Zuma urges South Africans to take up Mandela’s mantle
South African President Jacob Zuma on Sunday told a country mourning for its founding father Nelson Mandela that it was incumbent on them to carry on his legacy.
"We have to take the legacy forward," Zuma said in an address to Mandela's state funeral in the former leader's boyhood home of Qunu.
Is Nigerian Mandela possible?
How do you define Nelson Mandela?
It is only when you do so that you are able to answer the question whether Nigerian Mandela is possible. Nelson Rolihlalala Mandela, the first president of democratic South Africa finally bowed to the superior argument of death as all mortals must last week Thursday, December 5, 2013. He was renowned for so many inspiring statements and speeches both before and after he went to jail, came out, climbed into the presidency and bequeathed a stable and prosperous country to posterity.
Mandela’s economic legacy threatened by S. Africa’s inequality
Nelson Mandela emerged from 27 years in apartheid jails in 1990 pledging to seize South Africa’s mines and banks. Four years later, his government slashed spending and courted foreign investors, paving the way for the longest period of growth in the country’s history.
Mandela, exceptional pan-Africanist, says Sen Okonkwo
LAGOS—The global celebration of the demise of South Africa’s political sage, Dr. Nelson Mandela, has been described by the deputy chairman of All Progressives Congress, APC, Senator Annie Okonkwo, as a fitting tribute to a universal icon and exceptional pan-Africanist.
Nigerian politicians can’t compare with Mandela – Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, paid tribute to anti-Apartheid icon, Dr. Nelson Mandela who died last Thursday, saying Nigerian politicians could not be compared with him as they threaten, boast and play little gods.
Drogba, Eboue face fines over Mandela tributes
DIDIER Drogba and Emmanuel Eboue face fines from the Turkish FA after displaying vests bearing tributes to Nelson Mandela.
