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Nelson Mandela, 95, first democratic president of South Africa, was close to country’s Jews
It was among the first encounters in what would become a lifelong relationship between Nelson Mandela and South Africa’s tiny Jewish community, impacting the statesman’s life at several ...
Sam Nujoma, Namibia’s fiery freedom fighter and first president, dies aged 95
Sam Nujoma, the fiery freedom fighter who led Namibia to independence from apartheid South Africa in 1990 and served as its ...
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As it happened: Mandela funeral
The funeral has been held of South Africa's first black President Nelson Mandela, who died on 5 December aged 95. Thousands of South Africans - and heads of state and government - congregated in ...
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George Bizos obituary: Remembering Mandela's gentle but fierce lawyer
His soft voice, silver moustache, and gentle demeanour gave George Bizos, the lawyer who famously defended Nelson Mandela and who has died aged 92, the appearance of a retired country doctor.
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Niel Barnard, apartheid South Africa’s spy chief who later fell under Mandela’s spell
It was an admission that apartheid had failed. For the African National Congress (ANC), the release of Nelson Mandela was a sine qua non of any agreement, and as early as 1985 the regime began ...