Updates on mandela's health....you can follow it from here......
Updates on mandela's health....you can follow it from here......
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Remember Kapirigi! there is God of Impossibilities..... We wish you a quick recovery Madiba
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Mungu amponye Madiba!
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Presidential Spokesperson Mac Maharaj has lashed out at some media outlets for broadcasting unverified information about details of Madiba's health condition.
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[h=5]Close family and friends continue to visit Mandela[/h]Monday 24 June 2013 21:01
Public Service and Administration Minister Lindiwe Sisulu has become the latest prominent figure to visit the Pretoria hospital, where Nelson Mandela is in a critical condition.
Public Service and Administration Minister Lindiwe Sisulu has become the latest prominent figure to visit the Pretoria hospital, where Nelson Mandela is in a critical condition.
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[h=1]Mandela's condition remains unchanged: Presidency[/h]Tuesday 25 June 2013 14:56
BE STRONG NELSON..
THE WHOLE WORLD IS PRAYING FOR YOU...(Kiwatengu) among of them!!!
The Presidency says former President Nelson Mandela's condition remains unchanged.
Madiba's health has been described as critical since it deteriorated on Sunday.
In the latest statement, President Jacob Zuma has again thanked the public for their on-going support. Zuma says doctors continue to do their best to ensure his recovery, well-being and comfort. Zuma has also called on the world to plan to do their 67 minutes of goodwill on Madiba's 95th birthday on July 18.
Zuma says the country must make it the biggest International Mandela Day ever.
Meanwhile, Madiba's family have held a meeting at his retirement home at Qunu in the Eastern Cape.
His eldest daughter, Makaziwe, called an urgent and important family meeting.
She is accompanied by her sister Zenani and Madiba's grandson Ndaba as well as Public Service and Administration Minister Lindiwe Sisulu.
UDM leader Bantu Holomisa arrived earlier on a separate flight. It is understood that such a meeting takes place in the Xhosa culture when a family member is critically ill.
THE WHOLE WORLD IS PRAYING FOR YOU...(Kiwatengu) among of them!!!
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The Presidency says former President Nelson Mandela's condition remains unchanged.
Madiba's health has been described as critical since it deteriorated on Sunday.
In the latest statement, President Jacob Zuma has again thanked the public for their on-going support. Zuma says doctors continue to do their best to ensure his recovery, well-being and comfort. Zuma has also called on the world to plan to do their 67 minutes of goodwill on Madiba's 95th birthday on July 18.
Zuma says the country must make it the biggest International Mandela Day ever.
Meanwhile, Madiba's family have held a meeting at his retirement home at Qunu in the Eastern Cape.
His eldest daughter, Makaziwe, called an urgent and important family meeting.
She is accompanied by her sister Zenani and Madiba's grandson Ndaba as well as Public Service and Administration Minister Lindiwe Sisulu.
UDM leader Bantu Holomisa arrived earlier on a separate flight. It is understood that such a meeting takes place in the Xhosa culture when a family member is critically ill.
kiwatengu
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Brief look at his Presidential tenure
Voting in the first democratic elections
He saw sport as critical to reconciliation
He saw media as a frontier of transformation
A democratic constitution was established
A comprehensive bill of rights was also established
The TRC was established
A battery of progressive legislation was also introduced under the auspices of the Reconstruction and Development Programme which aimed to address poverty, restore the dignity of citizens and allow for the creation of a unified national identity through a focus on meeting basic needs, building the economy and democratizing the state
He emphasized that the press needed to be the mirror through which society could see itself
He supported free press especially at a time when it was being threatened all over Africa. He said: "A critical independent and investigative press is the lifeblood of democracy" (Mandela, Authorized Biography)
He emphasized that the press needed to be the mirror through which society could see itself
He often said disputes must be settled with brains, not blood
He set direction for and priorities of South African diplomacy. He said: "South Africa's future foreign relations will be based on our belief that human rights should be the core of international relations, and we are ready to play a role in fostering peace and prosperity in the world (source: Foreign Affairs, an American journal)
He saw himself with a moral mission to spread peace and tolerance around the world
He gave confidence to black South Africans as a people who had been conditioned into submission by the apartheid regime
He was totally committed to democracy
He wanted to use parliament to consolidate a non-racial democracy and was concerned that the government of national unity didn't go down to the grassroots
His most important task was to approve a new constitution
He always considered that he had to balance things out (pacifying the white elite without alienating black masses)
As Head of State he saw a clear priority: to consolidate a new nation to hold it together and to transform it into a multi-racial democracy.
Mandela a good leader of all season...
Voting in the first democratic elections
He saw sport as critical to reconciliation
He saw media as a frontier of transformation
A democratic constitution was established
A comprehensive bill of rights was also established
The TRC was established
A battery of progressive legislation was also introduced under the auspices of the Reconstruction and Development Programme which aimed to address poverty, restore the dignity of citizens and allow for the creation of a unified national identity through a focus on meeting basic needs, building the economy and democratizing the state
He emphasized that the press needed to be the mirror through which society could see itself
He supported free press especially at a time when it was being threatened all over Africa. He said: "A critical independent and investigative press is the lifeblood of democracy" (Mandela, Authorized Biography)
He emphasized that the press needed to be the mirror through which society could see itself
He often said disputes must be settled with brains, not blood
He set direction for and priorities of South African diplomacy. He said: "South Africa's future foreign relations will be based on our belief that human rights should be the core of international relations, and we are ready to play a role in fostering peace and prosperity in the world (source: Foreign Affairs, an American journal)
He saw himself with a moral mission to spread peace and tolerance around the world
He gave confidence to black South Africans as a people who had been conditioned into submission by the apartheid regime
He was totally committed to democracy
He wanted to use parliament to consolidate a non-racial democracy and was concerned that the government of national unity didn't go down to the grassroots
His most important task was to approve a new constitution
He always considered that he had to balance things out (pacifying the white elite without alienating black masses)
As Head of State he saw a clear priority: to consolidate a new nation to hold it together and to transform it into a multi-racial democracy.
Mandela a good leader of all season...
kiwatengu
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Timeline of his life
NELSON MANDELA
The house in Qunu where he was born
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[TD]1918, 18 July[/TD]
[TD]Born at Mvezo in the Transkei[/TD]
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[TR]
[TD]1925[/TD]
[TD]Attends primary school near Qunu. Teacher wants all children to have a Christian name so gives him the name ‘Nelson'[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1927[/TD]
[TD]Entrusted to Nkosi Jongintaba Dalindyebo, the acting Regent of the Thembu people at the Great Place at Mqhekezweni[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1934[/TD]
[TD]Undergoes initiation; Goes to Clarkebury Boarding Institute in Engcobo[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1937[/TD]
[TD]Goes to Healdtown, the Wesleyan College at Fort Beaufort[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1939[/TD]
[TD]Enrolls at the University College of Fort Hare, in Alice[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1940[/TD]
[TD]Expelled[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1941[/TD]
[TD]Escapes an arranged marriage, becomes a mine night watchman in Johannesburg; Lives in Alexandra. Starts articles at the law firm Witkin, Sidelsky & Eidelman[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1942[/TD]
[TD]Completes BA through the University of South Africa (UNISA). Writes the exams at Fort Hare[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1943[/TD]
[TD]Enrolls for an LLB at Wits University; Graduates with a BA at Fort Hare[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1944[/TD]
[TD]Co-founds the ANC Youth League (ANCYL); Marries Evelyn Ntoko Mase – they have four children: Thembekile (1945); Makaziwe (1947 – who dies after nine months); Makgatho (1950); Makaziwe (1954)[/TD]
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[TR]
[TD]1948[/TD]
[TD]Elected national secretary of the ANCYL[/TD]
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[TD]1951[/TD]
[TD]Elected President of the ANCYL[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1952[/TD]
[TD]Defiance Campaign begins. Mandela is arrested; Elected Transvaal ANC President; Arrested for violating the Suppression of Communism Act; Opens own law office; Convicted with J S Moroka, Walter Sisulu and 17 others under the Suppression of Communism Act; Sentenced to nine months imprisonment with hard labour, suspended for two years; Qualifies with a diploma allowing him to work as an attorney and is employed by law firm HM Basner; Elected the first of two ANC deputy presidents; Opens South Africa's first black law firm with Oliver Tambo[/TD]
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[TR]
[TD]1953[/TD]
[TD]Devises the M-Plan for the ANC's future underground operations[/TD]
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[TR]
[TD]1955[/TD]
[TD]Watches as the Congress of the People at Kliptown launches the Freedom Charter[/TD]
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[TR]
[TD]1956[/TD]
[TD]Arrested and joins 155 others on trial for Treason. The trial lasts four-and-a-half years[/TD]
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[TD]1958[/TD]
[TD]Divorces Evelyn Mase; Marries Nomzamo Winnie Madikizela – they have two daughters: Zenani (1959) and Zindziswa (1960)[/TD]
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[TD]1960[/TD]
[TD]A state of emergency is imposed after the Sharpeville Massacre. Mandela is amongst thousands detained. The ANC is banned[/TD]
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[TD]1961[/TD]
[TD]Goes underground after he and 29 remaining accused in the Treason Trial are acquitted; Umkhonto weSizwe (MK) formed[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1962[/TD]
[TD]In January he leaves the country for military training;
In July he returns to South Africa via Botswana and drives to Liilesleaf Farm in Rivonia
He travels to KwaZulu-Natal to report back to ANC President Chief Albert Luthuli and other comrades
He is arrested near Howick, KwaZulu-Natal on 5 August
On 7 November he is sentenced to five years for incitement and leaving the country illegally and assigned the prisoner number 19476/62[/TD]
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[TR]
[TD]1963[/TD]
[TD]He is sent to Robben Island in May, brought back to Pretoria after two weeks
In October he is charged with sabotage with nine others in what becomes known as the Rivonia Trial. The other co-accused are: Walter Sisulu, Govan Mbeki, Ahmed Kathrada, Raymond Mhlaba, Denis Goldberg, Elias Motsoaledi, Rusty Bernstein, Andrew Mlangeni, James Kantor[/TD]
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[TR]
[TD]1964[/TD]
[TD]On 20 April, he makes his famous speech from the dock in which he says he is "prepared to die" for a democratic South Africa
On 11 June, all except Bernstein and Kantor are convicted
On 12 June, Mandela and seven others are sentenced to life imprisonment and all, except Goldberg, are sent to Robben Island to serve their sentences. Goldberg, as the only white person convicted in the trial, is held in Pretoria Central Prison. Mandela is assigned the prisoner number 466/64[/TD]
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[TD]1968[/TD]
[TD]Mandela's mother, Fanny Nosekeni, dies[/TD]
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[TD]1969[/TD]
[TD]Thembekile killed in a car accident[/TD]
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[TD]1982[/TD]
[TD]Mandela, Sisulu, Mhlaba and Mlangeni and later Kathrada sent to Pollsmoor Prison[/TD]
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[TR]
[TD]1985[/TD]
[TD]Rejects P W Botha offers to release him if he renounces violence; Prostate surgery[/TD]
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[TD]1988, August[/TD]
[TD]Contracts TB and is admitted to Tygerberg Hospital for six weeks; (December): Admitted to Constantiaberg MediClinic. December: Moved to Victor Verster Prison[/TD]
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[TD]1990, 11 February[/TD]
[TD]Released[/TD]
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[TD]1991[/TD]
[TD]Elected ANC President[/TD]
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[TD]1993[/TD]
[TD]Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize with FW De Klerk[/TD]
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[TD]1994, 27 April[/TD]
[TD]Votes for the first time in his life; Elected as first president of a democratic South Africa (9 May); Inaugurated as President (10 May)[/TD]
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[TD]1995[/TD]
[TD]Establishes the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund[/TD]
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[TD]1996[/TD]
[TD]Divorces Winnie Mandela
People of Howick conferred the Honorary Freedom of the town on President Mandela.[/TD]
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[TD]1998, 18 July[/TD]
[TD]Marries Graca Machel on his 80[SUP]th[/SUP] birthday[/TD]
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[TD]1999[/TD]
[TD]Steps down after one term as president; establishes the Nelson Mandela Foundation[/TD]
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[TD]2001[/TD]
[TD]Diagnosed with prostate cancer[/TD]
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[TD]2002[/TD]
[TD]Launches global HIV AIDS campaign 46664[/TD]
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[TD]2003[/TD]
[TD]Establishment of the Mandela Rhodes Foundation[/TD]
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[TD]2004, 2 June[/TD]
[TD]Announces that he will be stepping down from public life[/TD]
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[TD]2005, 6 June[/TD]
[TD]Makgatho dies. Mandela announces that he died of an AIDS-related illness[/TD]
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[TD]2006[/TD]
[TD]Centre of Memory and Dialogue approved as the core work of the Nelson Mandela Foundation[/TD]
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[TD]2007[/TD]
[TD]Grandson Mandlesizwe Mandela invested as Nkosi Zwelivelile of Mvezo; inauguration of the Nelson Mandela Institute for Education and Rural Development[/TD]
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[TD]2008[/TD]
[TD]Turns 90 years old, asks the emerging generation to continue the fight for social justice[/TD]
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[TD]2009[/TD]
[TD]Attends the inauguration of South Africa's fourth democratically elected president Jacob Zuma;Turns 91; receives copies of the children's version of his autobiography from his great-grandson Ziyanda Manaway[/TD]
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[TD]2010[/TD]
[TD]Attends a reunion gathering at his home in Johannesburg to celebrate the 20[SUP]th[/SUP] anniversary of his release from prison;(June) attends the funeral of his great-granddaughter Zenani, 13, who was killed in a car accident; (July) makes a surprise appearance of the final match of the Fifa World Cup at Soccer City in Soweto[/TD]
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[TD]2011[/TD]
[TD]27 January
Illness in 2011 (routine tests)
The media has been abuzz, and South Africa in consternation, with the news of former president Nelson Mandela's deteriorating health. Archbishop Desmond Tutu recently said he had been to visit the former statesman and found him to be frail as he is old (92-years-old).
On 26 January, Sello Hatang, spokesperson for the Nelson Mandela Foundation, released a statement saying that Mandela had been admitted to Milpark Hospital, Johannesburg, for routine tests, was fine and in good spirits. This followed reports with more speculation on Mandela's reasons for his hospital admission.
Also on 26 January, The Star newspaper reported that Mandela was seen by a pulmonologist. Professor Michael Plit, a pulmonologist (dealing with respiratory disease issues) and also the former President's personal physician at Milpark Hospital, confirmed to the paper that he'd seen Mandela on 25 January. However, he would not give any further information.
On the National Asthma Education Programme website, Plit describes his medical interests as obstructive lung diseases, such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Mandela's personal assistant Zelda Le Grange arrived at the hospital around 9am on Thursday 27 January 2011.
Photographers surrounded her car as she was ushered into the hospital by security guards. Police tightened security at the hospital and kept out scores of journalists, photographers and cameramen, who were left to wait in the street leading up to the hospital. Traffic was backed up as officials searched vehicles for cameras. ANC officials were planning to visit the former president some time on Thursday,
E-news reported.
When asked for confirmation by Sapa, ANC spokesman Jackson Mthembu said the matter was between the ANC, the hospital and the family. Various family members, Mandela's wife Graca Machel, his eldest grandson chief Mandla Mandela, daughter Zindzi, and a number of grand- and great-grandchildren visited him on Wednesday 25 January, The Star reported. The Business Day reported Mandela's former wife Winnie Madikizela-Mandela and his former personal assistant Jessie Duarte also visited the hospital.
A black Mercedes-Benz with a Cape Town registration, was seen arriving at the hospital on Thursday morning.
Security guards were overheard saying "they VIP". One man, an avid fan of Madikizela-Mandela, was at the hospital on Thursday hoping to speak to his long-time idol. He was at the hospital on Wednesday quizzing journalists and dropping names of ANC heavyweights in a bid to get more information.
Beeld newspaper reported that it appeared Mandela was in the hospital's private unit for burn victims. The unit's windows were covered to ensure privacy and only one person was allowed in at a time. CNN reported on Wednesday night that Mandela was flown from Cape Town to Milpark Hospital and brought to the hospital by military ambulance. Hospital spokeswoman Erin Walsh would not comment. "It is our policy to respect patients and we would not give any details about the admission to anyone expect the family," she said. The Star reported that a Facebook post by Mandela's granddaughter, Zoleka Mandela, read: "I really hate to see you this way. It kills me each time. Know that i'm here for you as I believe you have always been there for me.
You are never alone in this. We are all with you each and every step of the way. All you need to do is remember that you us at your back (sic) and call. I love you. You already know this.
Spending my next few days with you just so I know that you'll be ok! I'm saddened... ." The Foundation issued a brief statement just after 4pm on Wednesday reading: "We can confirm that Mr Mandela is at Milpark Hospital undergoing routine tests. He is in no danger and is in good spirits." There had been no further word from the Foundation by 9.30am on Thursday.
Mandela is currently convalescing at home.[/TD]
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[TD]2012[/TD]
[TD]Hospitalisation and home-based care
Mandela is admitted twice to hospital and receives home-based care in between. He spends 18 days in hospital in December for a lung infection and surgery to remove gallstones before he was released from hospital on 26 December 2012.The Office of the Presidency released a statement that the nonagenarian had recovered sufficiently enough to be released from hospital.
On 28 December 2012 his family said Mandela was doing well at home.
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[TD]2013[/TD]
[TD]April
Fight for Mandela's millions
The Star newspaper reports that the children of Nelson Mandela have launched a court case against several business associates of the former president in a dispute over the control of two companies.
According to the newspaper the case was filed in the Johannesburg High Court by Mandela's daughters, Makaziwe and Zenani.
The court papers reportedly said lawyers George Bizos and Bally Chuene, and businessman Tokyo Sexwale, had no right to remain as directors of companies whose main purpose was to channel funds from the sale of 94-year-old Nelson Mandela's handprints.
Later, Prominent lawyer George Bizos labelled a suit against him and his colleagues by Nelson Mandela's daughters as a ploy to "resuscitate" the sale of the artworks.
Bizos accused Ayob of paying R150 000 each into Zenani and Makaziwe's accounts from a Mandela trust account without his authorisation.
He told The Star that Ayob was later ordered to pay back the money from his own pocket.
ANC, SABC criticised for Mandela video footage broadcast
The SABC broadcast a video of former President, Nelson Mandela at his home in Houghton. The video showed Mandela in an armchair, his head propped up by a pillow, his legs on a footrest and covered by a blanket.
Social media and talk radio shows buzzed with angry comments that the party had been disrespectful by showing footage of the 94-year-old anti-apartheid icon looking vacant, grey-skinned and unsmiling.
Spokesman Jackson Mthembu said it didn't make sense to say South Africa's governing party was using the occasion as an electioneering tool as it gears up for elections next year.
Mthembu said the party would also have been criticized if it had not broadcast the video.
June
The nation holds its breath as Mandela's condition slides from serious to critical
On 08 June 2013, former President Nelson Mandela was admitted in hospital again due to a lung infection, according to the presidency, in a "serious but stable" condition.
On 12 June 2013, there was a bit of relief and hope as SA President, Jacob Zuma told Parliament that that Mandela was "responding well to treatment" after a "difficult few days."
On 23 June 2013, the nation and the entire world were shaken when the Presidency announced Mandela's condition had worsened and the situation had become critical.
On 24 June 2013, President Jacob Zuma tells the media, "Doctors are doing everything possible to ensure his wellbeing and comfort."
The world's icon, that breathed fresh air of hope, tolerance and reconciliation in South Africa, remains critical as the nation holds its breath, and continues to pray![/TD]
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NELSON MANDELA
The house in Qunu where he was born
[TABLE="width: 82%"]
[TR]
[TD]1918, 18 July[/TD]
[TD]Born at Mvezo in the Transkei[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1925[/TD]
[TD]Attends primary school near Qunu. Teacher wants all children to have a Christian name so gives him the name ‘Nelson'[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1927[/TD]
[TD]Entrusted to Nkosi Jongintaba Dalindyebo, the acting Regent of the Thembu people at the Great Place at Mqhekezweni[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1934[/TD]
[TD]Undergoes initiation; Goes to Clarkebury Boarding Institute in Engcobo[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1937[/TD]
[TD]Goes to Healdtown, the Wesleyan College at Fort Beaufort[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1939[/TD]
[TD]Enrolls at the University College of Fort Hare, in Alice[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1940[/TD]
[TD]Expelled[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1941[/TD]
[TD]Escapes an arranged marriage, becomes a mine night watchman in Johannesburg; Lives in Alexandra. Starts articles at the law firm Witkin, Sidelsky & Eidelman[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1942[/TD]
[TD]Completes BA through the University of South Africa (UNISA). Writes the exams at Fort Hare[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1943[/TD]
[TD]Enrolls for an LLB at Wits University; Graduates with a BA at Fort Hare[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1944[/TD]
[TD]Co-founds the ANC Youth League (ANCYL); Marries Evelyn Ntoko Mase – they have four children: Thembekile (1945); Makaziwe (1947 – who dies after nine months); Makgatho (1950); Makaziwe (1954)[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1948[/TD]
[TD]Elected national secretary of the ANCYL[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1951[/TD]
[TD]Elected President of the ANCYL[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1952[/TD]
[TD]Defiance Campaign begins. Mandela is arrested; Elected Transvaal ANC President; Arrested for violating the Suppression of Communism Act; Opens own law office; Convicted with J S Moroka, Walter Sisulu and 17 others under the Suppression of Communism Act; Sentenced to nine months imprisonment with hard labour, suspended for two years; Qualifies with a diploma allowing him to work as an attorney and is employed by law firm HM Basner; Elected the first of two ANC deputy presidents; Opens South Africa's first black law firm with Oliver Tambo[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1953[/TD]
[TD]Devises the M-Plan for the ANC's future underground operations[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1955[/TD]
[TD]Watches as the Congress of the People at Kliptown launches the Freedom Charter[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1956[/TD]
[TD]Arrested and joins 155 others on trial for Treason. The trial lasts four-and-a-half years[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1958[/TD]
[TD]Divorces Evelyn Mase; Marries Nomzamo Winnie Madikizela – they have two daughters: Zenani (1959) and Zindziswa (1960)[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1960[/TD]
[TD]A state of emergency is imposed after the Sharpeville Massacre. Mandela is amongst thousands detained. The ANC is banned[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1961[/TD]
[TD]Goes underground after he and 29 remaining accused in the Treason Trial are acquitted; Umkhonto weSizwe (MK) formed[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1962[/TD]
[TD]In January he leaves the country for military training;
In July he returns to South Africa via Botswana and drives to Liilesleaf Farm in Rivonia
He travels to KwaZulu-Natal to report back to ANC President Chief Albert Luthuli and other comrades
He is arrested near Howick, KwaZulu-Natal on 5 August
On 7 November he is sentenced to five years for incitement and leaving the country illegally and assigned the prisoner number 19476/62[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1963[/TD]
[TD]He is sent to Robben Island in May, brought back to Pretoria after two weeks
In October he is charged with sabotage with nine others in what becomes known as the Rivonia Trial. The other co-accused are: Walter Sisulu, Govan Mbeki, Ahmed Kathrada, Raymond Mhlaba, Denis Goldberg, Elias Motsoaledi, Rusty Bernstein, Andrew Mlangeni, James Kantor[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1964[/TD]
[TD]On 20 April, he makes his famous speech from the dock in which he says he is "prepared to die" for a democratic South Africa
On 11 June, all except Bernstein and Kantor are convicted
On 12 June, Mandela and seven others are sentenced to life imprisonment and all, except Goldberg, are sent to Robben Island to serve their sentences. Goldberg, as the only white person convicted in the trial, is held in Pretoria Central Prison. Mandela is assigned the prisoner number 466/64[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1968[/TD]
[TD]Mandela's mother, Fanny Nosekeni, dies[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1969[/TD]
[TD]Thembekile killed in a car accident[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1982[/TD]
[TD]Mandela, Sisulu, Mhlaba and Mlangeni and later Kathrada sent to Pollsmoor Prison[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1985[/TD]
[TD]Rejects P W Botha offers to release him if he renounces violence; Prostate surgery[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1988, August[/TD]
[TD]Contracts TB and is admitted to Tygerberg Hospital for six weeks; (December): Admitted to Constantiaberg MediClinic. December: Moved to Victor Verster Prison[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
2002, Launches global HIV AIDS campaign 46664
[TABLE="width: 82%"][TR]
[TD]1990, 11 February[/TD]
[TD]Released[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1991[/TD]
[TD]Elected ANC President[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1993[/TD]
[TD]Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize with FW De Klerk[/TD]
[/TR]
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[TD]1994, 27 April[/TD]
[TD]Votes for the first time in his life; Elected as first president of a democratic South Africa (9 May); Inaugurated as President (10 May)[/TD]
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[TD]1995[/TD]
[TD]Establishes the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund[/TD]
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[TD]1996[/TD]
[TD]Divorces Winnie Mandela
People of Howick conferred the Honorary Freedom of the town on President Mandela.[/TD]
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[TD]1998, 18 July[/TD]
[TD]Marries Graca Machel on his 80[SUP]th[/SUP] birthday[/TD]
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[TD]1999[/TD]
[TD]Steps down after one term as president; establishes the Nelson Mandela Foundation[/TD]
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[TD]2001[/TD]
[TD]Diagnosed with prostate cancer[/TD]
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[TD]2002[/TD]
[TD]Launches global HIV AIDS campaign 46664[/TD]
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[TD]2003[/TD]
[TD]Establishment of the Mandela Rhodes Foundation[/TD]
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[TD]2004, 2 June[/TD]
[TD]Announces that he will be stepping down from public life[/TD]
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[TD]2005, 6 June[/TD]
[TD]Makgatho dies. Mandela announces that he died of an AIDS-related illness[/TD]
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[TD]2006[/TD]
[TD]Centre of Memory and Dialogue approved as the core work of the Nelson Mandela Foundation[/TD]
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[TD]2007[/TD]
[TD]Grandson Mandlesizwe Mandela invested as Nkosi Zwelivelile of Mvezo; inauguration of the Nelson Mandela Institute for Education and Rural Development[/TD]
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[TD]2008[/TD]
[TD]Turns 90 years old, asks the emerging generation to continue the fight for social justice[/TD]
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[TD]2009[/TD]
[TD]Attends the inauguration of South Africa's fourth democratically elected president Jacob Zuma;Turns 91; receives copies of the children's version of his autobiography from his great-grandson Ziyanda Manaway[/TD]
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[TD]2010[/TD]
[TD]Attends a reunion gathering at his home in Johannesburg to celebrate the 20[SUP]th[/SUP] anniversary of his release from prison;(June) attends the funeral of his great-granddaughter Zenani, 13, who was killed in a car accident; (July) makes a surprise appearance of the final match of the Fifa World Cup at Soccer City in Soweto[/TD]
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[TD]2011[/TD]
[TD]27 January
Illness in 2011 (routine tests)
The media has been abuzz, and South Africa in consternation, with the news of former president Nelson Mandela's deteriorating health. Archbishop Desmond Tutu recently said he had been to visit the former statesman and found him to be frail as he is old (92-years-old).
On 26 January, Sello Hatang, spokesperson for the Nelson Mandela Foundation, released a statement saying that Mandela had been admitted to Milpark Hospital, Johannesburg, for routine tests, was fine and in good spirits. This followed reports with more speculation on Mandela's reasons for his hospital admission.
Also on 26 January, The Star newspaper reported that Mandela was seen by a pulmonologist. Professor Michael Plit, a pulmonologist (dealing with respiratory disease issues) and also the former President's personal physician at Milpark Hospital, confirmed to the paper that he'd seen Mandela on 25 January. However, he would not give any further information.
On the National Asthma Education Programme website, Plit describes his medical interests as obstructive lung diseases, such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Mandela's personal assistant Zelda Le Grange arrived at the hospital around 9am on Thursday 27 January 2011.
Photographers surrounded her car as she was ushered into the hospital by security guards. Police tightened security at the hospital and kept out scores of journalists, photographers and cameramen, who were left to wait in the street leading up to the hospital. Traffic was backed up as officials searched vehicles for cameras. ANC officials were planning to visit the former president some time on Thursday,
E-news reported.
When asked for confirmation by Sapa, ANC spokesman Jackson Mthembu said the matter was between the ANC, the hospital and the family. Various family members, Mandela's wife Graca Machel, his eldest grandson chief Mandla Mandela, daughter Zindzi, and a number of grand- and great-grandchildren visited him on Wednesday 25 January, The Star reported. The Business Day reported Mandela's former wife Winnie Madikizela-Mandela and his former personal assistant Jessie Duarte also visited the hospital.
A black Mercedes-Benz with a Cape Town registration, was seen arriving at the hospital on Thursday morning.
Security guards were overheard saying "they VIP". One man, an avid fan of Madikizela-Mandela, was at the hospital on Thursday hoping to speak to his long-time idol. He was at the hospital on Wednesday quizzing journalists and dropping names of ANC heavyweights in a bid to get more information.
Beeld newspaper reported that it appeared Mandela was in the hospital's private unit for burn victims. The unit's windows were covered to ensure privacy and only one person was allowed in at a time. CNN reported on Wednesday night that Mandela was flown from Cape Town to Milpark Hospital and brought to the hospital by military ambulance. Hospital spokeswoman Erin Walsh would not comment. "It is our policy to respect patients and we would not give any details about the admission to anyone expect the family," she said. The Star reported that a Facebook post by Mandela's granddaughter, Zoleka Mandela, read: "I really hate to see you this way. It kills me each time. Know that i'm here for you as I believe you have always been there for me.
You are never alone in this. We are all with you each and every step of the way. All you need to do is remember that you us at your back (sic) and call. I love you. You already know this.
Spending my next few days with you just so I know that you'll be ok! I'm saddened... ." The Foundation issued a brief statement just after 4pm on Wednesday reading: "We can confirm that Mr Mandela is at Milpark Hospital undergoing routine tests. He is in no danger and is in good spirits." There had been no further word from the Foundation by 9.30am on Thursday.
Mandela is currently convalescing at home.[/TD]
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[TD]2012[/TD]
[TD]Hospitalisation and home-based care
Mandela is admitted twice to hospital and receives home-based care in between. He spends 18 days in hospital in December for a lung infection and surgery to remove gallstones before he was released from hospital on 26 December 2012.The Office of the Presidency released a statement that the nonagenarian had recovered sufficiently enough to be released from hospital.
On 28 December 2012 his family said Mandela was doing well at home.
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[TD]2013[/TD]
[TD]April
Fight for Mandela's millions
The Star newspaper reports that the children of Nelson Mandela have launched a court case against several business associates of the former president in a dispute over the control of two companies.
According to the newspaper the case was filed in the Johannesburg High Court by Mandela's daughters, Makaziwe and Zenani.
The court papers reportedly said lawyers George Bizos and Bally Chuene, and businessman Tokyo Sexwale, had no right to remain as directors of companies whose main purpose was to channel funds from the sale of 94-year-old Nelson Mandela's handprints.
Later, Prominent lawyer George Bizos labelled a suit against him and his colleagues by Nelson Mandela's daughters as a ploy to "resuscitate" the sale of the artworks.
Bizos accused Ayob of paying R150 000 each into Zenani and Makaziwe's accounts from a Mandela trust account without his authorisation.
He told The Star that Ayob was later ordered to pay back the money from his own pocket.
ANC, SABC criticised for Mandela video footage broadcast
The SABC broadcast a video of former President, Nelson Mandela at his home in Houghton. The video showed Mandela in an armchair, his head propped up by a pillow, his legs on a footrest and covered by a blanket.
Social media and talk radio shows buzzed with angry comments that the party had been disrespectful by showing footage of the 94-year-old anti-apartheid icon looking vacant, grey-skinned and unsmiling.
Spokesman Jackson Mthembu said it didn't make sense to say South Africa's governing party was using the occasion as an electioneering tool as it gears up for elections next year.
Mthembu said the party would also have been criticized if it had not broadcast the video.
June
The nation holds its breath as Mandela's condition slides from serious to critical
On 08 June 2013, former President Nelson Mandela was admitted in hospital again due to a lung infection, according to the presidency, in a "serious but stable" condition.
On 12 June 2013, there was a bit of relief and hope as SA President, Jacob Zuma told Parliament that that Mandela was "responding well to treatment" after a "difficult few days."
On 23 June 2013, the nation and the entire world were shaken when the Presidency announced Mandela's condition had worsened and the situation had become critical.
On 24 June 2013, President Jacob Zuma tells the media, "Doctors are doing everything possible to ensure his wellbeing and comfort."
The world's icon, that breathed fresh air of hope, tolerance and reconciliation in South Africa, remains critical as the nation holds its breath, and continues to pray![/TD]
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[h=3]Nelson Mandela's close family members gathered to hear a sombre prayer wishing him a "peaceful, perfect, end" as he lay in hospital in critical condition with his life seemingly slipping away. Find more at Nelson Mandela wished a 'peaceful end' by Cape Town Archbishop[/h]
quimby_joey
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bado tu hawajatoa tamko rasmi? au wanafanya maandalizi kwanza kama tulivyofanya '99
[h=3]Barack Obama heads to Africa on a long awaited first major tour today, but the trip is being overshadowed by Nelson Mandela's fading health. Find more at Barack Obama Africa trip overshadowed by Nelson Mandela[/h]
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[h=1]SA Jewish community joins in prayer for Mandela[/h]Wednesday 26 June 2013 12:00
Palesa Kobedi
Former SA president Nelson Mandela was rushed to hospital on 8 June with a recurring lung infection.(SABC)
the Jewish community of South Africa has joined fellow South Africans in praying for former President Nelson Mandela.
"The Jewish community of South Africa joins its fellow South Africans in praying for our beloved former President Nelson Mandela and in extending its good wishes to the Mandela family and the Presidency during this difficult and uncertain time," says the president of the SA Jewish Board of Deputies, Zev Krengel.
He says Mandela is more than a political leader. "For the South African people, he is a wise, caring father, a kind and loyal friend and an enduring symbol of national unity and reconciliation. His very presence amongst us all has been a source of strength and hope. For the world at large, he remains a source of continual inspiration."
Palesa Kobedi
the Jewish community of South Africa has joined fellow South Africans in praying for former President Nelson Mandela.
"The Jewish community of South Africa joins its fellow South Africans in praying for our beloved former President Nelson Mandela and in extending its good wishes to the Mandela family and the Presidency during this difficult and uncertain time," says the president of the SA Jewish Board of Deputies, Zev Krengel.
He says Mandela is more than a political leader. "For the South African people, he is a wise, caring father, a kind and loyal friend and an enduring symbol of national unity and reconciliation. His very presence amongst us all has been a source of strength and hope. For the world at large, he remains a source of continual inspiration."
Nairoberry
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this is really serious if its true its very unafrican and they wil be cursed why do that to an old man who does not know whats happening,kindly let the old man rest in peace his time has come,na uku mashariki nasikia jiji la dar es kumesafishwa hakuna beggars au chokora naskia kila mtu ameambiwa avalie suti yake ile nzuri zaidi ili kumkaribisha bwana obama. Naskia kipindi kilichopita katika ziara ya bush simu hazikufanya kazi tanzania zilikuwa eti zimefungwa na CIA mawaziri wote ilibidi wanuswe na mbwa wa maja susi wa kimarekani mpaka rais wa tz ajabu,je mtaweza kweli haya tena kuwa kama watumwa na vibaraka wa mzungu?
Nairoberry
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wakenya hawajaumwa chochote ila tu wanamuonea huruma,angalia obama ziara yake tz itafanya huduma za simu kufungwa,beggars na chokora kuteswa,maduka katika cbd uko kariokor kufungwa coz of usalama, kizuri ni kuwa hasafiri kwa ile mbuga ya wanyama ambako wanyama kama,simba,chui na wengineo wangepigwa risasi na kuuliwa ili wasiwe tisho kwa usalama wake ebu tafakari hayo
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