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Brian Mengel,
Civil Servant
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The DP, after careful consideration and thorough debate at its Federal Council meeting this weekend, has decided to decline President Nelson Mandela's offer to take part in the Government of National Unity.
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Ben Werner,
Student Newspaper Editor
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Nelson Mandela had been released from prison by then, but the old Apartheid government was still ruling, communities and schools were separated by race barriers, and war was raging between the rival ANC and IFP political parties.
Robben Island was the prison used to incarcerate Nelson Mandela, and many other of the ANC activists during the apartheid era, and guided tours can now be taken around the prison.
Nelson Mandela was released in 1990 after 27 years in prison and the ANC began a process of negotiation with the National Party government.
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Pete Trengle,
Bass Player
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From South Africa comes Mabi Gabriel Thobejane and Nelson Mandela's favourites, Amampondo, whose forthcoming album is produced by another world class drummer, Brice Wassy.
Even though he was to record a song with Bono for Nelson Mandela's AIDS benefit concert, Joe never did this work for the glory.
Nelson Mandela Turns Artist for Charity Nelson Mandela has turned his hand to painting to raise money for charity by selling sketches of Robben Island, where he spent 18 of his nearly 27 years in South Africa's apartheid prisons.
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John Carthy,
Gun Shop Sales Assistant
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Since Nelson Mandela was elected president in 1994, South African sports leaders have looked for a sport that would appeal to both blacks and whites.
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Bori Gonbutoren,
Reindeer Herder
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Sams has worked with Nelson Mandela's task force to help preserve the indigenous stories of African Tribes as well as having worked with the Northwest Territories Aboriginal Women's Association of Australia to help young aboriginal writers to record the Elder's stories and teachings of their tribes.
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Bob Greenberg,
Congressional Candidate
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Nelson Mandela was elected president of the new Government of National Unity by the National Assembly, and the ANC chose 17 of the 20 elected and seven appointed members of the cabinet.
Nelson Mandela becomes State President-elect and reconfigured ANC wins sweeping victory as political party.
Nelson Mandela, who led South Africa from apartheid to democracy, stepped down from public office Wednesday as Thabo Mbeki, his hand-picked successor, was sworn in as president.
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