Thursday, July 19, 2012

South Africans squabble over slice of Mandela

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton visits former South African President Nelson Mandela at his home in QunuJOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africans celebrated Nelson Mandela's 94th birthday on Wednesday with giant cakes, mass renditions of "Happy Birthday" and 67 minutes of good deeds - one for each year of the anti-apartheid leader's struggle against white-minority rule. But beyond the mawkish tributes to South Africa's first black president, the day revealed the unseemly scramble among companies, politicians and charities for a slice of the reflected glory of "Madiba", the clan name by which he is affectionately known. ...


Source: http://news.yahoo.com/south-africans-squabble-over-slice-mandela-134804614.html

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