Toys and bringing picture and united in song to praise their former leader to passed away at the age of 95. mandela spent 27 years in prison for his part in fighting apartheid. he was freed in 1990 by then president f.w. de klerk. the two shared a nobel peace prize in 1939. they spoke ability mandela s passing. please tell me and tell the world what you fweel at this moment beyond the sadness and what you can say about the man who became your partner and you became his under extremely difficult circumstances to transform your country? firstly, i would like to say i fully associate myself with the dignified and feeling statement expressed jacob zuma every word he said is true and
Bill cosby, himself, he says, well, now, you have taken my profession. reporter: despite all of mandela s achievements, many will remember the warmth in his heart and the twinkle in his eye. cnn, johannesburg. good stuff there. you are watching the special coverage of the death of nelson mandela. we will continue in the hours ahead to reflect on the man, himself, his life and legacy as we go to break, let us bring you these live pictures from johannesburg, showing you the scenes outside the suburbs in johannesburg where the crowds are growing leaving a tribute for the great man of their nation. stay with cnn. we ll be right back. of course you can! .
Use that cricket parlance, this is a man who had a truly good innings. he was a giant among men. you had the privilege of sitting down with him, hearing his thoughts and reflections on his life. we all talk about legacy now, how do you think he would like to be remembered? it s such a difficult question. it s a difficult question. because nelson mandela was that rare person who didn t try and prescribe things. he didn t try and tell people what to do. he was a leader who stood back like a shepherd leading his sheep from behind. he was very much a leader who trusted in those who he led and it was the same with south africans. it was the same with anybody in the world. he said and he did say that he wanted to be remembered in different ways. he didn t want to prescribe it. he understood that through the ages or through the generations or with different people,
. hello, welcome to our special coverage of nelson mandela. the iconic leader who had every reason to hate instead chose to forgive with 95-years-old. he guided south africa through its historic transaction to democracy. his current success with president jacob zuma told the world the news. south africans, our beloved no sin nelson mandela, the founding president of our democratic nation has departed. he passed on peacefully in the company of his family around 20:50 on the 5th of december,
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Rainbow nation. these people have all come together as a mark of respect to this man two had this absolute commitment to racial equality as his vision to south africa, the simplism has played out. on this day, he is being remembered as a great man. . we hear the singing. i m trying to make it out. it was jacob zuma. we both thought it at the same time. it s just the been confirmed to us by producers, that is the current president of south africa, jacob zuma in that shot. it is important to point out to our viewers from around the world, you can hear the singing there and see the dancing. it may seem a lig jarring, but south africans sing, they sing whenner that happy, when they re sad. they sang a great amount for nelson mandela in prison and they are singing many of the
The anc. always through and through a party man the african national congress obviously deliberation movement he led that is now still in government and he was always of the fact that he was the symbol, the face of this movement, of this liberation struggle, he was cognizant of the fact that many thousand, millions of south africans made sacrifice, programs bigger than his. i think that also should be remembered today he wasn t the only one. he would quite happily say he achieved all of that. joining us from johannesburg. his life and legacy for many years. we greatly appreciate the great reporting. thank you. let s get a little more on mandela s legacy, the host joins us now from cnn johannesburg. thank you for being with us.
David cameron tweeted this miami last night. nelson mandela was a hero of our time. i ve asked for the flags at number so downing street to be flown at half-mast. a retweet is a message from nelson mandela. he gave an interview talking about death at the nelson mandela twitter account. he said in 19 necks, death is something inevitable, a man considers to do his duty to his people and his country. then he can rest in peace. so many celebrities are taking to twitter to post their remembrance. oprah when free took to her facebook account. a number of years ago, he said it was one of the greatest honors of her life to be invited to spend private time in africa. also, american film director
How he led this country. take a look at this story. raise your right hand and say, so help me god. so help me god. when mr. mandela was inaugurated as our first democratic elected president, i said, look here i really don t mind if i di now, i mean, there is nothing to that is ever going to be able to top this. archbishop tutu acknowledged when he was elected the president of south africa, it was the combination of decades of planning, negotiating. i said to him, did you ever lose hope in the 27 years you were in prison?
Corridor and he greeted each one of us. i was surprised at the behavior, they just didn t want to have him. they waited for him to greet us, all of us and, obviously, he met with the president. that was not normal behavior. the third striking thing was that he was seriously spruced up, our appearance generally even the time they were there, straight from the lean, mr. mandela was there, he was well polished. he was and that struck a very striking chord. sister striking in the way he carried himself in the way he appeared and also as you said, the interaction with the people. he made a point to treat them with kindness and intent.