Today marks five years to the day South African struggle icon and the country's first democratically elected President Nelson Mandela passed away.
Madiba, as he was affectionately referred to, passed away on 5 December 2013 at 1 Military Hospital after a long illness. He was 95. Government this year dedicated 2018 to celebrating Mandela and Albertina Sisulu, who would have both turned 100 years old.
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