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Desmond Tutu: I won’t vote for Mandela’s party
Desmond Tutu will not vote for South Africa’s ruling African National Congress, which brought Nelson Mandela to power exactly 19 years ago, the Nobel Peace laureate said in an article published Friday. Massive poverty, inequality and falling standards have cost the ANC the retired archbishop’s support, he said in an…
Granddaughters say Nelson Mandela is a ‘Toddlers and Tiaras’ fan
Women claim ex-president is fan of pageant series denounced as ‘gaggingly vomitous’, as they launch their own reality show It seemed that Nelson Mandela’s life, from prison on Robben Island to president of South Africa, had been documented from every conceivable angle. Yet on Friday came a fresh revelation that…
Mandela remains in hospital for recurring lung infection
South Africa’s anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela remained in hospital on Wednesday, a spokesman said, almost three weeks after he was admitted for treatment for a recurring lung infection. The 94-year-old former leader was visited on Christmas Day by his wife Graca and other family members along with President Jacob Zuma,…
Mandela visited by family in hospital
Ailing Nelson Mandela was Tuesday visited in hospital by his wife Graca Machel and family as he spent Christmas Day on his sickbed, said President Jacob Zuma who joined the family. “We found him in good spirits,” said Zuma in a statement. “He was happy to have visitors on this…
Mandela may spend Christmas in hospital
South Africa’s ailing anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela may have to stay in hospital over Christmas, a presidential aide suggested on Sunday, although he declined to give any update on his current state of health. The frail 94-year-old former president was admitted to hospital in the capital Pretoria on December 8.…
Frail Nelson Mandela’s ‘sparkle fading’: wife
Ailing anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela was Tuesday spending a fourth day in hospital for more tests, as his wife said his trademark “sparkle” was waning. Looking calm in an interview with a local television network, Graca Machel did not give details about Mandela’s health status, just saying it was painful…
Nelson Mandela admitted to hospital for tests
Nelson Mandela was on Saturday admitted to a hospital for tests consistent with old age and is doing well, the office of South Africa’s president, Jacob Zuma, announced. “Former President Nelson Mandela has today, 8 December 2012, been admitted in hospital in Pretoria to undergo tests,” Zuma’s office announced. Mandela…
South Africa marks 50 years since Mandela’s arrest
South Africa will unveil its latest monument to Nelson Mandela on Saturday, a new statue along a rural highway to mark the spot where he was arrested 50 years ago for his struggle against white rule. Mandela, now 94, was arrested as a young liberation fighter on August 5, 1962,…
South Africa celebrates Mandela’s birthday
Anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela celebrated his 94th birthday in “good” spirits on Wednesday as millions of South Africans joined in the global praise for the much-loved statesman. Mandela, whose 1990 release from an apartheid prison put South Africa on the path to democracy and reconciliation, spent a quiet day with…
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