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MJC visits Madibas village for centenary celebrations

In a beautiful gesture of inter-cultural and interfaith relations, members of the Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) trekked to the beautiful village of Mvezo Komkhulu in the Eastern Cape, the birth place of Madiba, to attend the Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela Centenary celebrations. Mandela would have celebrated his birthday on Wednesday and there were celebrations globally to honour the anti-apartheid icon by marking ‘67 minutes for Madiba’ in community service. The MJC […]

today19 July 2018

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Obama – an antithesis of Mandela’s values

By Aayesha Soni and Ebrahim Fakir As South Africans, we are ashamed that the war mongering human rights abuser Barack Obama has been called upon to honour a man whose struggles have contributed to allowing us to live freely in South Africa today. Whenever visiting a foreign country, upon enquiry by a local as to where we come from, the response “South Africa” elicits an immediate and enthusiastic response: “Nelson […]

today16 July 2018

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Obama to lead celebrations 100 years after Mandela’s birth

South Africa celebrates the 100th anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s birth this week with a flagship speech by former US president Barack Obama and an outpouring of memories and tributes to the late anti-apartheid leader. Mandela, who died in 2013, remains a global icon for his long fight against white-minority rule and for his message of peace and reconciliation when he was released after 27 years in prison. His birthday on […]

today16 July 2018

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Madiba centenary celebrations in full swing

While the African National Congress (ANC) works to repair its tarnished image with the recent inauguration of the party’s forth president, 2018 will mark a special landmark for the party – the centenary celebrations of the life of former president, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela. Born on July, 18, 1918, in a remote village of Mvezo, the man affectionately known as Madiba would have been 100-years-old this year. In a statement released […]

today5 February 2018

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Not enough being done to commemorate Madiba

Monday marks exactly three years since the death of former president Nelson Mandela. Mandela, who was the first president of South Africa to be elected in a fully democratic election, died at the age of 95 on December 5, 2013. Msunduzi Municipality Mayor Themba Njilo said he still regards Mandela as the father of the nation. “He played a huge role in the struggle and freeing black people from oppression. […]

today5 December 2016

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