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Friday, December 6, 2013
Former South African President and anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela died on the evening of Thursday, December 5 (see timeline below) at age 95 in his Johannesburg home with his family by his side. Mandela died after a prolonged lung infection, and several other ailments which included a term on dialysis. The lung infection had plagued him since his days as a political prisoner at Robben Island where he served 27 years of a life sentence before being released under former president FW de Klerk in 1990.
“He is now resting. He is now at peace,” South African President Jacob Zuma said in an address to the nation mid-evening December 5, just a few hours after the global political icon passed away.
Zuma continued: “This is the moment of our deepest sorrow,” Zuma said. “Our nation has lost its greatest son … What made Nelson Mandela great was precisely what made him human. We saw in him what we seek in ourselves.
“Fellow South Africans, Nelson Mandela brought us together and it is together that we will bid him farewell.”
As the world reacts to the loss of Mandela and his countrymen gather by the thousands outside his home, international political figures also paid tribute to the great leader who united a nation after years of bitter struggle for the nation’s oppressed blacks.
Perhaps best stating the sentiment of mourners worldwide was US president Barack Obama who stated: “Although we knew that this day would come, nothing can diminish our sense of a profound and enduring loss.”
Petroleum Africa extends its sincerest condolences to Mandela’s family and friends, and to the people of the great nation of South Africa. He was truly a great statesman, man and an inspiration to millions around the globe. His loss is felt deeply by our staff as it is by his mourners worldwide, a tribute to what an extraordinary human being he was.
A Brief Timeline of the Life of Nelson “Madiba” Mandela
Source: Nelson Mandela Foundation
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