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>Nelson Mandela, South Africa's peacemaker, dies

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Nelson Mandela was a master of forgiveness. South Africa's first black president spent nearly one-third of his life as a prisoner of apartheid, the system of white racist rule that...

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Nelson Mandela, South Africa's peacemaker, dies

JOHANNESBURG Nelson Mandela was a master of forgiveness. South Africa's first black president spent nearly one-third of his life as a prisoner of apartheid, the system of white racist rule that he...

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Nelson Mandela -- The Liberator of South Africa

Nelson Rohlihlahla Mandela, anti-apartheid activist, joint winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993, and the first President of South Africa to be elected by a truly democratic election, died...

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The Man, The Myth, The Reading List: Nelson Mandela

Growing up in apartheid South Africa with widespread state censorship, it was hard to get to know our political leaders. The first time I actually saw a photograph of Nelson Mandela was in high school...

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Nelson Mandela (1918-2013) (Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament...

(Source: Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House) The Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House mourns the passing of Nelson Mandela: 'Madiba', the father of South African...

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Nelson Mandela: A timeline

Former South African president Nelson Mandela has died at the age of 95. Here are some of the major events in his life. July 18, 1918: Born to Hendry Mphakanyiswa, a Thembu chief, and Nosekeni Qunu in...

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Major events in the life of Nelson Mandela

July 18, 1918 — Born to Hendry Mphakanyiswa, a Thembu chief, and Nosekeni Qunu in the Umtata district of the Transkei, at a time when virtually all of Africa was under European colonial rule. 1940 —...

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Mandela: A healer of divisions, an advocate of equal opportunity

Nelson Mandela began his 27-year prison term in 1962, when he was convicted of illegally leaving the country and inciting workers to strike. He was brought back from his Robben Island imprisonment to...

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Humble till the end

Nelson Mandela guided South Africa from the oppression of apartheid to non-racial democracy as an icon of peace and reconciliation who came to embody the worldwide struggle for justice. Imprisoned for...

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Songs to listen to as you reflect on Madiba's life today

President Jacob Zuma has declared Sunday a National Day of Prayer and Reflection for the life of Nelson Mandela. "We should, while mourning, also sing at the top of our voices, dance and do whatever...

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An icon of peace, harmony

Nelson Mandela guided South Africa from the oppression of apartheid to non-racial democracy as an icon of peace and reconciliation who came to embody the worldwide struggle for justice. Imprisoned for...

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Nobel winner Nelson Mandela, South Africa's hero in apartheid struggle, dead...

JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA — Nelson Mandela, whose successful struggle against South Africa's apartheid system of racial segregation and discrimination made him a global symbol for the cause of human...

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Nelson Mandela: A Timeline of his life

July 18, 1918 Rolihlahla Mandela is born in Mvezo, a small village in the Transkei, a former British protectorate in the south. His father, Gadla Henry Mphakanyiswa, was a chief of the Thembu people,...

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Apartheid History Timeline: On Nelson Mandela's Death, A Look Back At South...

Nelson Mandela died today at the age of 95. The former President of South Africa left an indelible mark on both his country and the world, becoming an international symbol of the fight against...

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As a leader, Nelson Mandela was willing to use violence

JOHANNESBURG -- JOHANNESBURG _ Nelson Mandela, South Africa's first black president, is a giant in the world of liberation heroes, up there with Mohandas Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. But unlike...

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South African leader Nelson Mandela dies at 95

JOHANNESBURG -- JOHANNESBURG _ Nelson Mandela, who emerged from more than a quarter of a century in prison to steer a troubled African nation to its first multiracial democracy, uniting the country by...

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George Bizos: Mandela's trial and tribulations

Nelson Mandela's commitment to the struggle for freedom started more than 15 years before he and many others decided, towards the end of 1961, that peaceful resistance was no longer the only option...

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Negotiator who outmanoeuvred PW

The announcement must have come while I was on the phone to my ageing mother. We had chatted at length about international events. “And how is Mandela?” she queried. “No real change since the last...

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The Media and Mandela

I Nelson Mandela is dead, and the media pullulates with blazing adulation. Much of it is justified: we must, after all, extol Madiba’s courageous opposition to a barbarous system, and to the barbarous...

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Nelson Mandela's address to a rally in Cape Town after his release from prison

11 February 1990 Friends, comrades and fellow South Africans. I greet you all in the name of peace, democracy and freedom for all. I stand here before you not as a prophet but as a humble servant of...

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