IKULU: Tanzania condoles over death of Mandela
A Freedom
fighter, prisoner, moral compass and South Africa's symbol of the
struggle
against racial oppression. That was
Nelson Mandela, who
emerged from prison after 27 years to lead his country out of decades of
apartheid. He died Thursday night at age
95.
Tanzanian President
Jakaya Kikwete said on Friday that Africa and the world in general have
lost an iconic leader of the 20th and 21st centuries following the
death of South Africa's first black president Nelson Mandela, who died
on Thursday at the age of 95.
"We understand how painful for South Africans to lose such a brave,
revolutionary and tolerant leader," President Kikwete said in his
message of condolence to South African President Jacob Zuma, the wife of
Mandela, Graca Machel, and all South Africans.
Kikwete said in a statement to the media that Mandela's forgiveness
and love played a major role in uniting South Africans after they had
endured a long period of fighting against the South African white
minority racist regime.
"Mandela is a good example to how humankind is supposed to live, "
Kikwete said, urging South Africans and people across the world to
emulate the life of Mandela.
President Kikwete has announced three days of national mourning
beginning Friday in which Tanzania's national flag will fly at
half-mast.
A Freedom
fighter, prisoner, moral compass and South Africa's symbol of the
struggle
against racial oppression. That was
Nelson Mandela, who
emerged from prison after 27 years to lead his country out of decades of
apartheid. He died Thursday night at age
95.
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