South African icon and former President Nelson Mandela is dead. He died Thursday night peacefully at his home.Speaking on his death, president Zuma said: "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’s now at peace.""This is the moment of our deepest sorrow. Our nation has lost its greatest son. our people have lost a father."Nelson Mandela, born on July 18, 1918 in Mvezo, was a South African politician. He died on December 5, 2013 at the age of 95.Tributes have started pouring in from across the world.Madiba, as he was affectionately called, was elected the country's first black president in 1994, after decades of white minority rule.The 95-year-old Mandela was hospitalized last week due to a recurring lung infection.Mandela is revered as the father of modern South Africa. He came of age during the era of apartheid, or institutionalized racial segregation.After years of underground activism on behalf of the African National Congress, which was outlawed until 1990, Mandela was imprisoned for 27 years.Mandela was elected president in 1994, marking the de facto end of apartheid.During his five-year tenure, he made it his mission to promote equality and progress for all South Africans, emphasizing his belief that white and black citizens had to work together to heal old wounds.The ANC has dominated the national government since 1994, and economic growth has made South Africa the largest economy on the continent. But, the country still suffers from deep divisions and a yawning wealth gap; Zuma and other ANC leaders have been accused of fostering endemic corruption.Having contracted tuberculosis during his prison years, Mandela suffered frequent lung infections &has been absent from public appearance since 2010.
Thursday, December 5, 2013
Nelson Mandela Dies
South African icon and former President Nelson Mandela is dead. He died Thursday night peacefully at his home.Speaking on his death, president Zuma said: "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’s now at peace.""This is the moment of our deepest sorrow. Our nation has lost its greatest son. our people have lost a father."Nelson Mandela, born on July 18, 1918 in Mvezo, was a South African politician. He died on December 5, 2013 at the age of 95.Tributes have started pouring in from across the world.Madiba, as he was affectionately called, was elected the country's first black president in 1994, after decades of white minority rule.The 95-year-old Mandela was hospitalized last week due to a recurring lung infection.Mandela is revered as the father of modern South Africa. He came of age during the era of apartheid, or institutionalized racial segregation.After years of underground activism on behalf of the African National Congress, which was outlawed until 1990, Mandela was imprisoned for 27 years.Mandela was elected president in 1994, marking the de facto end of apartheid.During his five-year tenure, he made it his mission to promote equality and progress for all South Africans, emphasizing his belief that white and black citizens had to work together to heal old wounds.The ANC has dominated the national government since 1994, and economic growth has made South Africa the largest economy on the continent. But, the country still suffers from deep divisions and a yawning wealth gap; Zuma and other ANC leaders have been accused of fostering endemic corruption.Having contracted tuberculosis during his prison years, Mandela suffered frequent lung infections &has been absent from public appearance since 2010.
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