South Africa: Mandela Anniversary - a Jolt to South African Democracy?

4 December 2014

It is has been a year since Nelson Mandela died. Many South Africans are worrying about the stability of the parliamentary democracy he left behind.

Three minutes and seven seconds of noise, followed by three minutes of silence. A total of six minutes and seven seconds symbolizing the 67 years the late Nelson Mandela served South Africa as guerrilla fighter, prisoner of conscience and politician. This is how South Africa is remembering its first post-apartheid president on the first anniversary of his death on Friday (5.12.2014).

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