Johannesburg: South Africa's first black president and anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela has died, President Jacob Zuma announced here late Thursday. The Nobel laureate was 95.
Mandela had been receiving intense home-based medical care for a lung infection after three months in hospital. He led South Africa's transition from white-minority rule in the 1990s, after having spent 27 years in prison, BBC reported.
In a statement on South African national TV, Zuma said Mandela had 'departed' and was at peace. 'Our nation has lost its greatest son.' Mandela would receive a full state funeral, and flags would be flown at half-mast, the president added. According to BBC, Mandela's body will be moved to a mortuary in Pretoria, and the funeral is likely to take place next Saturday.
The Nobel Peace Prize winner was one of the world's most revered statesmen. He had rarely been seen in public since officially retiring in 2004. He made his last public appearance in 2010, at the football World Cup in South Africa
'What made Nelson Mandela great was precisely what made him human. We saw in him what we seek in ourselves,' Zuma said. 'Fellow South Africans, Nelson Mandela brought us together and it is together that we will bid him farewell.'
New Delhi : 'A giant among men has passed away. He was a true Gandhian,' said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Nelson Mandela's death Friday. He paid rich tributes to the former South African president and anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela who died Thursday night at the age of 95.
The prime minister in a statement said: 'An unknown poet has said, 'Here and there, and now and then, God makes a giant among men.' President Mandela was one such giant amongst men. Not only did he represent the conscience of the world, he also remained a beacon of hope for those struggling against oppression and injustice long after he had led his own people to victory over such ills.'
'This is as much India's loss as South Africa's,' the prime minister said. 'His life and work will remain a source of eternal inspiration for generations to come. I join all those who are praying for his soul,' he said. The prime minister said Nelson Mandela endured 'great personal hardship so that others could be provided with dignity, equality and opportunity'.
'He fought discrimination and inhuman exclusion, but rose above bitter divisions to heal and reconcile a fractured nation,' he said. 'His life and work made him a citizen of the world. India, in particular, had great affection and regard for him,' he said. In a statement on South African national TV, President Jacob Zuma had announced that Mandela had 'departed' and was at peace. 'Our nation has lost its greatest son.'
Mandela had been receiving intense home-based medical care for a lung infection after three months in hospital. He led South Africa's transition from white-minority rule in the 1990s, after having spent 27 years in prison, BBC reported.
In a statement on South African national TV, Zuma said Mandela had 'departed' and was at peace. 'Our nation has lost its greatest son.' Mandela would receive a full state funeral, and flags would be flown at half-mast, the president added. According to BBC, Mandela's body will be moved to a mortuary in Pretoria, and the funeral is likely to take place next Saturday.
The Nobel Peace Prize winner was one of the world's most revered statesmen. He had rarely been seen in public since officially retiring in 2004. He made his last public appearance in 2010, at the football World Cup in South Africa
'What made Nelson Mandela great was precisely what made him human. We saw in him what we seek in ourselves,' Zuma said. 'Fellow South Africans, Nelson Mandela brought us together and it is together that we will bid him farewell.'
Nelson Mandela was a true Gandhian: Manmohan Singh
New Delhi : 'A giant among men has passed away. He was a true Gandhian,' said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Nelson Mandela's death Friday. He paid rich tributes to the former South African president and anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela who died Thursday night at the age of 95.
The prime minister in a statement said: 'An unknown poet has said, 'Here and there, and now and then, God makes a giant among men.' President Mandela was one such giant amongst men. Not only did he represent the conscience of the world, he also remained a beacon of hope for those struggling against oppression and injustice long after he had led his own people to victory over such ills.'
'This is as much India's loss as South Africa's,' the prime minister said. 'His life and work will remain a source of eternal inspiration for generations to come. I join all those who are praying for his soul,' he said. The prime minister said Nelson Mandela endured 'great personal hardship so that others could be provided with dignity, equality and opportunity'.
'He fought discrimination and inhuman exclusion, but rose above bitter divisions to heal and reconcile a fractured nation,' he said. 'His life and work made him a citizen of the world. India, in particular, had great affection and regard for him,' he said. In a statement on South African national TV, President Jacob Zuma had announced that Mandela had 'departed' and was at peace. 'Our nation has lost its greatest son.'
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