
TODAY IS THE world’s second ever Mandela Day, held to mark the legacy of the South African leader and anti-apartheid campaigner.
As Mandela turns 93 today, people all over the world are being urged to give some time to support a chosen charity or simply their local community. Calling Mandela “a living symbol of wisdom, courage and integrity,” UN secretary-general Ban Ki-Moon joined the call for “people around the globe to perform 67 minutes of public service on Mandela Day – one minute for every year of Mandela’s own service to humanity.”
He recalled that Mandela has been “a lawyer and a freedom fighter, a political prisoner, a peacemaker and president”. Here TheJournal.ie takes a look at the South African icon’s life and times.
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