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Flag from Mandela inauguration returning to SA
Feb 18th, 2010 - Houston Chronicle
london - a south african flag that flew during nelson mandela's inauguration as the country's first black president has been bought by a philanthropist who plans to return it to its homeland.
bonhams auction house had been due to sell the flagThis week on Inside Africa ...
Feb 12th, 2010 - CNN
(cnn) -- south africa looks back, 20 years after nelson mandela's historic release. plus, desmond tutu reflects on the day his dream became a reality, and picturing mandela - a south african cartoonist and his drawing tribute. south africa
South Africa Keeps Stimulus, Plans Industrial Policy
Feb 12th, 2010 - Bloomberg
indicators suggest we are now turning the corner," zuma said in his state-of-the-nation address to parliament in cape town yesterday, which was attended by nelson mandela, the nation's first black president. "it is too soon though to be certain
South African president promises a 'year of action'
Feb 12th, 2010 - Los Angeles Times
reporting from johannesburg, south africa - on the 20th anniversary of nelson mandela's inspiriting release from prison thursday, south africa confronted a sobering reality.
president jacob zuma, with a sex scandal hanging over his head, deliveredSouth Africa marks 20th anniversary of Mandela’s freedom
Feb 12th, 2010 - Boston
johannesburg - south african lawmakers sang nelson mandela's praises yesterday as the antiapartheid icon settled into parliament's public gallery for a state of the nation address scheduled in tribute to his 20 years of freedom.
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Nelson Mandela videos from YouTube:
3:48First Nelson Mandela interview
21 May, 1961 Nelson Mandela, already a leading figure in resistance to apartheid, was asked by itn's Brian Widlake, for his views about the campaign to secure the franchise for South Africa's black population. It is part of a longer ITN Roving Report news programme about Apartheid.
6:27Nelson Mandela Released 1990
Nelson Mandela Released 1990
6:50Biography: Need To Know: Nelson Mandela
Everything you need to know about Nelson Mandela in 5 minutes or less.
Nelson Mandela from WikiPedia:
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (Xhosa pronunciation: [xo?li?a?a man?de?la];), born 18 July 1918, served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999, the first South-African president to be elected in a fully representative democratic election. Before his presidency, Mandela was an anti-apartheid activist, and the leader of the African National Congress's armed wing Umkhonto we Sizwe. The South African courts convicted him on charges of sabotage, as well as other crimes committed while he led the movement against apartheid. In accordance with his conviction's sentence, Mandela served 27 years in prison, spending many of these years on Robben Island. Following his release from prison on 11 February 1990, Mandela supported reconciliation and negotiation, and helped lead the transition towards multi-racial democracy in South Africa.
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