{"id":26117,"date":"2013-12-07T04:39:31","date_gmt":"2013-12-07T02:39:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/2013\/12\/hamba-gahle-madiba\/"},"modified":"2013-12-07T04:39:31","modified_gmt":"2013-12-07T02:39:31","slug":"hamba-gahle-madiba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/hamba-gahle-madiba\/","title":{"rendered":"Hamba Gahle Madiba"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Nelson Mandela, the first democratically elected president of post apartheid South Africa died at 20h50 last night (5 December 2013) at his home in Houghton, Johannesburg.<\/p>\n

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, born in Qunu, Transkei, South Africa on 18 July 1918, is a former President of South Africa, the first to be elected in fully representative democratic elections. Before his presidency, Mandela was an anti-apartheid activist and leader of the African National Congress and its armed wing Umkhonto we Sizwe. He spent 27 years in prison, much of it on Robben Island, convicted for crimes that included sabotage committed while he spearheaded the struggle against apartheid.<\/p>\n

Among opponents of apartheid in South Africa and internationally, Nelson Mandela became a symbol of freedom and equality, while the apartheid government and nations sympathetic to it condemned him and the ANC as communists and terrorists and the United States still list him as a terrorist.<\/p>\n

Following his release from prison on February 11, 1990, his switch to a policy of reconciliation and negotiation helped lead the transition to multi-racial democracy in South Africa. Since the end of apartheid, he has been widely praised, even by former opponents.<\/p>\n

Nelson Mandela has received more than one hundred awards over four decades, most notably the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993, which he shared with former South African President F.W. De Klerk. Mandela is currently a celebrated elder statesman who continues to voice his opinion on topical issues. In South Africa he is often known as Madiba, an honorary title adopted by elders of Mandela\u2019s clan. The title has come to be synonymous with Nelson Mandela.<\/p>\n

Mandela has frequently credited Mahatma Gandhi for being a major source of inspiration in his life, both for the philosophy of non-violence and for facing adversity with dignity.<\/p>\n

MyJHB has always followed an ethos as espoused by Nelson Mandela when he said the following during the Rivonia trial: \u201cI have fought against white domination and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the idea of a democratic and free society. If need be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die.\u201d<\/em> ~ Nelson Mandela<\/p>\n

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Nelson Rolihlala Mandela \u2013 first democratically elected president of post apartheid South Africa. He was born in Qunu, Transkei, South Africa on 18 July 1918.<\/p>\n

The life of Nelson Mandela, Nobel Peace Prize winner and former president of South Africa:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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