Nelson Mandela

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Find out what links Nelson Mandela to Hollywood, Google searches, nuclear particles and the trapdoor spider.
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Helen Suzman

Desmond Tutu; Nobel Prize Laureate for peace

"You just have to see the reception he gets everywhere, the adulation and hero worship. He enjoys it like a little child and seems so surprised that people should react in this fashion."
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Helen Suzman

Kofi Annan: United Nations

"People often ask me what difference one person can make in the face of injustice, conflict, human rights violations, mass poverty and disease. I answer by citing the courage, tenacity, dignity and magnanimity of Nelson Mandela."
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Mondli Makhanya

Mondli Makhanya:

Sunday Times Editor shares a touching story.
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46664 (said as four double six, six four) has become an iconic number globally. This was the number used to identify one of the world's most famous prisoners who went on to become one of its best known leaders, the legend of South African politics and SA's first democratically elected president, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela.
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