Nelson Mandela, South African Icon of Peaceful Resistance dies at 95

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South Africa's first black president and anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela has died, South Africa's president says.

Mr Mandela, 95, led South Africa's transition from white-minority rule in the 1990s, after 27 years in prison.
He had been receiving intense home-based medical care for a lung infection after three months in hospital.
In a statement on South African national TV, Mr Zuma said Mr Mandela had "departed" and was at peace.


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1918 Born in the Eastern Cape
1943 Joined African National Congress
1956 Charged with high treason, but charges dropped after a four-year trial

1962 Arrested, convicted of incitement and leaving country without a passport, sentenced to five years in prison
1964 Charged with sabotage, sentenced to life
1990 Freed from prison
1993 Wins Nobel Peace Prize
1994 Elected first black president
1999 Steps down as leader
2001 Diagnosed with prostate cancer
2004 Retires from public life
2005 Announces his son has died of an HIV/Aids-related illness

"Our nation has lost its greatest son," Mr Zuma said.

The Nobel Peace Prize laureate was one of the world's most revered statesmen after preaching reconciliation despite being imprisoned for 27 years.

He had rarely been seen in public since officially retiring in 2004.
"What made Nelson Mandela great was precisely what made him human. We saw in him what we seek in ourselves," Mr Zuma said.

"Fellow South Africans, Nelson Mandela brought us together and it is together that we will bid him farewell."
Earlier, the BBC's Mike Wooldridge, outside Mr Mandela's home in the Johannesburg suburb of Houghton, said there appeared to have been an unusually large family gathering.
Among those attending was family elder Bantu Holomisa,

A number of government vehicles were there during the evening as well, our correspondent says.
Since he was released from hospital, the South African presidency repeatedly described Mr Mandela's condition as critical but stable.


He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993 and was elected South Africa's first black president in 1994. He stepped down after five years in office.


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[Nyani Ngabu]

Very very very sad.

 

[Mag3]

Jacob Zuma kaitangazia dunia kuwa Nelson Mandela hatunaye tena, kaaga dunia muda mfupi uliopita. Afrika imepoteza moja wa viongozi shupavu waliowahi kutokea barani. RIP Mandela!

 

[Dengue]

Mola amuweke mahala anapostahili.

 

[babu M]

RIP baba wa Africa! Very sad indeed!!

 

[Public Enemy]

nelson mandela afariki dunia

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r.i.p mandela

 

[kwemsangazi]

Apumzike kwa amani... (LIVE @ CNN)

 

[sifongo]

Dah.......Mungu ampumzishe kwa amani,hatimaye amemaliza mbio zake.

 

[Madela Wa- Madilu]

Rip Nelson Mandela

 

[Synthesizer]

Naangalia channel ya South Africa, ENCA, sasa hivi saa saba kasorobo usiku hapa Tanzania, Raisi Zuma anatangaza rasmi kwamba Mandela Amekufa usiku huu!

Amekufa akiwa na umri wa miaka 95, amefia nyumbani kwake ambapo paliwekwa wing ya hospitali.

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Dec 6, 2013, 12:50 AM

Nelson Mandela, the former South African president whose stubborn defiance survived 27 years in prison and led to the dismantling of the country's racist and brutal apartheid system, has died. Mandela was 95 years old.

South Africa's president says Nelson Mandela has died at age 95. Jacob Zuma says "We've lost our greatest son," South African President Jacob Zuma said in announcing Mandela's death.

Mandela had a number of issues with his health in recent years including repeated hospitalizations with a chronic lung infection. Mandela had been listed in "serious but stable condition" after entering the hospital in June before returning to home to receive continued medical care.

In April, Mandela spent 18 days in the hospital due to a lung infection and was treated for gall stones in December 2012.

Mandela's public appearances had become increasingly rare as he dealt with his declining health

His last public appearance was in July of 2010, when he attended the final match and closing ceremonies of the soccer World Cup held in South Africa.

 

[Swts]

awww sad sad..
But ameishi vyakutosha jamani..Mungu kampenda akamtumikie sasa...!!!he was very old and sick anyway! We'l miss him. Rip kamanda

 

[mcfm40]

taarifa inayotolewa sasa hivi na rais wa afrika ya kusini ni kwmba Mzee Madiba amefariki usiku huu. Rip thata.

 

[Kichumi]

Mzee akapumzike kwa amani amefanya kazi ambayo ni wachache duniani wanaweza kufanya.

Ila na JK ndio kesha pata trip tena.

 

[Dickson Ng'hily]

Nelson Mandela and wife Winnie, walking hand in hand, raise clenched fists upon his release from Victor prison, Cape Town, Sunday, February 11, 1990.

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Rais wa kwanza mzalendo wa Afrika Kusini afariki dunia leo akiwa na umri wa miaka 95...R.I.P Mandela

Nelson Mandela has died today at the age of 95, according to South African President Jacob Zuma. His death marks the final chapter in a life that changed South Africa forever.

The former South African president had been suffering from a recurring lung infection, and the Daily Telegraph reports that his friends and family had gathered at his bed today. Zuma announced his death in a televised address to the nation.

Mandela's struggle was one of the defining stories of the 20th century. Trained as a lawyer, he became involved in politics after 1948 as South Africa moved into a system of racial apartheid. While initially espousing non-violent protests with the African National Congress (ANC), he eventually founded a militant organization and was behind a bombing campaign in the early 1960s. He was arrested and sentenced to life in prison in 1962.

Initially imprisoned in a 8 feet by 7 feet concrete cell with only a straw mat on which to sleep, Mandela's imprisonment soon became an international cause. He was eventually released on 2 February 1990 after intervention by President F. W. de Klerk.
Mandela became president of the ANC in 1991, and was elected president of South Africa in May 1994, a position in which he remained until 1999. During his time in office he led the dismantling of the apartheid system, for which he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993.

Mandela is survived by his wife, Graça Machel, six children, and 17 grandchildren.

Mandela had been sick for a long time. Earlier this year, South Africa's Sunday Times ran a story on Mandela's illness under the headline "It's time to let him go."

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[sanjo]

The greatest son of Africa has just passed away. May Almight God rest him in peace.

 

[maifu]

Rip mandela

 

[FRANCIS DA DON]

R.I.P Nelson Mandela..

 

[mwaxxxx]

r.i.p madiba,,,

 

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Usiku huu wa tarehe 06/12/2013, Mandela amekufa. Raisi Zuma ametangaza mnamo saa saba kasorobo ya usiku hapa Tanzania. Nimeona kupitia channel ya South Africa, ENCA.

Je, wanasiasa wa Tanzania, kuna lolote la kujifunza kama ambavyo tuna mengi ya kujifunza kwa Nyerere?

 

[UFUNUO WA TANZANIA]

Nimepokea taarifa hizi kwa mshtuko mkubwa nikiwa hapa KIA Safari kwenda Capetown! Bwana alitoa jina lake libarikiwe!