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Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (/ m æ n ˈ d ɛ l ə / man-DEL-ə, [1] Xhosa: [xolíɬaɬa mandɛ̂ːla]; born Rolihlahla Mandela; 18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013) was a South African anti-apartheid activist and politician who served as the first president of South Africa from 1994 to 1999.
The 30-year dominance of Nelson Mandela's party looks set to end in today's South Africa vote. Josh Lederman. Updated May 29, 2024 at 11:23 AM. For three decades, ... USA TODAY Sports.
On 5 December 2013, Nelson Mandela, the first president of South Africa to be elected in a fully representative democratic election, as well as the country's first black head of state, died at the age of 95 after a prolonged respiratory infection. [1]
Nelson Mandela (1918–2013) 1994: 10 May 1994 14 June 1999 5 years, 35 days African National Congress: 18 Thabo Mbeki (born 1942) 1999 2004: 14 June 1999 24 September 2008 (resigned) 9 years, 102 days African National Congress — Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri (1937–2009) — 25 September 2008 [1] 14 hours African National Congress: 19 Kgalema ...
The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute was a popular-music concert staged on 11 June 1988 at Wembley Stadium, London, and broadcast to 67 countries and an audience of 600 million. Marking the forthcoming 70th birthday (18 July 1988) of the imprisoned anti-apartheid revolutionary Nelson Mandela , the concert was also referred to as Freedomfest ...
Children passing a Nelson Mandela wall mural in the Township Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa Alamy I spent a couple of months this summer researching and writing a children's biography, Nelson ...
This is a list of dignitaries at the state memorial service of Nelson Mandela, the former president of South Africa. [1] Mandela died on 5 December 2013. Many heads of state and government attended the state memorial service on Tuesday, 10 December 2013, at the FNB Stadium in Johannesburg.
Idris Elba is recalling how he prepared to play Nelson Mandela in the 2013 film Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom. “In 2013, when I was preparing to play Nelson Mandela in the film Long Walk to ...