South Africa: Mandela's Death Beginning of a New Era

13 December 2013

The Secretary General of the opposition Peoples Democratic Organisation for Independence and Socialism, PDOIS, has described the death of Nelson Mandela, first black President of South Africa, as the beginning of a new era, the era for the realisation and consolidation of Republican values, democratic instruments, democratic institutions and democratic culture in each African country.

In a statement issued Wednesday, Halifa Sallah who talked on a wide range of issues covering the Senegambia conflict zone, national issues like taxation, the youths, among others, said the late Mandela had lived a life that could be taken as an example of best practice in modern day leadership.

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