“Nelson Mandela used his personal charm… to mould our widely diverse communities into an emerging multicultural nation.” - FW de Klerk
Mr de Klerk was awarded the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize along with Mr Mandela. In 1994 de Klerk, the former South African president handed over power to Mandela to become the country’s first black president. [...]

Text of the Sixth Annual Nelson Mandela Lecture Presented by President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf:
Our revered President Mandela, our sister Graça Machel, distinguished ladies and gentlemen:
What an honor it is to be standing before His Excellency, Nelson Mandela, to deliver the 6th Annual Nelson Mandela Lecture here at Walter Sisulu Square in Kliptown, Soweto. [...]

It is essential that Africa and Africans resist being commanded by ethnic-European diktats, interests and standards. It has to be realised that it is a human trait for people to grab as much as they can for as little as they can.
A corollary of this is that the morally honourable Nelson Mandella’s magnanimity is taken [...]

Celebrations marking Mandela’s 90th birthday kicks off in London.