South Africa: Mandela Day Launched in Soweto

Pretoria — The 2012 Nelson Mandela International Day was today launched at the Hector Pieterson Museum in Soweto.

Mandela Day is the birthday of former President Nelson Mandela, who was born on July 18, 1918, in the former Transkei homeland in the Eastern Cape.

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