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Nelson Mandela is dead
Former South African President Nelson Mandela, died peacefully at home in Johannesburg last night, 95 years old. A whole world celebrates his fight for justice and reconciliation.
It is a great loss to the world . There is a person who Helped change the world , says Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt told reporters.
- A man who had been in prison for 28 years comes out and chooses reconciliation instead of being bitter, and advocate a different direction . Just his choices came to mean a lot to change and to put in place a well -functioning democracy and reconciliation process in South Africa .
TT : What has he Meant to you ?
- He stands as a symbol of the staff amidst all the political decision- making; personnel routing, staff reflection .
Social Democratic party leader Stefan Löfven told TT That he feels great sorrow and emptiness after Mandela 's death .
- Let's celebrate Nelson Mandela 's memory , not just today and next week , but for all time . Then you have to stand up for what he stood for , human equality, equality, solidarity and peace , he says .
In London premiered at the evening movie " Mandela : Long Walk to Freedom " . Among the guests were the Prime Mandela 's daughter Zindzi REACHED by the news of the death inside the cinema auditorium.
Dancing and singing people, blowing the vuvuzelas and the images of Nelson Mandela in his hands , flocked to Mandela 's home in Johannesburg in the morning , reports the South African media.
Annika Björnsdotter Teppo , a researcher at the Nordic Africa Institute, located in Cape Town right now .
- People light candles , some dancing . Obviously , people sad , but he was 95 years so it was not like a surprise . Right now it's very quiet on the streets . Everyone is waiting for the funeral , she says .
Nelson Mandela was hailed as a " hero of our time " when the praise poured in from world leaders to the man who suffered the successful fight against apartheid and Became South Africa 's first black president.
- Mandela Achieved more than one could ask of any man, and now he has returned home . We have lost one of the most influential and basically good people That someone is going to spend time here on earth , said U.S. President Barack Obama . We will not see his like again .
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon spoke of Mandela justice campaigner who inspired freedom movements around the world . His second in command Eliasson sees Mandela as a living symbol of justice , for the equal value and reconciliation .
- He spent 27 years in prison for his fight against apartheid. He came out without bitterness for working with all Citizens to build a new South Africa . This was an act of historic significance for Africa but overpriced for the whole world .
- He had an unbeatable charisma , the clocks stopped and the room came alive When he entered. He symbolized goodness , he was a wonderful genuinely good person . Everyone felt so said Eliasson told TT .
Sweden was the first country outside Africa as Mandela visited as a free man, says Prime Minister forms Ingvar Carlsson (S).
- First , to highlight the fact That Sweden was one of the countries longest and most consistently supported the struggle against apartheid , says Carlsson.
- I remember when I first met him. Tall , handsome and with his warm eyes , he saidthat today there are many who want to be our friends and we're excited for. But we never forget Those Who were our friends When we had a hard time .
South Africa 's archbishop , Nobel Peace Prize winner Desmond Tutu , Describes Mandela as a unifying force .
- During the 24 years thathave passed Madiba taught us to unite and to believe in ourselves and eachother . He was a unifying force in the moment he left the prison , said Tutu .
Madiba is Mandela 's clan name and it is thwart used affectionately by the South Africans .
South Africa 's last white president, Frederik Willem de Klerk , saidthat Mandela 's greatest achievement was to unite South Africa and the struggle for reconciliation between black and white .
de Klerk and Mandela were Jointly the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993. During his early career advocated de Klerk racial division but seemed then to abolish apartheid and freed the imprisoned Mandela in 1990.
The official mourning will begin with a national mourning ceremony in the First National Bank Stadium , a stadium on the outskirts of Johannesburg , with seating for 95,000 people, reports the BBC . This is Followed by three days ' lit de parade in Pretoria. The official funeral , Which will be a state funeral , then takes place in Mandela village.
If Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela was born on 18th juli 1918. He was raised by his father's death in 1927 by Thembu clan royal family . He died today ( Thursday ) at his home in South Africa .
Later moved to Johannesburg where he and Oliver Tambo opened South Africa 's first law office run by blacks . Joined the African National Congress (ANC) in 1943 and co -founded its youth organization . Advocated only peaceful struggle against the apartheid regime but switched after the bloody Sharpeville massacre in 1960 to armed struggle .
Mandela was one of the founders of the ANC 's armed wing Umkhonto we Sizwe . Sentenced in 1964 to life imprisonment . Was released in February 1990 Following a decision by then- President FW de Klerk .
Became South Africa 's first democratically elected president in 1994. On leaving the presidency in 1999 after one term . Worked on AIDS issues before he withdrew from public life in 2004.
Nelson Mandela was married three times . First time with Evelyn Ntoko Mase , Whom he had four children, of Whom only one daughter is still alive . The couple divorced . Second marriage was with Winnie Madikizela . The couple had two daughters and were married between 1957 and 1996. On his 80th birthday , Nelson Mandela married to Graça Machel , widow of Mozambique 's president Samora Machel . (TT)
Said by Nelson Mandela :
" During my lifetime I have dedicated myself to this struggle of the African people . , I have fought against white domination and I have fought against black domination . , I have clung to the ideal of a democratic and free society in Which all can live together in harmony and with equal opportunities . it is an ideal Which I hope to live for and to Achieve . But if needs be , it is an ideal for Which I am prepared to die . "
From Nelson Mandela 's famous defense speech at the trial in 1964 When he was sentenced to life imprisonment . (TT)
If apartheid :
The word " apartheid" comes from the Afrikaans word meaning " separation " .
South Africa adopted in 1948 , When The Nationalist Party came to power , official apartheid as a political system where people with different skin color than white discriminated . The system was very brutal.
The population was divided into four groups : whites , blacks , Asians and colored ( of mixed ancestry ) .
Parts of the black population was placed in reserve, so-called " homelands " .
UN General Assembly condemned on SEVERAL occasions , South Africa and emphasized That apartheid was a crime against humanity .
In practice , the abolition of apartheid , more or less in 1990, When then- president, Nationalist Party 's FW de Klerk , in a speech in Parliament repealed the apartheid laws and freed Nelson Mandela , who spent 27 years in prison . (TT)
READ ALSO : He paid a high price for Their struggle
READ MORE : Timeline of Mandela 's life
- A man who had been in prison for 28 years comes out and chooses reconciliation instead of being bitter, and advocate a different direction . Just his choices came to mean a lot to change and to put in place a well -functioning democracy and reconciliation process in South Africa .
TT : What has he Meant to you ?
- He stands as a symbol of the staff amidst all the political decision- making; personnel routing, staff reflection .
Social Democratic party leader Stefan Löfven told TT That he feels great sorrow and emptiness after Mandela 's death .
- Let's celebrate Nelson Mandela 's memory , not just today and next week , but for all time . Then you have to stand up for what he stood for , human equality, equality, solidarity and peace , he says .
In London premiered at the evening movie " Mandela : Long Walk to Freedom " . Among the guests were the Prime Mandela 's daughter Zindzi REACHED by the news of the death inside the cinema auditorium.
Dancing and singing people, blowing the vuvuzelas and the images of Nelson Mandela in his hands , flocked to Mandela 's home in Johannesburg in the morning , reports the South African media.
Annika Björnsdotter Teppo , a researcher at the Nordic Africa Institute, located in Cape Town right now .
- People light candles , some dancing . Obviously , people sad , but he was 95 years so it was not like a surprise . Right now it's very quiet on the streets . Everyone is waiting for the funeral , she says .
Nelson Mandela was hailed as a " hero of our time " when the praise poured in from world leaders to the man who suffered the successful fight against apartheid and Became South Africa 's first black president.
- Mandela Achieved more than one could ask of any man, and now he has returned home . We have lost one of the most influential and basically good people That someone is going to spend time here on earth , said U.S. President Barack Obama . We will not see his like again .
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon spoke of Mandela justice campaigner who inspired freedom movements around the world . His second in command Eliasson sees Mandela as a living symbol of justice , for the equal value and reconciliation .
- He spent 27 years in prison for his fight against apartheid. He came out without bitterness for working with all Citizens to build a new South Africa . This was an act of historic significance for Africa but overpriced for the whole world .
- He had an unbeatable charisma , the clocks stopped and the room came alive When he entered. He symbolized goodness , he was a wonderful genuinely good person . Everyone felt so said Eliasson told TT .
Sweden was the first country outside Africa as Mandela visited as a free man, says Prime Minister forms Ingvar Carlsson (S).
- First , to highlight the fact That Sweden was one of the countries longest and most consistently supported the struggle against apartheid , says Carlsson.
- I remember when I first met him. Tall , handsome and with his warm eyes , he saidthat today there are many who want to be our friends and we're excited for. But we never forget Those Who were our friends When we had a hard time .
South Africa 's archbishop , Nobel Peace Prize winner Desmond Tutu , Describes Mandela as a unifying force .
- During the 24 years thathave passed Madiba taught us to unite and to believe in ourselves and eachother . He was a unifying force in the moment he left the prison , said Tutu .
Madiba is Mandela 's clan name and it is thwart used affectionately by the South Africans .
South Africa 's last white president, Frederik Willem de Klerk , saidthat Mandela 's greatest achievement was to unite South Africa and the struggle for reconciliation between black and white .
de Klerk and Mandela were Jointly the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993. During his early career advocated de Klerk racial division but seemed then to abolish apartheid and freed the imprisoned Mandela in 1990.
The official mourning will begin with a national mourning ceremony in the First National Bank Stadium , a stadium on the outskirts of Johannesburg , with seating for 95,000 people, reports the BBC . This is Followed by three days ' lit de parade in Pretoria. The official funeral , Which will be a state funeral , then takes place in Mandela village.
If Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela was born on 18th juli 1918. He was raised by his father's death in 1927 by Thembu clan royal family . He died today ( Thursday ) at his home in South Africa .
Later moved to Johannesburg where he and Oliver Tambo opened South Africa 's first law office run by blacks . Joined the African National Congress (ANC) in 1943 and co -founded its youth organization . Advocated only peaceful struggle against the apartheid regime but switched after the bloody Sharpeville massacre in 1960 to armed struggle .
Mandela was one of the founders of the ANC 's armed wing Umkhonto we Sizwe . Sentenced in 1964 to life imprisonment . Was released in February 1990 Following a decision by then- President FW de Klerk .
Became South Africa 's first democratically elected president in 1994. On leaving the presidency in 1999 after one term . Worked on AIDS issues before he withdrew from public life in 2004.
Nelson Mandela was married three times . First time with Evelyn Ntoko Mase , Whom he had four children, of Whom only one daughter is still alive . The couple divorced . Second marriage was with Winnie Madikizela . The couple had two daughters and were married between 1957 and 1996. On his 80th birthday , Nelson Mandela married to Graça Machel , widow of Mozambique 's president Samora Machel . (TT)
Said by Nelson Mandela :
" During my lifetime I have dedicated myself to this struggle of the African people . , I have fought against white domination and I have fought against black domination . , I have clung to the ideal of a democratic and free society in Which all can live together in harmony and with equal opportunities . it is an ideal Which I hope to live for and to Achieve . But if needs be , it is an ideal for Which I am prepared to die . "
From Nelson Mandela 's famous defense speech at the trial in 1964 When he was sentenced to life imprisonment . (TT)
If apartheid :
The word " apartheid" comes from the Afrikaans word meaning " separation " .
South Africa adopted in 1948 , When The Nationalist Party came to power , official apartheid as a political system where people with different skin color than white discriminated . The system was very brutal.
The population was divided into four groups : whites , blacks , Asians and colored ( of mixed ancestry ) .
Parts of the black population was placed in reserve, so-called " homelands " .
UN General Assembly condemned on SEVERAL occasions , South Africa and emphasized That apartheid was a crime against humanity .
In practice , the abolition of apartheid , more or less in 1990, When then- president, Nationalist Party 's FW de Klerk , in a speech in Parliament repealed the apartheid laws and freed Nelson Mandela , who spent 27 years in prison . (TT)
READ ALSO : He paid a high price for Their struggle
READ MORE : Timeline of Mandela 's life
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