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ABC News Today marks the anniversary of Nelson Mandela's inauguration as South Africa's first democratically-elected president in 1994. Mandela stepped down from office in 1999 after one term.
Remembering Nelson Mandela on the anniversary of his inauguration
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Nelson Mandela was an inspirational speaker and anti-apartheid revolutionary.
106 months ago
The Economist Nelson Mandela became South Africa's first black president on May 10th 1994. He did not single-handedly end apartheid; his achievement was to see the need for reconciliation, to forswear retribution and then to act as midwife to a new, democratic Sou Read more ... th Africa
Heroic though Mandela was, he did not have the messianic powers some attributed to him
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From the archive
106 months ago
Reuters The first known television interview with South Africa's late anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela has emerged: http://reut.rs/2c7ZEUI
First known TV interview with Nelson Mandela comes to light
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The first known television interview with South Africa's late anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela has emerged, featuring a bearded activist defiantly vowing to fight racism in footage believed to have dated from 1956.
115 months ago
Daily Mail Did CIA put Nelson Mandela in jail?
How the CIA got Nelson Mandela arrested
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Donald Rickard, 88, U.S. vice consul in Durban, South Africa, at the time of Mandela's arrest, said he fed information to police meaning they were able to set up a roadblock and arrest him.
118 months ago
Gawker “We were teetering on the brink here and it had to be stopped, which meant Mandela had to be stopped," said the former CIA operative. "And I put a stop to it.”
Former CIA Agent Says He Helped Apartheid Regime Find Nelson Mandela
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According to The Sunday Times, former CIA operative Donald Rickard admitted to American involvement in the arrest of Nelson Mandela, who would spend 27 years in prison before becoming South Africa’s first black president in 1994.
118 months ago
The Economist More than any other single person, he helped to secure a conciliatory and mostly peaceful end to apartheid, and an infinitely more hopeful start to a democratic South Africa than even the most quixotic could have imagined 20 years earlier. Our obitua Read more ... ry of "Madiba" from 2013
Nelson Mandela became the first black president of South Africa on May 10th 1994
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Nelson Mandela, the man who freed South Africa from apartheid, died on December 5th, aged 95
118 months ago
The Economist Like most great men, he was complex and often contradictory. But he was a hero who truly deserved the title. Nelson Mandela died on this day in 2013. From the archive:
Nelson Mandela
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Nelson Mandela, the man who freed South Africa from apartheid, died on December 5th, aged 95
124 months ago
Huffington Post UK Cue world's most awkward silence...
That's Definitely Not Nelson Mandela
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Two schoolgirls who have - luckily for them - remained anonymous seemingly gave a school presentation about Nelson Mandela, but mistaking the former president of South Africa for actor Morgan Freeman.
126 months ago
CBS News The rape allegedly took place at a restaurant in South Africa.
Nelson Mandela's grandson arrested for alleged rape of 15-year-old
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Mbuso Mandela is one of late statesman Nelson Mandela's 17 grandchildren.
127 months ago
The Economist August 5th 1962 was Nelson Mandela's first of 10,053 days in prison. After his release in 1990 he freed South Africa from the scourge of Apartheid http://econ.st/1g9OjTu
Nelson Mandela
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Editor's note: Nelson Mandela died just after we went to press last Thursday. Shortly afterwards, we published a leader and an obituary online, and updated our...
128 months ago