"South Africa marks 20th anniversary of Mandela’s freedom; Ex-president’s antiapartheid activism honored" by Donna Bryson, Associated Press | February 12, 2010
Yeah, nothing about the CIA tipping off the South African authorities about where he would be.
JOHANNESBURG - Today, aides say Nelson Mandela is frail but in good health for a man who will be 92 in July.
Related: Spoiling Mandela's Birthday
He has largely retired from public life, but appeared to revel in the attention at Parliament last evening. He moved stiffly before taking a chair and smiling broadly as members of Parliament sang a song honoring him. President Jacob Zuma scheduled his address to coincide with the anniversary as a tribute.
Oh, the new Mandela?
Zuma devoted his speech, which Mandela could be seen reading as he spoke, largely to an economy hit hard by the global downturn. But the president took time to praise Mandela and call on South Africans to recommit themselves to Mandela’s ideals: “building a better future for all South Africans, black and white.’’
Zuma emulated Mandela by reaching out to white conservatives during the speech with praise for late president P.W. Botha for initiating discussions about the release of political prisoners. Botha, who died in 2006, was president from 1978 until 1989 and was seen by many as the last hard-line apartheid leader. When white rule ended, Botha refused to testify before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which investigated the atrocities of apartheid and offered the possibility of amnesty to those willing to confess to their crimes and demonstrate remorse....
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Yeah, that was the last I saw on South Africa, readers.
