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Feb
12
2021
By The African Mirror
Mandela funeral graft: MEC faces the chop

Mandela funeral graft: MEC faces the chop

NEWS
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER EASTERN Cape MEC for Health, Sindiswa Gomba, the highest ranking politician to be arrested for embezzling millions meant for Nelson Mandela’s funeral faces serious political consequences. Following the appearance in court of Gomba and 10 others, her boss, the Eastern Cape Premier Lubabalo Oscar Mabuyane, expressed his concern and said he was applying his  mind. Mabuyane said: “I view criminal charges against our Health MEC very seriously. Now that she has been charged by the NPA & was released on bail, I will look into this matter & will soon communicate my decision to the people of…
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Nov
13
2020
By The African Mirror
‘Elders’ group of ex-leaders founded by Mandela urges Trump to accept defeat

‘Elders’ group of ex-leaders founded by Mandela urges Trump to accept defeat

NEWS
Nelson Mandela THE Elders, a group of prominent former world leaders, voiced concern at U.S. President Donald Trump's refusal to concede electoral defeat, saying it showed disrespect for the integrity of American democracy. The group was founded by late former South African President Nelson Mandela and is now chaired by former Irish President Mary Robinson. It includes Mandela's widow Graca Machel, former U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Nobel Peace Prize-winning former presidents of Colombia and Liberia, and an array of other former world leaders. Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter is an emeritus member. Trump's position was "putting at risk the functioning…
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Sep
13
2020
By The African Mirror
Book reveals new, surprising nuggets about Nelson Mandela’s last years in jail

Book reveals new, surprising nuggets about Nelson Mandela’s last years in jail

LITERATURE
GAVIN EVANS TWENTY years ago the South African academic Jan-Ad Stemmet met the apartheid era justice minister Kobie Coetsee, who announced he had transcripts of 13,000 pages of recordings of Nelson Mandela’s time in prison. These transcripts of the anti-apartheid struggle icon contained, he said, “bombs, atom bombs” that would blow everything up. The pair began to discuss a book deal but only two days in the 69-year-old Coetsee died of a heart attack and the moment passed. Then, 14 years on, this trove of documents reemerged in an archive at the University of the Free State, where Stemmet taught…
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Sep
12
2020
By The African Mirror
Remembering Steve Biko, who died 43 years ago today, in police custody

Remembering Steve Biko, who died 43 years ago today, in police custody

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
MATTHEW GRAHAM, Lecturer in History, University of Dundee WHILE Nelson Mandela, Oliver Tambo, and Desmond Tutu are rightly venerated for their role in opposing and ending white minority rule in South Africa, another leader of the liberation years has been remarkably overlooked: Bantu Steven Biko, who led the enormously influential Black Consciousness Movement. Four decades after his death in police custody on September 12 1977, he deserves to be recognised as one of the towering heroes of the anti-apartheid struggle. Black Consciousness re-energised black opposition to apartheid and helped draw the world’s attention to the brutality of South Africa’s white…
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Sep
12
2020
By The African Mirror
The versatile George Bizos!

The versatile George Bizos!

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
KHULU MBATHA Standing trial for having left the country illegally and so on, Nelson Mandela used the court’s platform to pronounce on principle and policies that his organisation stood for. After explaining his motives for joining the struggle of the African majority against a white minority oppressor group, Mandela stated: “The African National Congress further believed that all people, irrespective of the national groups to which they may belong, and irrespective of the colour of their skin, all people whose home is South Africa and who believe in the principles of democracy and of equality of men, should be treated…
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Sep
12
2020
By The African Mirror
Special official funeral for Mandela’s lawyer, George Bizos

Special official funeral for Mandela’s lawyer, George Bizos

NEWS
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER GEORGE Bizos, the late human rights lawyer who defended Nelson Mandela and many other freedom fighters, has been given the ultimate honour by a government he helped install. The South African government has announced that Bizos, who died this week aged 92, will be accorded a special funeral. The honour is given to individuals who have contributed to the struggle against apartheid and the building of a new South Africa. South Africans, African and others around the world have paid warm tributes to Bizos, a powerful and fearless legal eagle famous for his commitment to social justice.…
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Sep
09
2020
By The African Mirror
SOUTH AFRICANS CELEBRATE THE LIFE OF HERO GEORGE BIZOS : 1927 – 2020

SOUTH AFRICANS CELEBRATE THE LIFE OF HERO GEORGE BIZOS : 1927 – 2020

NEWS
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER GEORGE Bizos arrived in Durban, South Africa, as refugee, aged 13, after his father had helped soldiers escape Nazi camps. He went on to play a massive role in the courts in helping anti-apartheid activits escape the death penalty as well as the full brutality of apartheid. Today, South Africans from walks of life are celebrating the life and times of Bizos, who passed on aged 92, of natural causes.  South Africans of all ages and generations have paid emotionals tributes to Bizos, a man who defended ordinary people, the country’s political royalty, became a respected legal…
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Sep
08
2020
By The African Mirror
ANC slams Trump as “divisive, mysogynistic and disrespectful”

ANC slams Trump as “divisive, mysogynistic and disrespectful”

NEWS
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER THE ANC, South Africa’s governing party, has angrily dismissed US President Donald Trump as divisive, misogynistic and disrespectful in response to reports that he made disparaging remarks about Nelson Mandela. According to a book written by Michael Cohen, Trump’s former lawyer, titled Disloyal: A Memoir, the US president said Mandela, who led South Africa through a difficult transition from apartheid to democracy, was no leader. Trump reportedly said Mandela “f…….d the whole country up. Now that’s a s…..t hole. F….Mandela. He was no leader.” The ANC said people from all over the world were appalled by insults…
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Aug
31
2020
By The African Mirror
Presidential praise for medical doctor who looked after Mandela

Presidential praise for medical doctor who looked after Mandela

NEWS
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER SOUTH African president Cyril Ramaphosa has paid homage to Dr Vejay Ramlakan, the late South African medical doctor who looked after the health of at least three presidents of that country, including Nelson Mandela. Ramlakan, 62, a retired South African Defence Force Surgeon-General, passed away after suffering a heart attack. Ramaphosa said Ramlakan contributed to the liberation of all South Africans as one of the founding members of the United Democratic Front and as a member of the African National Congress’ armed wing, uMkhonto we Sizwe.  “My thoughts are with General Ramlakan’s family, friends, comrades and former…
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Aug
28
2020
By The African Mirror
Mandela’s grandson praises his late doctor

Mandela’s grandson praises his late doctor

NEWS
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER NELSON Mandela’s grandson has paid a warm tribute to a medical doctor who looked after him until his last day. Chief Mandla Mandela has described Dr Vejay Ramlakan, the retired surgeon-general who died after a heart attack, as a dedicated servant of the people. Mandela, who is a chief at Mvezo - The Great Place, his grandfather’s birthplace - said:  “Our nation has lost one of its finest sons who served our country with distinction as a member of the Military Health Services Unit. He was a dedicated servant of the people and served as Surgeon General…
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