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South Africa: Desmond Tutu Pays Tribute to Nelson Mandela
allAfrica, 5 December 2013
Nelson Mandela is mourned by South Africans, Africans and the international community today as the leader of our generation who stood head and shoulders above his contemporaries… Read more »
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Africa: African Leaders Coming for Mandela Memorial
allAfrica, 9 December 2013
The 37 African heads of state and government, as listed by South Africa's foreign ministry, who are scheduled to attend the memorial service for Nelson Mandela in Johannesburg… Read more »
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South Africa: Nelson Mandela - Leader, Icon, Friend
allAfrica, 6 December 2013
Of all the many leaders I have met in the course of my life, none made a deeper impression on me than Nelson Mandela. Read more »
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South Africa: Boos & Cheers Greet Leaders At Mandela Service
allAfrica, 10 December 2013
The world was treated to a display at the official memorial service for Nelson Mandela of how South Africa was freed from apartheid and became a democracy: a feisty, even… Read more »
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South Africa: Not to Praise Zuma, But to Bury Him
allAfrica, 17 December 2013
Every single word that President Jacob Zuma has uttered in praise of Nelson Mandela in recent days is rendered hollow and meaningless by his treatment of Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Read more »
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South Africa: South Africa Buries Mandela - and Apartheid
allAfrica, 15 December 2013
Today, South Africa buries Nelson Mandela and, with him, once and for all, apartheid, too. Racial conflict is no longer the distinguishing characteristic of South African society. Read more »