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Mandela Is Hospitalized

February 25, 2012 by · Comments Off on Mandela Is Hospitalized 

Mandela Is Hospitalized, Former South African President Nelson Mandela was hospitalized Saturday with a stomach ailment, according to a government statement issued about the 93-year-old beloved anti-apartheid icon.

Mandela “has had a long-standing abdominal complaint and doctors feel it needs proper specialist medical attention,” President Jacob Zuma said, asking that Mandela’s privacy be respected.

Nelson Mandela & Graca Machel

February 4, 2012 by · Comments Off on Nelson Mandela & Graca Machel 

Nelson Mandela & Graca Machel, Machel recognised for her work as an international advocate for women’s and children’s rights

Graça Machel has been recognised as one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people

May 7, 2010 – Graça Machel, a renowned international advocate for women’s and children’s rights, has been recognised as one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people.

The list, which came out at the end of April names Machel, alongside former US President Bill Clinton and current US President Barack Obama, highlights those people that Time believes have the most influence to affect the world.

According to Time, “Graça Machel is a born freedom fighter. Long before she became one of the world’s most effective – and joyful – advocates for the rights of children, women and refugees, she was a schoolteacher in Mozambique seeking her country’s liberation from Portugal. In 1975, when it gained independence, she was named Minister for Education and Culture; she also married Samora Machel, who had become Mozambique’s first President. He died in a plane crash 11 years later, and in 1998 she wedded Nelson Mandela. She remains the sturdy shoulder that the South African leans on.”

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