 2013

It is with the deepest regret that we have learned of the passing of our founder, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela – Madiba. The Presidency of the Republic of South Africa will shortly make further official announcements.

We want to express our sadness at this time. No words can adequately describe this enormous loss to our nation and to the world.

We give thanks for his life, his leadership, his devotion to humanity and humanitarian causes. We salute our friend, colleague and comrade, and thank him for his sacrifices for our freedom. The three charitable organisations that he created dedicate ourselves to continue promoting his extraordinary legacy.

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We will update this information when the Presidency makes further announcements about funeral and memorial arrangements.

To support the government and the Mandela family we will endeavour where possible to assist with access to information.

 

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Dec. 5 (Bloomberg) — Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s first black president who spent nearly a third of his life as a prisoner of apartheid, has died at the age of 95. Bloomberg’s Guy Johnson takes a look at the life of the man who became a global symbol of reconciliation. (Source: Bloomberg)

“As the years progress one increasingly realizes the importance of friendship and human solidarity. And if a ninety-year-old may offer some unsolicited advice on this occasion, it would be that you, irrespective of your age, should place human solidarity, the concern for the other, at the centre of the values by which you live. ” — Lecture in Kliptown, Soweto on July 12, 2008.

On poverty:

“Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice. It is the protection of a fundamental human right, the right to dignity and a decent life. While poverty persists, there is no true freedom.” — Speech delivered in Johannesburg, July 2, 2005.

On South Africa, a decade after the fall of apartheid:

“Today we are a nation at peace with itself, united in our diversity, not only proclaiming but living out the contention that South Africa belongs to all who live in it. We take our place amongst the nations of the world, confident and proud in being an African country.”

Lecture in Cape Town, Sept. 10, 2004.

On his retirement from public life at the age of 85:

“One of the things that made me long to be back in prison was that I had so little opportunity for reading, thinking and quiet reflection after my release. I intend, amongst other things, to give myself much more opportunity for such reading and reflection.” – Statement in Johannesburg, June 1, 2004

 

 

 

On AIDS:

“HIV/AIDS is the greatest danger we have faced for many, many centuries. HIV/AIDS is worse than a war. It is like a world war. Millions of people are dying from it.” — Statement issued in Johannesburg, Dec. 1, 2000

On his successor Thabo Mbeki’s unorthodox views about AIDS:

“In all disputes a point is arrived at where no party, no matter how right or wrong it might have been at the start of that dispute, will any longer be totally in the right or totally in the wrong. Such a point, I believe, has been reached in this debate. Let us not equivocate: a tragedy of unprecedented proportions is unfolding in Africa.” — Speech to the 13th International AIDS Conference in Durban, July 14, 2000.

On his government’s achievements during the five years he spent as president:

“We have laid the foundation for a better life. Things that were unimaginable a few years ago have become everyday reality. I belong to the generation of leaders for whom the achievement of democracy was the defining challenge.” — Speech to Parliament in Cape Town, March 26, 1999

On apartheid rule:Nelson Mandela's second wife Winnie Madikizela–Mandela (R) and British actor Idris Elba hug each other as they attend the movie's premiere in Johannesburg on November 3, 2013

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“We are extricating ourselves from a system that insulted our common humanity by dividing us from one another on the basis of race and setting us against each other an oppressed and oppressor. That system committed a crime against humanity.” — Speech in Pretoria upon receipt of a report from the Truth & Reconciliation Commission, which investigated apartheid-era atrocities. Oct. 29, 1998

On Racism:

“Racism is a blight on the human conscience. The idea that any people can be inferior to another, to the point where those who consider themselves superior define and treat the rest as sub-human, denies the humanity even of those who elevate themselves to the status of gods.” — Address to the UK’s Joint Houses of Parliament, July 11, 1996.

On South Africa attaining democracy:

“We understand it still that there is no easy road to freedom. We know it well that none of us acting alone can achieve success. We must therefore act together as a united people, for national reconciliation, for nation building, for the birth of a new world. Let there be justice for all. Let there be peace for all. Let there be work, bread, water and salt for all. Never, never and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience the oppression of one by another and suffer the indignity of being the skunk of the world. Let freedom reign.” — Speech upon his inauguration as South African president in Pretoria, May 10, 1994.

On his decision to take up arms against apartheid:

“I and some colleagues came to the conclusion that as violence in this country was inevitable, it would be wrong and unrealistic for African leaders to continue preaching peace and non-violence at a time when the government met our peaceful demands with force. It was only when all else had failed, when all channels of peaceful protest had been barred to us, that the decision was made to embark on violent forms of political struggle.” — Statement at the opening of his defense in the Rivonia treason trial, April 20, 1964.

On his opposition to apartheid:

“During my lifetime I have dedicated myself to this struggle of the African people. I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die.” — Statement at the opening of his defense in the Rivonia treason trial, April 20, 1964.

To contact the reporter on this story: Mike Cohen in Cape Town at mcohen21@bloomberg.net

Nelson Mandela, Led South Africa Past Apartheid,

Dies at 95

By Felix Kessler – Dec 5, 2013 5:50 PM CT

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Then African National Congress (ANC) president Nelson Mandela waves to supporters with a raised fist (the ANC’ sign) as he is campaigning for presidential election in Rustenburg, Western Transvaal, on Jan. 30, 1994.

Nelson Mandela, the freedom fighter who emerged from 27 years in prison to become South Africa’s first elected black president and a global symbol of reconciliation, has died. He was 95.

Nelson Mandela Has Died, South Africa's Zuma Says

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Dec. 5 (Bloomberg) –- South African President Jacob Zuma announces the death of Nelson Mandela in a televised speech to the nation. Mandela, the freedom fighter who emerged from 27 years in prison to become South Africa’s first elected black president and a global icon of reconciliation, was 95 years old. (Source: Bloomberg)

Obama Says World Won't `See Likes Of' Mandela Again

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Dec. 5 (Bloomberg) — U.S. President Barack Obama speaks in Washington about the death of Nelson Mandela. Mandela, the freedom fighter who emerged from 27 years in prison to become South Africa’s first elected black president and a global icon of reconciliation, was 95 years old. (Source: Bloomberg) 

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Dec. 5 (Bloomberg) — United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon speaks at a news conference about the death of Nelson Mandela. Mandela, the freedom fighter who emerged from 27 years in prison to become South Africa’s first elected black president and a global icon of reconciliation, was 95 years old. (This report is an excerpt. Source: Bloomberg) Nelson Mandela `A Giant for Justice,' UN's Ban Says

Former Mandela Prison Mate Recalls Wonderful Person

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Dec. 5 (Bloomberg) — Former Robben Island prisoner Eddie Daniels talks about his incarceration alongside former South African President Nelson Mandela. He spoke with Bloomberg’s Franz Wild in Cape Town on March 24, 2010. (Source: Bloomberg)

Nelson Mandela's Life From Prisoner to President

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Dec. 5 (Bloomberg) — Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s first black president who spent nearly a third of his life as a prisoner of apartheid, has died at the age of 95. Bloomberg’s Guy Johnson takes a look at the life of the man who became a global symbol of reconciliation. (Source: Bloomberg)

Colin Powell Says Mandela's Spirit `Lives On'

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Dec. 6 (Bloomberg) — Former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell talks about Nelson Mandela’s leadership and legacy. He speaks from Washington D.C. with Rishaad Salamat on Bloomberg Television’s “On the Move.” Mandela died yesterday at his home in Houghton, Johannesburg. He was 95. (Source: Bloomberg)  Nelson Mandela

Photographs of former South African President Nelson Mandela are displayed at the Nelson Mandela Legacy Exhibition at the Civic Centre in Cape Town, South Africa, on June 27, 2013. Photograph: AP Photo

A well-wisher, reflected in a portrait of Nelson Mandela, observes the flowers and get-well messages left outside the Mediclinic Heart Hospital, where former South African President Nelson Mandela is being treated in Pretoria, South Africa, on July 8, 2013. Photographer: Ben Curtis/AP Photo

Nelson Mandela greets supporters behind the fence in the mining town of Randfontein, west of Johannesburg, in 1993. Photographer: Walter Dhladhla/AFP/Getty Images

Wedding photo of Mandela and second wife Winnie

In this file photo dated 1957, Nelson Mandela poses with his second wife Winnie during their wedding. Source: OFF/AFP/Getty Images

Mandela asks for donations for a campaign to stop AIDS at a press conference in London in 2003. Photographer: Andy Shaw/Bloomberg

Mandela visits his former cell at the Robben Island prison where he spent 19 of his 27 years in jail. Photographer: Guy Tillman/AFP/Getty Images

Mandela takes the oath of office as president in May 1994 after the country’s first democratic, multiracial election. Photographer: Walter Dhladhla/AFP/Getty Images

In this undated file photo, Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat meets with Nelson Mandela. Source: Palestinian Authorities via Getty Images

President F.W. de Klerk and Nelson Mandela at a news conference during negotiations between the government and the ANC in Cape Town, South Africa on May 6, 1990. Source:Gallo Images/Sunday Times

He died at 8:50 p.m. yesterday at his home in Houghton, Johannesburg, South African President Jacob Zuma said in a televised speech to the nation. In September, he was discharged from a hospital, where he had been treated since June for a recurring lung infection.

Released from prison in 1990, Mandela negotiated a peaceful end to the old regime with leaders of South Africa’s white minority government. Three years later, he won the Nobel Peace Prize. He served as president from 1994 to 1999, before stepping down voluntarily.

Mandela came to symbolize proof that seemingly intractable disputes could be resolved. Former Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat, East Timorese independence leader Xanana Gusmao and warring factions in Burundi all asked him to help mediate conflicts. On his part, Mandela never wavered from espousing non-violence after the settlement talks began.

“I am one of the countless millions who drew inspiration from Nelson Mandela’s life,” U.S. President Barack Obama said. “The day he was released from prison gave me a sense of what human beings can do when they’re guided by their hopes and not by their fears.”

“So long as I live, I will do what I can to learn from him,” he said.

‘Most Admired’

Mandela was “probably the single most admired, most respected international figure in the entire world,” Kofi Annan, then secretary-general of the United Nations, wrote on Mandela’s 85th birthday. “I cite his ready willingness to embrace and reconcile with those who persecuted him the most, and the grace with which he stuck to his promise to serve only one presidential term.”

Tragedy and turmoil marked his personal life. Mandela divorced his second wife, Winnie, in 1996 after accusing her of “brazen infidelity.” She was convicted in 1991 of kidnapping an alleged police informant while Mandela was still incarcerated. One of his sons died while Mandela was in prison and another succumbed to AIDS in 2005.

In struggling for a half-century against apartheid, Mandela rose to prominence within the African National Congress at several critical junctures. In 1961, he founded the party’s armed wing, transforming a movement that had drawn inspiration from Mahatma Gandhi’s peaceful resistance in India to one that used bombs. On his release from prison in 1990, he persuaded the ANC to renounce violence in favor of talks.

Labeled ‘Terrorist’

Denounced by U.K. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher as a “terrorist” in the 1980s, Mandela became a statesman who visited Queen Elizabeth II and counted former U.S. President Bill Clinton as a personal friend.

“Every time Nelson Mandela walks into a room, we all feel a little bigger, we all want to stand up, we all want to cheer, because we’d like to be him on our best day,” Clinton said in 1998.

Mandela, who liked listening to classical music while watching the sun set, sought to find common ground with adversaries and emphasized shared goals rather than differences. More than a negotiating strategy, it was a way of life he embraced in prison. There he befriended white guards and later invited them as honored guests to his presidential inauguration.

Core Legacy

“Without doubt, it is the commitment to reconciliation that stands at the core of the Mandela legacy,” said former U.S. Ambassador to South Africa James Joseph. “When others doubted whether it was still possible for old enemies to beat their swords into plowshares, he showed us how.”

He won the trust of Frederik Willem de Klerk, the last president of South Africa elected in a whites-only election, in their first meeting. Their relationship helped keep talks on course over the next four years as violence raged on the streets of South Africa’s townships.

“I went away from that meeting feeling that I was dealing with a man whose integrity I could trust, that I could do business with,” de Klerk said of their first encounter in an interview with PBS radio. De Klerk went on to share the Nobel Peace Prize with Mandela in 1993.

Aside from de Klerk, Mandela won over most white South Africans, who were reassured by his words of reconciliation. That message took concrete form when he established a commission that granted amnesty to soldiers, policemen and even assassins, provided they confessed to what they had done.

‘Fragmented People’

“Our goal was general amnesty in exchange for the truth,” Bishop Desmond Tutu, the Nobel laureate and chairman of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, told Bloomberg News in a 1999 interview. “It was the only way we could heal a tormented, divided and fragmented people.”

Mandela set an example of forgiveness for the country as a whole, wrote Nadine Gordimer, a South African novelist and Nobel laureate for literature. She described him as “a revolutionary leader of enormous courage” and “a political negotiator of extraordinary skill and wisdom, a statesman in the cause of peaceful change.”

Mandela’s skills and insight into his country’s passion for sports, depicted in the 2009 movie “Invictus,” led him to forge a remarkable national unity that helped South Africa gain an upset victory in the 1995 Rugby World Cup held in Johannesburg.

Chief’s Son

Nelson Mandela was born on July 18, 1918, in the remote village of Mvezo in the south-east of South Africa. The son of a Tembu chief, he was named Rolihlahla, meaning “troublemaker,” until his first day at school. His teacher, Miss Mdingane, gave him the name Nelson to conform to the British bias in education.

Mandela was drawn to politics in his teens while listening to elders talk about the freedom they had before white rule.

“Among the tales they related to me were those of wars fought by our ancestors in defense of the fatherland,” he said in court in 1964 when facing charges of sabotage. “I hoped then that life might offer me the opportunity to serve my people.”

Mandela, educated at a missionary school, fled home at 23 to dodge a marriage arranged by a white guardian, who described his future wife as “a girl, fat and dignified.”

In the 1940s, he became an enthusiastic boxer, rising at 4:30 a.m. every day as part of an early morning exercise routine that lasted most of his life. After qualifying as a lawyer and establishing the first black law firm in South Africa, Mandela helped turn the ANC from an organization of teachers, preachers and intellectuals into a mass movement backed by labor unions.

Conversion Experience

His conversion from non-violent politics to advocating armed struggle was sparked by the 1960 police massacre of 69 people in Sharpeville who were protesting laws requiring non-whites to carry internal passports.

He became the first commander of the ANC’s armed wing, Umkhonto we Sizwe, Zulu for “Spear of the Nation,” studied guerrilla warfare in Algeria and helped set up training camps in Tanzania before being arrested on his return to South Africa.

Conducting his own defense in 1964, Mandela spelled out a dream of racial equality, declaring “it is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die.”

While jailed, first on Robben Island off Cape Town where he broke limestone in a quarry, and later in a warder’s house, he refused to denounce the ANC’s armed struggle, the price he could have paid for freedom. In the late 1980s, he opened secret talks with the government.

Leaving Prison

De Klerk, who was told of the talks only after his election as South Africa’s State President in 1989, pushed ahead with them, allowing the ANC to return to the country and freeing Mandela on Feb. 11, 1990. As the international media looked on, Mandela emerged from the prison gates dressed in a suit to join his wife on a long walk to freedom as thousands jostled to get a glimpse of their hero.

The four years of talks leading up to the first democratic election in April 1994 were a violent epoch in South Africa’s history with the emergence of state-sponsored assassinations and massive counter-protests.

In the end, Mandela’s “initiative and F. W. de Klerk’s response has given the world an example of wise and peaceful resolution of what many thought was irreconcilable conflict,” said Bobby Godsell, former chief executive officer of AngloGold Ashanti Ltd., Africa’s largest gold producer.

Aside from winning the trust of most whites, Mandela also engaged with Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi to end conflict between his Inkatha Freedom Party and the ANC. The rivalry had threatened to erupt into civil war after claiming more than 10,000 lives before the 1994 elections.

Health Advocate

After retiring from office, Mandela criticized South Africa’s early support for Robert Mugabe in neighboring Zimbabwe and pleaded for free drug treatment for those infected with HIV.

Largely ignored by his successor, Thabo Mbeki, he became increasingly outspoken. Before the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq, Mandela called George W. Bush a president “who can’t think properly” and Vice President Dick Cheney a “dinosaur.”

He also began to reveal more of himself. At a conference on tuberculosis, he said he felt shame when diagnosed with the disease and that it had been difficult to discuss AIDS as president at first because of a hesitancy to talk about sex.

Mandela redressed this by becoming a champion of the fight against AIDS, publicly embracing people with HIV and disclosing that three of his family members had died of the disease. His eldest son, Makgatho, died in January 2005, prompting Mandela to call for renewed efforts to fight the deadly illness.

Problems Remain

Some critics said Mandela should have done more while in office to fight HIV, which has infected as many as one in nine South Africans. South Africa also is still afflicted by inequalities, with almost a quarter of its working-age population jobless.

Yet because of its transition to democracy, constitutional checks and balances and an open economy, South Africa under Mandela was viewed as a model for other developing nations.

“His real legacy is the period after the negotiations, where he consistently preached reconciliation,” said Nic Borain, a political analyst based in Cape Town. “There were criticisms of him being authoritarian, but there was never any sense of him being mean-spirited or of putting himself before the country.”

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Mandela married his third wife, Graca Machel, in 1998. He also had three daughters.

To contact the reporter on this story: Felix Kessler in New York at fkessler1@bloomberg.net

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      South Africans hold pictures of former South African president Nelson Mandela as they pay tribute following his death in Johannesburg on December 6, 2013
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      Johannesburg (AFP) – AFP IS CLOSING THE LIVE REPORT ON THE DEATH OF NELSON MANDELA, the South African anti-apartheid hero beloved as a global symbol of peace and forgiveness and the father of the “Rainbow Nation”.

      0245 GMT: F.W de Klerk, the former South African president who shared the Nobel Peace Prize with Mandela, has paid tribute to his successor while recalling their “often stormy” relationship.

      “It was an honour to work with former president Nelson Mandela in bringing democracy to South Africa,” de Klerk said.

      “I believe that his example will live on and that it will continue to inspire all South Africans to achieve his vision of non-racialism, justice, human dignity, and equality for all.”

      0242 GMT: Mandela’s two youngest daughters heard about the death of their father while attending the London premiere of “Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom”.

      Zindzi and Zenani had just met dignitaries including Prince William and wife Catherine at the screening when they were informed of the news by telephone “and immediately left the cinema,” according to the Nelson Mandela Foundation.

      0220 GMT: Mandela was an “old friend of the Chinese people”, China’s foreign ministry spokesman Hong Lei has said in Beijing. Adding the voice of China to the global chorus of condolences, he said Beijing offered the family of the Nobel laureate “sincere solicitude”.

      During the struggle against apartheid the Chinese Communist Party supported the Pan African Congress, a rival to Mandela’s Moscow-backed ANC, and it was not until 1998, four years into his presidential term, that diplomatic ties were established.

      0200 GMT: The South African government has created a dedicated website where all announcements and information about the state funeral of Nelson Mandela will be uploaded:

      0135 GMT: While leaving the London premiere of a film celebrating the life of the iconic anti-apartheid fighter, Britain’s Prince William said Mandela’s death was “extremely sad and tragic”.

      Mandela’s daughter Zindzi was also at the screening of “Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom”.

      0110 GMT: In 2007, Mandela founded The Elders, a group which says they are independent, progressive leaders committed to peace, justice and human rights. The members of the group each contrubuted to a statement mourning his death.

      Kofi Annan, former United Nations Secretary-General, Chair of The Elders, said, “The world has lost a visionary leader, a courageous voice for justice, and a clear moral compass. By showing us that the path to freedom and human dignity lies in love, wisdom and compassion for one another, Nelson Mandela stands as an inspiration to us all.”

      Martti Ahtisaari, former President of Finland, said, “The most impressive man of my generation has passed away. No one has influenced my life more than President Nelson Mandela.”

      Fernando Henrique Cardoso, former President of Brazil, said, “The whole world laments the loss of Nelson Mandela. For us Brazilians and for me personally, his action went beyond the struggle for a free South Africa. It illustrated the struggle to liberate human beings from the shackles both of racism and of revenge.”

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      And Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland, said, “Nelson Mandela was a much loved citizen of the world. His death leaves us bereft – it is felt by all of us as a personal loss…There are so many ways that we will remember Nelson Mandela. His determination and courage in fighting for justice for his people, his moral authority, not least in his forgiveness of his former guards, and his valuing of diversity in all aspects of the new South Africa. From all who ever had contact with him, he commanded enormous respect.”

      0050 GMT: Anti-apartheid activist and fellow prisoner on Robben Island Ahmed Kathrada offered a tribute to Mandela which said, “Your abundant reserves of love, simplicity, honesty, service, humility, care, courage, foresight, patience, tolerance, equality and justice continually served as a source of enormous strength to me and so many millions of people around the world…

      While we may be drowned in sorrow and grief, we must be proud and grateful that after the long walk paved with obstacles and suffering, we salute you as a fighter for freedom to the end.

      Farewell my elder brother, my mentor, my leader. With all the energy and determination at our command, we pledge to join the people of South Africa and the world to perpetuate the ideals and values for which you have devoted your life.”

      Back in the United States, First Lady Michelle Obama tweeted, “We will forever draw strength and inspiration from Nelson Mandela’s extraordinary example of moral courage, kindness, and humility.”

      Her husband has ordered all flags in the US to fly at half-mast until sunset on Monday, December 9.

      0030 GMT: Both the rugby and cricket worlds are responding to Mandela’s death.

      Fans attending the second Ashes cricket Test match in Adelaide observed a minute’s silence to mark Mandela’s passing and players wore black arm bands in his honor.

      South Africa’s one-day international cricket captain AB de Villiers saluted Mandela by tweeting, “Let us now, more than ever, stick together as a nation! We owe him that much. #madiba you will be missed! #tata #inspiration #leader.”

      The International Rugby Board Chairman Bernard Lapasset released a statement saying, “I am so proud that the Rugby family could play its small part in supporting Mr Mandela’s efforts to establish the new South Africa and that our tournament came to symbolise the emergence of a new nation. He changed the world and we were privileged to witness and embrace his work.”

      South African Rugby Union President Oregan Hoskins said, “The South African Rugby Union shares in our nation’s sadness. Madiba was a great man of vision, determination and integrity who performed a miracle that amazed the world as much as it amazed his own fellow countrymen.”

      From Ireland, rock singer and activist Bono writes in Time Magazine, “Without Mandela, would Africa be experiencing its best decade of growth and poverty reduction? His indispensability can’t be proved with math and metrics, but I know what I believe.”

      0016 GMT: More from our team outside of Mandela’s home where people are starting to place flowers along the perimeter wall of his house:

      Reginald Mokoena who works as a gardener in the suburb of Houghton tells AFP, “I was there when he walked out of prison, I’m here now, it’s all so unreal. Our hero is gone.”

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      Asthyn Ariel tells AFPTV, “I think it’s the moment where South Africa will really shine as a nation throughout the world. I think we are ready to show that thanks to Madiba we have changed for the better. We are a united rainbow nation.”

      While Nafiwsa Bhota tells AFPTV, “He is our father. An icon. He’s left a legacy, and we hope to follow his footsteps, that we can keep his legacy burning for the rest of the world.”

      0009 GMT: Clayson Monyela, spokesperson for the South African Ministry of Foreign Affairs tweets that all of South Africa’s 126 embassies across the world are ready for people to come and sign Nelson Mandela condolences message books.

      Also in Africa, former president Thabo Mbeki posted to Facebook, “As we mourn President Mandela’s passing we must ask ourselves the fundamental question – what shall we do to respond to the tasks of building a democratic, non-racial, non-sexist and prosperous South Africa, a people centred society free of hunger, poverty, disease and inequality, as well as Africa’s renaissance, to whose attainment President Nelson Mandela dedicated his whole life?”

      0007 GMT: At a golf tournament west of Los Angeles, Tiger Woods told reporters including AFP’s Rebecca Bryan, “I got a chance to meet him with my father back in ’98. He invited us to his home, and it was one of the inspiring times I’ve ever had in my life.”

      Asked if he could imagine emerging from 27 years in prison with no thought of revenge Woods said: “Well, I don’t think any of us probably here could have survived that and come out as humble and as dignified as he did, and to lead an entire nation and to basically love the world when he came out, I think that’s a testament to his will and his spirit and who he was. “

      Fellow Nobel laureates are also among those paying tribute, including the Egyptian former head of the IAEA nuclear watchdog Mohamed ElBaradei, who declared, “Let freedom reign. Humanity has lost its greatest son.”

      And from Latin America, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff said, “The example of this great leader will guide all those who fight for social justice and peace in the world.”

      2356 GMT: From the sporting world, football great Pele tweeted, “(Mandela) was a hero to me. He was a friend and a companion in the popular fight and the fight for world peace.”

      Portugal’s captain Cristiano Ronaldo posted a photo of Mandela at the 2010 World Cup with an English statement, “Thankful Madiba for your legacy and your example. You”ll always stay with us.”

      European leaders continue to send statements of condolence.

      European Union President Herman Van Rompuy tweeted, “Nelson Mandela – one of the greatest political figures of our times. Let’s honour his memory by collective commitment to democracy.”

      European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso tweeted, “Mandela changed course of history for his people, country, continent & the world. My thoughts are with his family and people of #SouthAfrica.”

      And the President of the European Parliament tweeted, “The world has lost a hero and an icon. A defender of freedom, justice and equality. An inspiration for millions. Goodbye #Mandiba.”

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      US Secretary of State John Kerry is also weighing in. His statement said, “Nelson Mandela was a stranger to hate. He rejected recrimination in favor of reconciliation and knew the future demands we move beyond the past. He gave everything he had to heal his country and lead it back into the community of nations, including insisting on relinquishing his office and ensuring there would be a peaceful transfer of power. Today, people all around the world who yearn for democracy look to Mandela’s nation and its democratic Constitution as a hopeful example of what is possible.”

      And in South Africa, the opposition Democratic Alliance said the nation should join hands in mourning Madiba. They also sent condolences to his family.

      “May they find the strength to overcome the pain of this great loss. And may the entire Mandela family be accorded the respect they deserve at this time. May they be accorded the right to mourn in peace. The nation mourns with them.”

      2320 GMT: Outside of Mandela’s home Andrew Beatty reports a crowd of over 500 people of different races, young and old gathered for an impromptu vigil singing anti-apartheid songs. He says the mood is not sad but celebratory, with people singing waving flags, shouting, “Viva Mandela, Long Live Madiba.”

      There is also a large police contingent blocking the house from view.

      Ashleigh Williams, who lives near by, tells him, “I knew this day would come, but what can I say our beloved Madiba fought a good fight, now it’s time to rest. My heart is full of joy and sadness at the same time. He left a great legacy. I don’t think anyone will ever be able to fill his shoes.”

      Reaction from Hollywood is coming to the newsroom.

      Idris Elba who currently stars in the biopic “Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom” released a statement saying, “What an honor it was to step into the shoes of Nelson Mandela and portray a man who defied odds, broke down barriers, and championed human rights before the eyes of the world. My thoughts and prayers are with his family.”

      American actor Morgan Freeman, who portrayed Mandela in the film “Invictus”, also wrote in Time Magazine it was an “everlasting honor” when Mandela named him as the person he would like to portray him in a film.

      We are also receiving reaction from tech titan and philanthropist Bill Gates tweeted, “Every time Melinda and I met Nelson Mandela, we left more inspired than ever. His grace and courage changed the world. This is a sad day.”

      In Africa, Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan said, Mandela’s “death will create a huge vacuum that will be difficult to fill in our continent.”

      South Africa’s archbishop emeritus Desmond Tutu lauded Mandela as the man who taught a deeply divided nation how to come together.

      “We are relieved that his suffering is over, but our relief is drowned by our grief. May he rest in peace and rise in glory.”

      The National Union of Mineworkers released a statement of tribute reading, “As an honorary president of the NUM, he has been an inspiration through and through and has on many occasions motivated mineworkers to take education seriously as he believed that it is through it that their children will head mines.”

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      This picture taken on July 18, 2003 shows Nelson Mandela, the former South Africa President, salutin …

      2306 GMT: Our video journalist Emilie Iob is speaking with people outside Mandela’s home.

      Ebrahim Omar tells her, “I’m here because it’s the most devastating day of my life in South Africa. We just lost the father of our nation. I herd the news and I had to see, just to say my final goodbye.”

      Many people speaking with our Andrew Beatty say they are not shocked, but still saddened by the news of Mandela’s death.

      “It’s incredibly sad,” John Smale, 32, said.

      At a filling station, Simpiwe Hlalgwana, 44, said, “I feel bad because he’s an idol.”

      World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim issued a statement reading, “We are humbled by his leadership. We are inspired by his commitment to reconciliation. He showed us that fundamental change is possible and must be pursued when the freedom and well-being of people are at stake.

      On this sad day, our thoughts are with the South African people.”

      UNICEF also pointed to Mandela’s work on behalf of children, saying in a statement, “Today we have all lost a hero, a powerful champion for children.”

      From New York, Mayor Michael Bloomberg released a statement saying, “When I presented Nelson Mandela with the Key to the City in 2005, he spoke passionately about the work of his foundation and his ongoing efforts to tackle the HIV/AIDS epidemic and many other important issues. He devoted his life to building a more just, equal and compassionate world, and we are all better for it. On behalf of the people of the City of New York, I offer my sincere condolences to the Mandela family and the people of South Africa. At my direction, flags at City Hall will be lowered to half-staff in his honor.”

      2250 GMT: The African National Congress released its official reaction saying, “With deep sorrow and a profound sense of loss, the African National Congress received the sad news of the passing of our Isithwalandwe and former President, Comrade Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela.

      Our nation has lost a colossus, an epitome of humility, equality, justice, peace and the hope of millions; here and abroad.”

      Archbishop Desmond Tutu announced that he will address the media in Cape Town on Friday, December 6 and offered a prayer for South Africa.

      In Washington, US President Barack Obama mourned Mandela as a “profoundly good” man who “took history in his hands and bent the arc of the moral universe towards justice.”

      Obama concluded his heartfelt remarks, “He no longer belongs to us; he belongs to the ages.”

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      A statue of former South African President Nelson Mandela is seen in front of the South African Emba …

      In the UK, former Prime Minister Gordon Brown offered praise for Mandela and reminded people that the accolade he most prized was that of “Children’s Champion.”

      From Brazil, FIFA president Sepp Blatter also shared thoughts on Mandela saying, “He and I shared an unwavering belief in the extraordinary power of football to unite people in peace and friendship, and to teach basic social and educational values as a school of life. When he was honoured and cheered by the crowd at Johannesburg’s Soccer City stadium on 11 July 2010, it was as a man of the people, a man of their hearts, and it was one of the most moving moments I have ever experienced.”

      And from Canada, Governor General David Johnson said, “On behalf of the Government of Canada and all Canadians, Laureen and I extend our condolences to Mr. Mandela’s widow, Graca Machel, his entire family and all citizens of South Africa. Canada, a nation that granted Mr. Mandela honorary citizenship in 2001, mourns with you and the entire world today.”

      2231 GMT: Our correspondent on the ground Andrew Beatty (@AndrewBeatty) reports that residents of Mandela’s Houghton neighbourhood walked arm through surrounding streets toward his house.

      The official Twitter account of the Nelson Mandela Foundation tweeted: “Death is something inevitable.When a man has done what he considers to be his duty to his people&his country,he can rest in peace” #Madiba

      Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott told Fairfax radio, “Nelson Mandela was one of the great figures of Africa, arguably one of the great figures of the last century.”

      Many former US Presidents have also released statements and tweets honoring Mandela.

      Bill Clinton tweeted a photo with Mandela with the message “I will never forget my friend Madiba.”

      The Clinton foundation also released a statement saying, “Today the world has lost one of its most important leaders and one of its finest human beings. And Hillary, Chelsea and I have lost a true friend…All of us are living in a better world because of the life that Madiba lived.”

      George H.W. Bush said, “Barbara and I mourn the passing of one of the greatest believers in freedom we have had the privilege to know. As President, I watched in wonder as Nelson Mandela had the remarkable capacity to forgive his jailers following 26 years of wrongful imprisonment — setting a powerful example of redemption and grace for us all.”

      George W. Bush said, “Laura and I join the people of South Africa and the world in celebrating the life of Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela. President Mandela was one of the great forces for freedom and equality of our time. He bore his burdens with dignity and grace, and our world is better off because of his example. This good man will be missed, but his contributions will live on forever.”

      Jimmy Carter said, “Rosalynn and I are deeply saddened by the death of Nelson Mandela. The people of South Africa and human rights advocates around the world have lost a great leader. His passion for freedom and justice created new hope for generations of oppressed people worldwide, and because of him, South Africa is today one of the world’s leading democracies.”

      2224 GMT: Reaction continues to pour in, with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon calling Mandela “a giant for justice” and the French Foreign Minister saluting him as “a charismatic giant”.

      Irish prime minister Enda Kenny paid tribute to the “gift” of Mandela, and offered the country’s deepest sympathies to the people of South Africa.

      “The name Mandela stirred our conscience and our hearts. It became synonymous with the pursuit of dignity and freedom across the globe,” he said in a statement.

      2215 GMT: British Prime Minister David Cameron said “a great light had gone out” following Nelson Mandela’s death, revealing that flags would be flown at half-mast at his Downing Street Office.

      US President Barack Obama will deliver a statement on Mandela’s death from the White House at 2220 GMT.

      2211 GMT: Mandela was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 1993 with Frederik Willem de Klerk “for their work for the peaceful termination of the apartheid regime, and for laying the foundations for a new democratic South Africa”.

      Fellow Nobel Peace laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu once said, “He is by far the most admired and revered statesperson in the world and one of the greatest human beings to walk this earth.”

      2206 GMT: Mandela had been receiving treatment for a lung infection at his Johannesburg home since September, after three months in hospital in a critical state.

      Mandela is survived by three daughters, 18 grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren and three step-grandchildren. He had four step-children through his marriage to Graca Machel, whom he married on his 80th birthday.

      2157 GMT: South African President Jacob Zuma addressed the nation to inform them of the passing of Nelson Mandela at 95 years old.

      A sombre Zuma said, “Fellow South Africans, our beloved Nelson Mandela, the founding president of our democratic nation, has departed. He passed on peacefully in the company of his family around 20:50 on the 5th of December, 2013. He is now resting. He is now at peace. Our nation has lost its greatest son.”

      Zuma announced that all flags will fly at half-mast from tomorrow until after the state funeral.

      Zuma reminded his nation, “As we gather to pay our last respects, let us conduct ourselves with the dignity and respect that Madiba personified.

      “Let us be mindful of his wishes and the wishes of his family.

      “Let us commit ourselves to strive together… to build a united, non-racial, non-sexist, democratic and prosperous South Africa.

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WASHINGTON (WUSA9) — Hundreds came to honor former South African President Nelson Mandela at an unveiling of a statue of the anti-apartheid leader. 

The statue is at the South African Embassy on Massachusetts Avenue in Northwest D.C. 

There was song, celebration and speeches for the man affectionately referred to as Madiba, the Father of South Africa.

“Dignity, humility, respect, courage truly the spirit of Mandela.”

Zindzi Mandela came for the unveiling of the 9-foot statue of her father.

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“Let us not forget to celebrate in his sunset years that we are bringing those values alive as we strive to become better people,” said Zindzi Mandela.

Mandela’s Grandson, “We appreciate what’s been done and we just want to continue celebrating my grandfather’s legacy.”

Nelson Mandela spent 27 years in prison during apartheid

and would later become president of the nation that imprisoned him.

Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool, “Mahtma Ghandhi Statue is further down the road, Martin Luther King Memorial on the Mall and today we add Nelson Mandela outside the embassy on Massachusetts.”

The statue stands at the spot where people protested against apartheid

and were arrested. It’s the spot where the ‘Free South Africa Movement’ was born.

Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton and Randall Robinson walked out of DC Superior Court after being arrested nearly 30 years ago. That began the daily protests at the South African embassy.

“Ambassador Fourie answered our appeal that day by having us arrested and removed from the embassy in shackles,” Robinson said. 

Joining the movement, the band ‘Kool and the Gang’ who refused to perform in South Africa’s Apartheid era.

George Bell, Kool and the Gang, “We are totally honored to honor Nelson Mandela for not only what he’s done to South Africa but for all people in the world. There were sanctions in South Africa that the world stood up to move forward, it’s a great step for all of humanity for what Nelson Mandela accomplished for all of us.”

Mandela is a global figure for peace but he is also a family man, a father who was in prison for half of his daughter, Zindzi Mandela’s life.

“I feel a deep sense of pride. I think it’s very important in this stage of my father’s history that his values are documented for future generations. How is your father? He is fine. Typical of a 95-year-old who’s health is frail but he’s with us and we appreciate every moment with him,” Zindzi Mandela said.

Here’s a look at some of the important dates in Nelson Mandela’s life:

  • In June 1961 – Mandela begins organizing the armed struggle against apartheid.
  • In June 1964 – he’s sentenced to life in prison for four counts of sabotage.
  • In July 1989 – Meets with South African President Botha.
  • February 1990 – Mandela is released from prison after more than 27 years.
  • April 29, 1994 -he’s elected the first black president of the Republic of South Africa in the first open election in the country’s history.
  • He leaves office in June 1999.

There is much speculation of Mandela’s frail health but his daughter says “this man is a fighter, he’s not going anywhere anytime soon. He’s determined to be with us.”

She says only his maker knows how long he will be with us.

Robinson, “In important ways he will never die. That is what he has given to humanity. He will last in the hearts in the lives he touched and there are millions of those.”

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Hundreds form human chain to honor Mandela

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By Ron Allen, Correspondent, NBC News 

PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA — It was a simple gesture, but also another moment that revealed the power and influence of Nelson Mandela, often affectionately referred to as Madiba. 

On a hill overlooking the capital Pretoria, several hundred ordinary people, including some young school children who joined in during recess, held hands and formed a human chain that stretched about half a mile. It was formed to honor the still ailing former President Mandela.

“I, one link in this human chain, pledge to do all I can to build an undivided South Africa free from poverty as envisioned by Nelson Mandela,” they said in unison, reciting a pledge committing themselves to work to achieve Mandela’s vision for this country.

They stood for 67 minutes, the number of years Mandela dedicated to public service beginning with his time as a human rights lawyer in the 1940?s until he retired from public life.  Mandela’s birthday, July 18th, also is recognized around the world as a time for people to spend 67 minutes of their time lending someone a helping hand.

“My heart goes out to him, our Madiba,” said Anglican Archbishop the Most Reverend Dr. Thabo Makgoba of Capetown, the church’s new young leader. He has taken over the post once held by another iconic figure here, the now retired Nobel laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu.  And, Makgoba added, because Mandela is so frail and at home in critical condition, “We need to seize the moment, while he is still alive, and lead by his example.”

 

 

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Makgoba was leading the event to kick off what will be a huge celebration here next week, September 24th, on Heritage Day. It is a public day of reflection about where the nation stands in relation to Mandela’s dream for it.  It has been 19 years since he was elected President, changing just about everything here.

This small but symbolic gathering was also significant because it started in a place called Freedom Park, the nation’s newest monument, officially open in April and still a work in progress. In 1999, Mandela said in a speech, “The day should not be far off when we shall have a people’s shrine, a Freedom Park, where we shall honor with all the dignity they deserve, those who endured pain so we should experience the joy of freedom.”

One main feature of the park is its huge walls lining its footpaths, inscribed with the names of those who have given their lives for South Africa.  Some 76,000 are there so far, veterans of South Africa’s wars, World War I and II, and the liberation struggle, as it’s called here, against apartheid.

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“I hope that young people will learn the value of sacrifice, and the value of serving the public good,” said the archbishop, surrounded by a class of grade school children all dressed in crisp blue uniforms. They were heading back to class after taking their places in the human chain.

But before leaving, they all sang the song that echoes at so many public gatherings here these days. The often repeated lyric says, “Nelson Mandela … Nelson Mandela … there’s no one like you.”

Mandela chose to quit, while Mugabe stays put

FILE - This Sunday Dec. 13, 1998 file photo shows former South African president Nelson Mandela, left, with Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe in Harare. Mandela, now in a hospital, quit after a single term as South African president. Robert Mugabe, Africa's oldest head of state, is still in charge of Zimbabwe after disputed elections last week. These two larger-than-life figures, who chose different paths once in power, represent a rivalry over style and ideas that resonates beyond southern Africa. (AP Photo/Rob Cooper, File)
 HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Nelson Mandela, now in a hospital, quit after a single term as South African president. Robert Mugabe, Africa’s oldest head of state and the only president Zimbabwe has ever known, is still in charge after disputed elections last week. These two larger-than-life figures, who chose different paths once in power, represent competing styles and ideas that resonate beyond southern Africa.

The question for any leader with the leverage of popular sentiment or the backing of security forces and other state institutions is: When is it time to quit? Mandela and Mugabe were among that generation of African decision-makers whose reputations were forged in the struggle against colonialism or white minority rule. It was hard for many to let go of power, succumbing to the temptations of authoritarian
control and its material spoils.

The narratives of the two men ran in parallel but the stature of Mugabe, a former guerrilla and colossus
of the liberation struggle in southern Africa, ebbed when Mandela walked out of a South African prison in 1990. The charismatic Mandela, his legacy cemented by outreach to his former enemies, physically towered over Mugabe, a stiffer figure who had chosen an authoritarian
path. The two were cordial
but never close.

Mugabe, who is 89 and in seemingly decent health, has led Zimbabwe for so long that his defiant persona is embedded in the national identity of a country that has suffered economic turmoil, Western sanctions, periodic spasms of violence and periodic mass emigration to neighboring South Africa. He dismisses allegations by the demoralized opposition of vote-rigging in the July 31 election, and is gearing up for his seventh term as president. He made black empowerment the bedrock of his election campaign, promising to take over the remaining 1,138 foreign and white-owned businesses in Zimbabwe.

In a rare television interview this year, Mugabe criticized Mandela for being too soft on South Africa’s white minority after the end of apartheid. Mandela did not want to scare off investment by alienating the country’s former masters, who dominated the economy. Today, South Africa still struggles with economic inequality, though it avoided the economic freefall that played out in Zimbabwe.

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The former South African president had “gone a bit far in doing good to non-black communities” at the expense of blacks, Mugabe told the South African Broadcasting Corp.

“That is being too saintly, too good, too much of a saint,” said Mugabe, whose ZANU-PF party in earlier years had traditionally supported South Africa’s Pan Africanist Congress, the second liberation movement after Mandela’s more broad-based African National Congress.

Since 2000, the often violent seizures of thousands of white-owned commercial farms by Mugabe loyalists disrupted Zimbabwe’s agriculture-based economy. After the farm seizures, Mugabe’s party demanded that companies not already owned by blacks yield 51 percent of assets and control. Zimbabwe, a former breadbasket, now relies on food imports.

Mandela, who turned 95 last month, stepped down in 1999 after a single five-year presidential term, during which he preached reconciliation. The decision not to seek a second term, a disappointment to his followers, fit with his insistence that leadership was a collective effort, not an individual one. It could also be seen as a message to other continental leaders who had opted to stay put.

Mugabe, in power since Zimbabwe won independence in 1980, has outfoxed his opponents time and again. Mandela, who was admitted to a hospital two months ago for a lung infection and is critically ill, seemed to tire of daily politics while in the presidency and had a light touch in his last years in power.

On visits to Zimbabwe, Mandela’s easy-going style as president contrasted with Mugabe’s austere
manner and curt attitude toward the media.

At one news conference, Mugabe sat bunched up and ill-at-ease at the far end of a couch from a relaxed Mandela, who fielded one last question in an airport VIP lounge but said his answer would be too long.
“Come and visit me at home, buy me a rum and I’ll tell you everything,” Mandela quipped.

Lifelong teetotaler Mugabe remained expressionless.

Robert Mugabe has been addressing supporters in Harare, as Zimbabwe celebrates independence from Britain. It is something he has been doing now for more than three decades. And at 89 years old, it seems he has no plans to stop. Mugabe plans to contest elections scheduled for later this year. Addressing crowds at the national sports stadium in Harare, he urged Zimbabweans to vote peacefully, to confound
what he called foreign critics.But there is both optimism and anger going into the presidential poll. A referendum
on a new constitution was successfully carried out last month.A resounding 95 percent backed the new charter. It imposes a limit of two five year terms on the office of president. It strengthens human rights, and calls for impartiality in the police and the military. But many Zimbabweans say even now, they have yet to enjoy the fruits of indepenence. QR Code – Take this post Mobile!

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Winnie Mandela releases journal on prison life AFPBy Stephane de Sakutin | AFP – 19 hours agoWinnie Madikizela-Mandela, ex-wife of former South African President Nelson Mandela, holds a copy of her new book “491 Days : Prisoner Number 1323/6” on August 8, 2013 at Constitutional Hill in Johannesburg.

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, ex-wife of former South African President Nelson Mandela, holds a copy … Nelson Mandela’s ex-wife Winnie on Thursday released a book about her detention by the apartheid regime, a time she described as the darkest part of her life. The book “491 Days: Prisoner number 1323/69” is based on a journal Winnie Madikizela-Mandela kept in prison during her detention. “In my mind I felt that we needed to tell the story to the future generations, so that what happened there never happens again,” she said at the launch in Johannesburg. In the book Winnie shares some of her journal entries as well as letters between her husband and herself. “Solitary confinement is worst than hard labour,” she said. “When you stretch your hands you touch the walls, you are reduced to a nobody.” The book details her harrowing isolated confinement for over a year after security police detained her at her Soweto home on May 12, 1969. An anti-apartheid activist in her own right, she was held at Pretoria Central Prison with a group of other fighters under the notorious Terrorism Act. Her then-husband Nelson Mandela had already been in prison almost seven years by then. A lawyer’s widow had the journal, and returned it to Madikizela-Mandela 41 years after her release on September 14, 1970. She said reading the journal brought back painful memories about the suffering she, her family and her two children Zindzi and Zenani — then little girls — experienced. “I could only read one paragraph and put it away,” she said. “Words cannot describe the feelings and the pain, especially now that their father is in hospital,” she said. Nelson Mandela, 95, marked two months in hospital on Thursday, where he is undergoing treatment for a serious lung infection. The pair divorced in 1996, two years after he became South Africa’s first black president. Winnie Mandela is still revered as mother of the nation, despite her implication in the death of activists on the eve of apartheid’s end and a corruption conviction a decade later. News For You Amazing Maya Facade Exposed in Guatemala UK should consider fingerprinting illegal immigrants – report 3D Printing Weaves Its Way into Fashion Obama says wants to pass housing reform measures this year Hooper named Super Rugby’s top Aussie Winnie Madikizela–Mandela (born Nomzamo Winfreda Zanyiwe Madikizela; 26 September 1936) is a South African politician who has held several government positions and headed the African National Congress Women’s League. She is currently a member of the ANC’s National Executive Committee. Although she was still married to Nelson Mandela at the time of his becoming president of South Africa in May 1994, the couple had separated two years earlier. Their divorce was finalised on 19 March 1996,[1] with an unspecified out-of-court settlement. Her attempt to obtain a settlement up to US$5 million, half of what she claimed her ex-husband was worth, was dismissed when she failed to appear in court for a settlement hearing.[2] A controversial activist, she is popular among her supporters, who refer to her as the ‘Mother of the Nation’, yet reviled by others, mostly due to her alleged involvement in several human-rights abuses, including the 1988 kidnapping and murder of 14-year old ANC activist Stompie Moeketsi.[3] In March 2009, the Independent Electoral Commission ruled that Madikizela-Mandela, selected as an ANC candidate, could run in the April 2009 general election, despite her conviction for fraud.[4] Early life Her Xhosa name is Nomzamo (“She who tries”). She was born in the village of eMbongweni,[5] Bizana, Pondoland, in what is now South Africa’s Eastern Cape Province. She held a number of jobs in various parts of what was then the Bantustan of Transkei, including with the Transkei government, living at various times in Bizana, Shawbury and Johannesburg. Despite restrictions on education of blacks during apartheid, she earned a degree in social work from the Jan Hofmeyer School in Johannesburg, and several years later earned a Bachelor’s degree in international relations from the University of Witwatersrand. Marriage/children She met lawyer and anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela in 1957. They married in 1958 and had two daughters, Zenani (b. 1959) and Zindzi (b. 1960). In June 2010, she was treated for shock after the death of her great granddaughter, Zenani, who was killed in a car accident on the eve of the opening of South Africa’s World Cup. Apartheid She emerged as a leading opponent of the white minority rule government during the later years of her husband’s imprisonment (August 1963 – February 1990). For many of those years, she was exiled to the town of Brandfort in the Orange Free State and confined to the area, except for the times she was allowed to visit her husband at the prison on Robben Island. Beginning in 1969, she spent eighteen months in solitary confinement at Pretoria Central Prison.[6] In a leaked letter to Jacob Zuma in October 2008, just-resigned President of South Africa Thabo Mbeki alluded to the role the ANC had created for her in its anti-apartheid activism: In the context of the global struggle for the release of political prisoners in our country, our movement took a deliberate decision to profile Nelson Mandela as the representative personality of these prisoners, and therefore to use his personal political biography, including the persecution of his then wife, Winnie Mandela, dramatically to present to the world and the South African community the brutality of the apartheid system.[7] Criminal Convictions and Findings of Criminal Behaviour Her reputation was damaged by such rhetoric as that displayed in a speech she gave in Munsieville on 13 April 1986, where she endorsed the practice of necklacing (burning people alive using tyres and petrol). She said, “with our boxes of matches and our necklaces we shall liberate this country.”[8] Further tarnishing her reputation were accusations by her bodyguard, Jerry Musivuzi Richardson, that she had ordered kidnapping and murder.[3] On 29 December 1988, Richardson, who was coach of the Mandela United Football Club (MUFC), which acted as Mrs. Mandela’s personal security detail, abducted 14-year-old James Seipei (also known as Stompie Moeketsi) and three other youths from the home of a Methodist minister, Rev. Paul Verryn, claiming she had the youths taken to her home because she suspected the reverend was sexually abusing them. The four were beaten to get them to admit to having had sex with the minister. Seipei was accused of being an informer, and his body later found in a field with stab wounds to the throat on 6 January 1989.[9] [10] In 1991, she was convicted of kidnapping and being an accessory to assault in connection with the death of Seipei. Her six-year jail sentence was reduced to a fine on appeal. The final report of the South African Truth and Reconciliation commission, issued in 1998, found “Ms Winnie Madikizela Mandela politically and morally accountable for the gross violations of human rights committed by the MUFC.”It concluded that she had personally been directly responsible for the murder, torture, abduction and assault of numerous men, women and children, as well as indirectly responsible for even larger number of such crimes. [11] In 1992, she was accused of ordering the murder of Dr. Abu-Baker Asvat, a family friend who had examined Seipei at Mandela’s house, after Seipei had been abducted but before he had been killed.[12] Mandela’s role was later probed as part of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings, in 1997.[13] She was said to have paid the equivalent of $8,000 and supplied the firearm used in the killing, which took place on 27 January 1989.[14] The hearings were later adjourned amid claims that witnesses were being intimidated on Mandela’s orders.[15] Transition to democracy During South Africa’s transition to democracy, she adopted a far less conciliatory and compromising attitude than her husband toward the white community. Despite being on her husband’s arm when he was released in 1990, the first time the two had been seen in public for nearly thirty years, the Mandelas’ 38-year marriage ended when they separated in April 1992 after it was revealed she had been unfaithful to her husband during his imprisonment. The couple divorced in March 1996. She then adopted the surname Madikizela-Mandela. Appointed Deputy Minister of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology in the first post-Apartheid government (May 1994), she was dismissed eleven months later following allegations of corruption.[16] She remained extremely popular among many ANC supporters, however. In December 1993 and April 1997, she was elected president of the ANC Women’s League, although she withdrew her candidacy for ANC Deputy President at the movement’s Mafikeng conference in December 1997. Earlier in 1997, she appeared before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Archbishop Desmond Tutu as chairman of the commission recognised her importance in the anti-apartheid struggle, but exhorted her to apologise and to admit her mistakes. In a guarded response, she admitted “things went horribly wrong”.[1 Legal problems On 24 April 2003, Winnie Mandela was found guilty on 43 counts of fraud and 25 of theft, and her broker, Addy Moolman, was convicted on 58 counts of fraud and 25 of theft. Both had pleaded not guilty to the charges, which related to money taken from loan applicants’ accounts for a funeral fund, but from which the applicants did not benefit. Madikizela-Mandela was sentenced to five years in prison.[18] Shortly after the conviction, she resigned from all leadership positions in the ANC, including her parliamentary seat and the presidency of the ANC Women’s League.[19] In July 2004, an appeal judge of the Pretoria High Court ruled that “the crimes were not committed for personal gain”. The judge overturned the conviction for theft, but upheld the one for fraud, handing her a three years and six months suspended sentence.[20] In June 2007, the Canadian High Commission in South Africa declined to grant Winnie Mandela a visa to travel to Toronto, Canada, where she was scheduled to attend a gala fundraising concert organised by arts organisation MusicaNoir, which included the world premiere of The Passion of Winnie, an opera based on her life.[21] Return to politics When the ANC announced the election of its National Executive Committee on 21 December 2007, Mandela placed first with 2845 votes.[22][23] Apology to riot victims Madikizela criticised the anti-immigrant violence in May–June 2008 that began in Johannesburg and spread throughout the country, and blamed the government’s lack of suitable housing provisions for the sentiments behind the riots.[24] She apologised to the victims of the riots[25] and visited the Alexandra township. She offered her home as shelter for an immigrant family from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. She warned that the perpetrators of the violence could strike at the Gauteng train system.[26] 2009 general election Madikizela-Mandela secured fifth place on the ANC’s electoral list for the 2009 general election, behind party president and current President of South Africa Jacob Zuma, former President of South Africa Kgalema Motlanthe, Deputy President of South Africa Baleka Mbete, and Finance Minister Trevor Manuel. An article in The Observer suggested her position near the top of the list indicated that the party’s leadership saw her as a valuable asset in the election with regard to solidifying support among the party’s grassroots and the poor.[27] 2010 interview with Nadira Naipaul In 2010, Madikizela-Mandela was interviewed by Nadira Naipaul. In the interview, she attacked her ex-husband, claiming that he had “let blacks down”, claiming that he was only “wheeled out to collect money”, and that he is “nothing more than a foundation”. She further attacked his decision to accept the Nobel Peace Prize with FW De Klerk. Among other things, she reportedly claimed Mandela was no longer “accessible” to her daughters. She referred to Archbishop Tutu, in his capacity as the head of the Truth and Reconciliation commission, as a “cretin”.[28] The interview attracted media attention,[29][30] and the ANC announced that it would ask her to explain her comments regarding Nelson Mandela.[31] On 14 March 2010 a statement was issued on behalf of Winnie Mandela claiming that the interview was a “fabrication”.[32] In media Mandela was first portrayed by Alfre Woodard in the TV movie Mandela. Tina Lifford portrayed her in the 1997 TV drama Mandela and de Klerk. Sophie Okonedo portrayed her in the BBC drama Mrs Mandela, first broadcast on BBC Four on 25 January 2010.[33] Jennifer Hudson played her in Winnie, directed by Darrell J. Roodt, released in Canada by D Films on 16 September 2011. Roodt, Andre Pieterse, and Paul L. Johnson based the film’s script on Anne Marie du Preez Bezdrob’s biography, Winnie Mandela: A Life.[34] The Creative Workers Union of South Africa opposed the choice of Hudson in the title role, saying the use of foreign actors to tell the country’s stories undermined efforts to develop the national film industry.[35][36]

  1. www.cnn.com/2013/12/05/world/africa/nelson-mandela/index…   Cached

    Nelson Mandela, the revered statesman who emerged from prison after 27 years to lead South Africa out of decades of apartheid, has died.
  2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Mandela   Cached
    Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (born 18 July 1918) is a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary and politician who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999.
  3. www.nelsonmandela.org   Cached

    The Nelson Mandela Foundation contributes to the making of a just society by promoting the vision and work of its Founder and convening dialogue around critical …
  4. www.usatoday.com/story/news/…/05/nelson-mandela…/2027237   Cached

    Nelson Mandela, whose successful struggle against South Africa’s apartheid system of racial segregation and discrimination made him a global symbol for the …
  5. CBS/AP/ July 18, 2013, 6:02 AM

    Nelson Mandela turns 95 on 41st day in hospital

    A newspaper vendor shows the front page of the local Daily Sun in Soweto, wishing former South African President Nelson Mandela a happy 95th birthday, July 18, 2013.

    A newspaper vendor shows the front page of the local Daily Sun in Soweto, wishing former South African President Nelson Mandela a happy 95th birthday, July 18, 2013. / Getty

    JOHANNESBURG Nelson Mandela turned 95 years old, and marked 15 years of marriage to his wife Graca Machel on Thursday, but as CBS News correspondent Debora Patta reported, compared to other birthday’s, this year’s is a perhaps a little sadder.

    Thursday also marked 41 days for the ailing South African icon in a Pretoria hospital, so it was also a day when South Africans were grasping for good news. Reports on Mandela’s current medical condition vary, but the South African government said doctors had confirmed that he was steadily improving.

    Daughter Zindzi Mandela said in a television interview on her father’s birthday that he was making “remarkable progress,” and that the family was looking forward to “having him back home soon.”

    Patta points out, however, that all the accounts come against the backdrop of one unchanged fact: Mandela still lies critically ill — albeit stable — in his hospital bed.

    Schools around the country honored the anti-apartheid leader in morning assemblies, meanwhile, and numerous groups have asked people to volunteer 67 minutes to charity to match what they say are the 67 years that Mandela served his community.

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    Nelson Mandela

    The United Nations declared Thursday Nelson Mandela International Day as a way of recognizing the Nobel Peace Prize winner’s contribution to reconciliation. Mandela, also known by his clan name Madiba, was jailed for 27 years under white minority rule and led a difficult transition from apartheid to democracy, becoming president in all-race elections in 1994.

    “Madiba remains in hospital in Pretoria but his doctors have confirmed that his health is steadily improving,” said a statement released by the office of President Jacob Zuma.

    “We are proud to call this international icon our own as South Africans and wish him good health,” Zuma said in the statement. He thanked South Africans for supporting Mandela during his hospitalization with “undying love and compassion” and responding to a call to give the beloved figure “the biggest birthday celebration ever this year.”

    President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama also called Wednesday for the world to honor Mandela by heeding his example and serving others. The Obamas were sending their wishes and prayers to the former South African leader on his 95th birthday after meeting with his family last month while in South Africa.

    Mandela was taken to a hospital on June 8 for treatment for a recurring lung infection. In previous announcements, the government said he was in critical but stable condition. Court documents filed by Mandela’s family earlier this month had said Mandela was on life support and near death, as CBS News sources have said privately for weeks.

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    Thabo Mbeki: Mandela will pull through

    By CNN Staff
    updated 9:08 PM EDT, Sun July 14, 2013
    Nelson Mandela endured 27 years in prison before becoming South Africa's first president from 1994 to 1999. Nelson Mandela endured 27 years in prison before becoming South Africa’s first president from 1994 to 1999.
    • ThaboMbeki says Nelson Mandela’s “health is improving”
    • Mbeki succeeded Mandela as president; he thinks “Madiba will go back home”

    (CNN) — Thabo Mbeki, who succeeded Nelson Mandela as South Africa’s president 14 years ago, says the ailing revered statesmen will pull through.

    “I know the doctors who are working with him are very good people, very good doctors and I am quite certain, I am quite certain that, one of these days, Madiba will go back home,” Mbeki said over the weekend, calling Mandela by his clan name.

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    Mandela, 94, is considered the founding father of South Africa’s modern democracy. He has been hospitalized in Pretoria since June 8 for a recurring lung infection — a legacy of his years of imprisonment under South Africa’s now-defunct apartheid regime.

    Mbeki is the second president in South Africa’s post-apartheid era ushered in by Mandela. Mbeki served from 1999 to 2008 after Mandela emerged from prison in 1990 and became the nation’s first black president four years later. Jacob Zuma currently serves as president.

    “What the government has been saying is that his condition is critical but stable is correct. But I think we need to add to that that indeed his health is improving. The medical care that he is receiving is in fact excellent and as I say, I am quite certain that one of these days the doctors will agree that he can go and stay at home rather than in hospital. Certainly that is our hope and our wish, but I think that is what will happen,” Mbeki said.

    Mandela became an international figure while enduring 27 years in prison for fighting against apartheid, the South Africa’s system of racial segregation.

    A court document released recently revealed that Mandela’s health had declined so sharply on June 26 that his family was considering whether to take him off life support. The next day, however, Zuma announced that Mandela’s condition improved from critical to critical

    Film on Mandela’s life premieres in South Africa

  6. AFP NewsBy Susan Njanji | AFP News – Mon, Nov 4, 2013

    • Nelson Mandela's second wife Winnie Madikizela–Mandela (R) and British actor Idris Elba, who plays the role of Nelson Mandela in the movie "Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom", attend the movie's premiere in Johannesburg on November 3, 2013View PhotoNelson Mandela’s second wife Winnie Madikizela–Mandela (R) and British actor Idris …
    • British actor Idris Elba, who plays the role of Nelson Mandela in the movie "Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom", arrives for the movie's premiere in Johannesburg on November 3, 2013View PhotoBritish actor Idris Elba, who plays the role of Nelson Mandela in the movie “Mandela, …
    • British actress Naomie Harris, who plays the role of Winnie Mandela in the movie "Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom", smiles on the day of the movie's premiere in Johannesburg on November 3, 2013View PhotoBritish actress Naomie Harris, who plays the role of Winnie Mandela in the movie …
    • Nelson Mandela's second wife Winnie Madikizela–Mandela (R) and British actor Idris Elba hug each other as they attend the movie's premiere in Johannesburg on November 3, 2013View PhotoNelson Mandela’s second wife Winnie Madikizela–Mandela (R) and British actor Idris …

    A long-awaited film on the life of anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela premiered in his native South Africa on Sunday, stirring emotional memories of the country’s turbulent history.

    The movie “Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom”, largely based on his autobiography of the same title, traces the life of the revered leader from his childhood in the rural Eastern Cape to his election as the country’s first black president in 1994.

    The 95-year-old Mandela was too frail to attend the premiere as he is under medical care at home after having spent three months in hospital in a critical condition with a lung infection earlier this year.

    His ex-wife Winnie Madikizela-Mandela said in remarks before the screening that she had “no words” to describe the film’s “translation of that painful past”.

    “We should remember where we come from and that this freedom was hard earned and that it was won at a very, very heavy price,” said Madikizela-Mandela, wearing traditional Xhosa dress with headwrap.

    After spending 27 years in jail for activism against the racist regime, Mandela preached equality and forgiveness in the bitterly divided nation, winning him worldwide admiration as a peace icon.

    The two-and-a-half-hour movie will hit South African cinemas on November 28 and will be released in the United States in December.

    Reacting to chilling scenes of apartheid era brutality against defiant blacks, some of the selected VIP viewers at the premiere could not hide their emotions as tears rolled down their faces at the cinema in Johannesburg’s upmarket Rosebank suburb.

    “I cried many times during the movie because it was so emotional,” Justice Minister Jeff Radebe told journalists as he stepped out of the theatre. “It was a very emotional movie.”

    “It depicted not only the struggle by Nelson Mandela but also by the people of South Africa.”

    ‘It broke my heart’

    Mandela’s close friend George Bizos, the lawyer who defended him during the 1963-64 trial in which he and fellow activists were convicted of sabotage and sentenced to life imprisonment, said: “The film will be a very big contribution to our history.”

    Bizos told AFP he hoped all South Africans would watch it “in order to realise the important role that Mr Mandela played not only in sacrificing his freedom but on insisting that a peaceful solution to our problem was what he fought for.”

    Bizos added: “I am sorry that he is not well enough to see the film, he would have been very proud of it.”

    Jaci de Villiers, whose husband Gys de Villiers plays ex-president FW de Klerk, who unconditionally released Mandela from jail in February 1990 and shared the Nobel Peace prize with the ex-prisoner in 1993, said she wept during the film.

    “It broke my heart. There were moments where I just cried,” she told AFP.

    “It brings back a lot of pain that is still around. You want a young Mandela to come back to South Africa. You want all that fire, all that passion, all that purpose and ideology, the spirit of a possible future that we may need, some eclectic leadership,” she said.

    Mandela is played by British actor Idris Elba, 41, and his ex-wife Winnie by Naomie Harris, also of Britain.

    “This story is so much bigger than me, bigger than anyone of us,” said Elba, who made it just in time for the premiere having missed his earlier flight from London after suffering an asthmatic attack.

    ‘Now we know the sacrifices Mandela made’

    But there were some misgivings about star roles being given to foreigners.

    Nobel literature laureate Nadine Gordimer told AFP she was “a little troubled… because we have got wonderful actors here, like John Kani. I don’t know why we had to have a stranger playing Mandela, our Mandela.”

    But South Africa’s celebrated Kani, whose son Atandwa played the role of the young Mandela in the film, said he understood “well the passion of South Africans.”

    Production costs at times dictated that an international actor be hired and “give a little hope that the people who invest will make their money. Idris Elba is an African, I am happy,” Kani said, referring to the fact that Elba’s parents are from Ghana and Sierra Leone.

    Breaking into Xhosa in one of the scenes and amply pulling off the Mandela deeply accented voice, Elba said: “It’s a massive honour for someone like me to play Mr Madiba (Mandela’s clan name).”

    Tsepo Nakedi, 37, who is unemployed, said he had not had the full appreciation of the country’s bitter history until after watching the Mandela movie.

    “Sometimes we disrespect our history. Now we know the sacrifices that Mandela made, I know the amount of hate and frustration he went through. I took a whole of things for myself, for my kids and for my future,” said Nakedi.

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    Nelson Mandela became South Africa’s first black president in 1994, following a 20-year anti-apartheid campaign. Watch Biography.com’s video of Mandela to find out …
  8. www.nytimes.com/2013/12/06/world/africa/nelson-mandela…

    Mr. Mandela’s quest for freedom in South Africa’s system of white rule took him from the court of tribal royalty to the liberation underground to a prison …
  9. www.nobelprize.org/…/peace/laureates/1993/mandela-bio.html   Cached

    Nelson Mandela – Biographical. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was born in Transkei, South Africa on July 18, 1918. His father was Hendry Mphakanyiswa of the Tembu Tribe.
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    Nelson Mandela, Self: Death of Apartheid. Nelson Mandela is known as the leader of the African National Congress (ANC) and for his lifelong struggle against apartheid …
  11. www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/05/nelson-mandela-dead…   Cached

    Former South African President Nelson Mandela, who served 27 years in prison for anti-apartheid activities and led his continent into a new era, has died …
  12. www.history.com/topics/nelson-mandela   Cached

    Explore the life of South African activist and former president Nelson Mandela, who helped end apartheid and has advocated for human rights around the world.
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