In his lifetime and after, Nelson Mandela was regarded as the father of the nation, one of the world’s finest statesmen, a reconciler and a peacemaker. As the world joins South Africans in commemorating the first anniversary of his death today, the Cape Times digs into its archives to find some of the pictures embedded in the consciousness of the nation.
The father of the nation remembered
cape Town. 11021990. Nelson Mandela, flanked by Walter Sisulu, his former wife Winnie and Cyril Ramaphosa reads his famous speech at the steps of the Cape Town City hall after his release from the Victor Verster prison. Picture leon Muller.
Published Dec 5, 2014
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