Jon Snow
The calm above South Africa's storm
Twenty-four hours on the ground here in South Africa tells me one exceptional thing.
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South Africa’s MPs pay tribute to Mandela
MPs attend a special sitting of the two houses of South Africa’s parliament, to honour and commemorate Nelson Mandela, who died on 5 December.
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Divine calling to give praise to Mandela
Poet and “praise singer” Zolani Mkiva will be performing at Nelson Mandela’s memorial service. He gave Jon Snow a sample of what he will be saying on Tuesday.
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‘Madiba would tell ANC to get itself together!’
With preparations for Nelson Mandela’s memorial service underway, Mac Maharaj, former fellow prisoner and President Zuma’s spokesman, talks about the arrangements and what Madiba might have said.
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Parties and prayers: world celebrates Mandela
Parties, flowers, prayers – tributes pour in for Nelson Mandela from across the world as South Africa begins a day of remembrance for Madiba.
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Where did Nelson Mandela leave his mark?
Channel 4 News scours the streets of London and the rest of the UK to track down the civic tributes to South Africa’s first post-apartheid leader.
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Mandela: forging a nation from the playing field
How the great leader used great sport to unite his rainbow nation. Keme Nzerem reports.
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Nelson Mandela as president: a qualified success?
Nelson Mandela presided over the introduction of South Africa’s constitution – the most progressive in the world. But his time as president was not one of unqualified social and economic success.
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Jon Snow
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‘Hello Timothy, this is Nelson Mandela’
Journalist Tim Lambon was being held in Liberia on espionage charges by Charles Taylor when Nelson Mandela intervened, asking President Taylor to release him. He recalls his phonecall from Mandela.
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Mandela: celebrating a life well lived
As South Africans mourn Nelson Mandela’s death, they are also gathering to sing, dance and celebrate a life well lived, as Jonathan Miller reports.
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Mandela mourned: people gather to pay tribute
People sing, dance and sign condolence boards as they gather overnight to pay tribute at Nelson Mandela’s home in Houghton, Johannesburg.
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Brixton remembers Mandela: ‘He inspired me to trust myself’
Seventeen years since Nelson Mandela’s visit to Brixton, Channel 4 News visits a primary school nearby, where students say his legacy is still being felt today.
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Could Mandela’s death reignite racial tensions?
It is almost 20 years since Nelson Mandela became the first black president of South Africa – but could his death cause the rainbow nation he created to tear apart at the seams?
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Gary Gibbon
What did Nelson Mandela really think of the UK?
On his trips to London, Nelson Mandela praised the UK for its help in the struggle. But did the British state really come to his aid during all those years in captivity?
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What Nelson Mandela means to me
Nelson Mandela meant many things to many different people around the world. Channel 4 News joined people paying their respects in London to ask what the “father of a nation” means to them.
