but when the mandela and nelson mandela now divorced once formed the glorious figurehead of the south african liberation movement. when forty year old mandela led his bride sixteen years his junior to the altar her father said it's not love you're marrying my child but struggle. her husband was facing charges of high treason as in his first marriage he was hardly able to provide for his family but they were happy. first came their daughter. since he was born and there were four of. us. but these were bloody times and shop filled in one nine hundred sixty police officers fatally shot seventy two black demonstrators. many people feel that it is useless and. asked to continue talking and one batter against the government. is only a rabbit. to the end when he had to look on as her husband and his comrades were arrested and put on trial for high treason my husband is going to try to write a liberation of african to father which in some wonder. and in one thousand nine hundred four came the verdict in the days. ahead if we had. kept as much alive. thanks. the prisoner walked free stepped up

helped nelson mandela to become. the first years were pure torture the idea was to consign the prisoners to oblivion to have them forgotten even by their families letters were routinely burned or sense of prisoners were tortured and killed. the regime was out of control. the nelson mandela foundation has valuable materials from this time. a secret service employee returned one of monday was confiscated notebooks. security. it contains handwritten copies of letters he wrote on robben island. historians are preparing the documents for publication so the next generation can find out what it was like. while. there followed years of cruelty. winnie mandela was next in the regime's firing on. that he never wanted a good mandela in there on their premises. so they knew they were going to have to release him that some stage so i think that the structure of winnie was really also . planned way struck by. the government's plan worked when he mandela was embroiled in scandals affairs and murder cases. i have a feeling she she j

to the nelson mandela foundation if the check was made out to nelson mandela between two syllable of the proportions and. i think the bulk of it was made up to nelson and. her so you know reason. always for the course. when you for the course you can bet never before you always were the people. and that is something my dear but i mean that has left me with many of us shaking like you'd like to think that you'd like to join give and take turned into just take privileged groups i've forgotten to share much to my deepest displeasure. but life has its good sides to. the best father ever. i particularly never thought we would ever see this day with that he would be president and to see him celebrate his eightieth birthday with everything that happened in prison and also i want to thank the lord for sending us . mandela's eightieth birthday was special in more ways than one of his daughters got a second mother and also michelle five years after his divorce from winnie nelson mandela married a third time this is a very mature relationship. very much but she'll probably need then the relatio

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(laughter) but you see nelson mandela believed violence was necessary to fietd the violent governmentpaid a price for it. in 1962 when mandela was 44iers old the apartheid government arrested him and sentenced him to life in prison and what he said on the docks is ledge enary. he said, i cherish the ideal of a democratic and free society. it is an ideal which i hope to live and to achieve. but if need be, it is an idea for which i'm prepared to die. i mean i'm prepared to died but-- (applause) but i don't want to die, i'm saying i'm preparedment don't make me die, i'm just saying, like, prepared to die, but not dying necessarily. can we-- let's edit that part out. just leave the-- so mandela went on to spend almost 30 years in prison. and the longer he stayed in prison, the more mandela became a legend around the world. by the 19 '80s you had concerts around the gloan to free nelson mana and you got to admit it is probably good that that teacher changed his name because it would have been a lot harder for white people to protest his freedom when they couldn't pronounce his name. if th

his reconciliation, nelson mandela took manyjourneys in his life. ve been celebrating his 100th birthday today —— icon. world—renowned photographer oscar guitar is documented the south african transition into democracy and followed mandela closely through his lens. i would not be surprised if one day the catholic church said he was one of us, he was an angel. somehow things take time but i won't be surprised in 100 or 200 years from now he was an angel. but not eve ryo ne from now he was an angel. but not everyone feels this way. this young activist says nelson mandela and his generation should be left in the past. we still have nelson mandela shaft down our throats literally as the only stalwart or struggle icon who contributed to the freedom that we supposedly have. i am not going to worship nelson mandela. he did what he did. thanks. but he wasn't the only person. researcher and author sam centre, who released a compilation of letters nelson mandela wrote while imprisoned, feels the criticism is unwarranted. —— venter. it is unfair on mandela and

a young activist says that nelson mandela and his generation should be left in the past. >> we have nelson mandela shoved down our throats literally as ice only stalwart, the onl that contributed to the freedom we supposedlhave. i'm not going to worship nelson mandela. he did what he did. thanks. but he was not the only person. andrter: a research author who recently released a compilation of letters nelson mandela wrote while in prin feels the criticism is unwarranted. >> i think it is very unfair, because they did what they could do and what they had to do.wa their joto bring about democracy. i think what his layacy is now isg to the whole world, if you want anything to work, focus on human rights, equality. we can't separate human beings, we cannobring about more violence. the only way the world is going to survives if we follow these strategies. -- these values. reporter: but in a country struggling with unemployment, discontent, and the ever increasing inequality gap, nelson mandela's ideals will continue to be re-examined. >> we are so fixated on the past. we can take the lessons and

i think the world is crying for nelson mandela's prison. you compare him with president trump and the rest of them. they are in that for themselves. he was in it for others. ruling with absolute integrity. social justice, equality, human rights, democracy. i think we can do with strong leadership but compassionate leadership for everybody and not just a select few.>> it is missing mandela's leadership.>> i appreciate that.>> andrew mlangeni, you are about to receive the freedom of london and well-deserved. 93 years old and after all your struggles and thank you for being with us. peter, thank you very much.>> pleasure. >>> a vision of unity from mandela but trump has a divisive style. his power rest on deeply loyal voters representing 45 % of all americans but after the president's controversial comments along vladimir putin in helsinki and after his assertion today that russia is no longer targeting the united states elections which directly contravenes his direct -- dan coats, this issues -- issue dampened the enthusiasm of his supporters

well it's been a century since south africa's anti apartheid icon nelson mandela was born a ceremony is taking place in johannesburg to honor his vision for democracy and social inclusion barack obama america's first black president is delivering the annual lecture to mark the occasion it's to his heart most high profile speech since leaving office. let's go over to the task and of course politicians of good and great past and present turned some very influential members of civil society all taking to the stage who's been speaking so far and what they've been saying. well we've heard from nelson mandela's wife aggression michelle and i listen if we can south africans have been speaking and the theme today seems to be that over leadership everyone who's spoken so far has said nelson mandela was a great leader they said when he became president his priority was focusing on his people he wanted each and every south african regardless of race to have a good life into a place within a unified country they also say that he stayed down after his first term something with some presidents pas

day out of us that sent nelson mandela. is he still relevant in modern south africa as young voters grow up and they still look to him as a figurehead. some do not some see also modellers a man who sold out a man who left white people in charge. of south africa and some will say straight out they have no respect. for many others young and old and i suspect for the majority of south africans he does still as obama said he bodies the spirits of non racialism of doing good of liberal progressive ideals over all perhaps useful seniors as a positive influence but we aren't quite sure where that legacy might be going in the future could talking to thanks for joining us for the vet from a business insider in south africa. the united nations migration agency says almost fifty one thousand migrants across the mediterranean to europe so far this year as less than half the number that made the perilous journey two in the same period in twenty seventeen while the numbers are down plenty still dream of a new life in your state of these

lots of celebrations across the country, with south africans wanting to continunue the legacy of nelson mandelathe man who they always regarded as the father of the nation and a liberator. of c course, people are saying they want to r renew the mandela legacy and to do that, people are taking 67 minutes. the reason why 67 is because 67 minutes is because nelson mandela dedicated 60 seven years of his life and service to his country. a publicis not holiday, people will be taking 67 minutes time to either go and clean the rivers, the streets, feed the poor, read to children at school, and also to treat excellence. this is all to continue the legacy of nelson mandela, who stood for peace, love, and reconciliation. areon: the people there taking part in several initiatives to mark his legacy. businesses are slightly cashing in somewhat on the day? yes, they have placed advertisements on social media on south africans to take advantage of mandela day, saying that you can get a 67% discount on selected items, salons and beauty places saying come in, have your hair done within the next 67 minutes and

thank you after the break we go to the nelson mandela send teen you re exhibition also attended by prince harry and make a model who was born and they have a cabinet minister and the anti-apartheid activist old pain whether mandela's liberal legacy actually improved living standards for ordinary south africans told us a book coming up in part two of going underground. seventy four design submissions just say seven thousand pilings. to join judges. and eight hundred sixty nonstop days of. a russian w.b. a championship. and a russian stuff. show you how. long the crimean bridge was built. witnessed the construction of when you need to transport. that will help out of crimea the cost of most all those you know what google more familiar quite a bit by trill. easy. and. i. was the nelson mandela a free man. taking his first steps into going to south africa. boy. determined. not to. miss not. into the. welcome back where at the queen elizabeth hall on london southbank today to celebrate the one hundredth birthday of a.n.c. president nelson mandela backed by russia and china mandela was a tirele

africans is an extremely popular figure apps universally popular figure in a way that not even nelson mandela is anyone else in mandela now is seen by some and sold out push the film session far enough when he was kala barack obama on the other side is just shining in comparison donald trump he is inspirational before his speech parts of that problem is chauncy yes we can yes we can that same sort of youth oriented he won't keep politics in the united states is something that i think still resonates in south africa years a strong powerful but lacking leader who charted a new coals for his country these are all things that south africans really enjoy seeing even if it is outside of our own unique it all it was good talking to thanks for joining us for the vets from a business insider south africa. well. nelson mandela to young people across africa well beyond your means to that. sound. is. healthy enough in my career i've been told my feet. i'll challenge for the next generation i believe there are. three to. two bodies with us an individual who has inspired me. when he last spoke to. me today

everybody to give that you can do use the same applies to nelson mandela. around ten thousand people listen to obama speech in a stadium in johannesburg. the tickets were free a famous managed to get one yellow came to embody the universal aspirations of this possessed people all around the world their hopes for a better life. and perhaps shared by many here affair says obama is a man after his own heart especially when he speaks about dashed hopes. it is a plain fact that racial discrimination still exists in both the united states and south africa that the accumulated disadvantages of years of institutionalized oppression of created yawning disparities of face and that's a says inequality has to be eliminated once and for all he hopes that obama uses his political clout to hopes of africa achieve that the as he had moved from journalists to philip divest he's an associate editor at business insider south africa and joins us from johannesburg welcome to day w. what else i could you tell us about suppose it's obama's message today. well there is one clip th

i believe in nelson mandela because. i believe in a vision shared by god being king abraham lincoln. i believe in a vision of equality and justice and freedom and multiracial democracy built on the promise that people are created equal that people reminds us that no one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin or his background or is religious people must learn to hate. anything to learn to hate. or love come from or did truly to the human heart. and before we bring you have that the current u.s. president donald trump has paid a spectacular turnaround on remarks he made at the summit with russia's vladimir putin speaking at a cabinet meeting he said he now says russia did meddle in the u.s. election and that he misspoke yesterday when he said he saw no reason for russia to interfere clear. i have full faith and support for america's great invalidations agencies always have and i have felt very strongly that well russia's actions i had no way at all on the outcome of the election let me be totally c

nelson mandela so that for his first black democratically elected leader made reconciliation a priority of his presidency one of his biggest achievements was his role in city of the truth and reconciliation commission it investigated crimes committed during apartheid on both sides to try and unify a racially divided nation political analysts say it worked to a certain extent at that time there was uncertainty by the country's future and whether the different races could live together but more than twenty years later south africa still struggles with the race and other challenges factions in the ruling african national congress threaten to defy the continent's oldest liberation movement millions of black south africans continue to live in shanty towns with little access to running water electricity or quality health care nelson mandela's legacy of protheroe and and reconciliation as mean threatened or will be years by social conflict in south africa this country has one of the highest rates of inequality in the world the poor black majority said they want jobs and lands some sort african

more about what how this ok she is being marked in south africa and well you know it's not only nelson mandela's birthday but actually since quite a while already it's a special day marked by the u.n. called called mandela day which the idea behind that is for everybody to just sort of reflect on how they can maybe make a little bit of difference in the world with a small action or two so there are lots and lots of events going on all over south africa and elsewhere of course where people can get involved either donate some money or some time and yesterday we also saw barack obama in johannesburg of course he delivered the sixteenth annual nelson mandela lecture in front of them enthusiastic crowd of about fifteen thousand people there was a whole artistic program lined up of course and as usual obama really got into the swing of things and showed his had ritual good humor and style a real statesman to honor a statesman. so that's just a taste of what's been going on great stuff. and i see that you got something really yes i have actually a little bit of show in tel today so this is a brand new

, nelson mandela's granddaughter. it is a great book, beautifully produced, i want you both to convey to viewers today what this reveals about the man himself. i will start with you, sahm. it is an almost impossible task to take a couple of highlights, but what would they be? firstly the letters to his family in very difficult circumstances showing how he tried to bea circumstances showing how he tried to be a father to his children and a husband. he wasn't allowed to see them for many years, the children. also the letters to the authorities, he was not allowed to write about prison conditions to the family, but he did to the authorities, and we gotan he did to the authorities, and we got an idea of exactly what it was like in prison. there was a letter written in 1986, he had been imprisoned for 24 years, and he said toafamily imprisoned for 24 years, and he said to a family friend, if i had to do it allagain, i to a family friend, if i had to do it all again, i would do it in exactly the same way. gosh, it is a very

south africa marks the centenary of former president nelson mandela as book but all is not well in the rainbow nation we find out why many young people have lost faith in their country's founding myth. and refocus on reconciliation efforts in mosul where year after the so-called islamic state was driven out of the second city in iraq in an exclusive report you follow a district mayor trying to get everyone to live together in peace amid the ruins but he fears that task might take one hundred years because. hello and welcome my name is christopher spring eight thanks for joining us u.s. president donald trump has made a spectacular u. turn on remarks he made after monday's health thinking. summit with his russian counterpart vladimir putin the remarks provoked a political storm in the united states now in a bid to limit that damage trump says he made a mistake when he appeared to accept putin's denial russian meddling in the twenty sixteen elections. it was an appearance arranged hastily in washington facing heavy criticism u.s. president donald trump made a rant admission of error and

the party of nelson mandela which now governs the country they and c. has been in power for twenty four years enough time to improve the lives of black people says charles like many in south africa he believes the time has come to start taking from the white community and redistributing the wealth to black people . only a small minority of south africa's black population has managed to move up to the middle class. is one of those privileged few. she's in a band called freshlyground. doesn't agree with the hardliners she doesn't believe south africa's problems are simply a matter of skin color but she's aware that she lives a privileged life as the lead singer in one of the country's most popular bands she's among the winners in the new south africa. definitely the struggle for freedom paid off i mean i'm sitting in this room. with people from all over. the continent all of us of africa have had a really. amazing education i can vote. and i can use this we can use the same bathrooms and you know assists definitely the struggle for freedom is definitely p

nelson mandela is known to have wanted ramaphosa to succeed him as president. as the a.n.c. chief negotiator ramaphosa worked with the old regime to draft south africa's first post apartheid constitution he has a strong reputation and is considered pro-business so many were shocked when he announced that he too would support the expropriation of land without compensation . this division over there and its time has come it cannot be our voice. we cannot go on our way for. among the measures that we are going to use to absolutely. the distribution and that of its purpose. without compensation. and it's not just the white business community that's concerned we've come to a bakery in pretoria this is exactly the kind of initiative that a.n.c. is keen to promote a successful business run by black entrepreneurs two sisters took a seat on a nokia to live and put a set up a company three years ago called cake world the a and c's move towards a more hard line position is the cause of great concern to them. they're worried about the future of the country's economy and the potential im

same applies to nelson mandela. porter: around 10,000 people listened to obama's speech in a stadium in johannesburg. the tickets were free. he managed to get one. >> mandela came to embody the universal aspirations of dispossessssed people all around the world. their hopes for a better life. reporter: and the hopes shared by many here. he says obama is a man after his own heart, especially when he speaks about dashed hopes. >> it is a plain fact that racial discrimination still exists in both the united states and south africa. that the accumulated disadvantages of years of institutionalized oppression have created yawning disparities. reporter: he says inequality has to be a limited once and for all. he hopes obama uses his political clout to help south africa achieve that. phil: let's get more from journalist phillip de wet, associate editor from business insider. welcome to dw. talk us ththrough someme of mr. obama's key points. phillip: it was an interesting speech, cecertainly a roususing speech at times. i thi

met nelsonou mandela, can you describe the moment?he leaves south africa and it goes to zambia where they were meeting. 1990. .hat morning, i get up i am standing in line to meet nelson mandela. never did i think i would lay eyes on this man, let alone see him in person. i had gone all over the country, free mandela, free my people, free south africa. i get up and one of my colleagues from pennsylvania, he says mr. mandela, i would like you to meet congressman dellums. mandela did this hollywood double take. he has these big hands. impression. he heard my name and he goes ronald dellums. we have heard much of you. you gave us hope. you kept us alive. he hugged me and i broke down and cried. my kids is said -- you actually .et mandela what did you think? i said i think i was in the presence of the most serene human being i have government in my life. he was an incredible person. whenever he would see me, he would say, my dear friend ronald. remember when he came to the united states on his thank you tour? everybody was competing for hi

there's little doubt about nelson mandela's contribution to south africa but the nation today has many troubles including a high proportion of people without jobs with few prospects for the future of the freedom mandela fought for as little to offer the young generation. so wetter south africa a township to the seas way cosy still calls home he's part of the first generation of children born in the hopeful years after apartheid but the rainbow nation nelson mandela dreamt of is far from reality he says different from your nation is availability of drugs everywhere in the story today yeah definitely a lot of crime lot of it that's all in one nation as well. so many young south africans say they've had enough of the myth of mandela. they may have the freedom he fought for but what use is that they are sick without a job or prospects. people say to guys all outmanned everybody says that. they can states true so yes people have lost their land in the war and. the lender still with the people who took it and stuff so. i don't know can it be fixed can somebody fix it. not everyone has lost t

prime minister may: today marks 100 years since the birth of nelson mandela. i am sure that the whole house will want to join me in paying tribute to his extraordinary life and will agree with me that his message of forgiveness, peace and reconciliation is as relevant today as it ever has been. mr. speaker, this morning i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others. in addition to my duties in this house, i shall have further such meetings later today. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i am proud to have nelson mandela place in my constituency, and we celebrate that today as well. there were 934 drug-related deaths in scotland last year. each one of those deaths is a tragedy, and a preventable one at that. drug laws are reserved to westminster. how many more families is the prime minister willing to devastate before she will allow glasgow to get on with the work of building a drug consumption room to save lives? >> i agree with the honorable lady that each death due to drugs is a tragedy, and i am sure that every member of this house will have known people in

president barack obama delivers a tribute to the late south african president nelson mandela on the eve of what would have been his one hundredth birthday. in japan and the european union synanon free trade deal covering a third of the global economy more than six hundred million people. i'm filled gal welcome to the program u.s. president donald trump has made an about face on remarks he made as a summit with russia's vladimir putin speaking at a cabinet meeting he now says that he accepts russia did mettle in the u.s. election and went on to say that he misspoke yesterday when he said he saw no reason for russia to interfere. yes that our intelligence community is conclusion that russia is meddling in the two thousand and sixteen election took place pretty other people also. a lot of people out there there was no collusion at all. we're clear about there was no collusion let's get more from did abuse a washington bureau chief an example of welcome alexander this is not a president known for backing down so what has brought this about. i think it was the harsh criticism the president h

words and to speak it and it is really important that for nelson mandela he thought the o.j. case is a way out of public safety and that's one of those legacy left behind me that people hope that he needs is all over the country to take down that roll tide educate the forest the poor and maybe that would help alleviate poverty labels in the country and leave it there for no highroad of course and follow votes with you through the day thank you. yemen's who the rebel leader has told a french newspaper that he's ready to hand over control of the port of data to the united nations if the saudi and and the rocky coalition ends its offensive there at sea port has been controlled by the rebel since twenty fourteen it provides a vital lifeline for war ravaged again with seventy percent of food imports passing through it last month the coalition launched an offensive to capture the port in an interview with a live figure if the chief have been malika who also accused france of contributing to the violence by selling arms to saudi arabia and the u.a.e. . well fighting around today to

ones to ceremony pay tribute to the man many believed healed so when nelson mandela became president in one thousand nine hundred four it marked the birth of the rainbow nation but it's hardly tassel reports many challenges still remain in a post mandela south africa. i know my share but as attended the truth and reconciliation commission hearings in south africa shortly after apartheid ended she wanted to find out why government soldiers shot her brother at a train station in one thousand nine hundred three she was unable really told the truth about why he died and says she can't forgive and forget she's now part of a group with people like me to try and find a way to heal there were three bodies that lay on the side of the tracks they had been shot a week later we were told his remains were at a mortuary i had to go through body bags looking for him. nelson mandela so that because first black democratically elected leader made reconciliation a priority of his presidency one of his biggest achievements was his role in city of the truth and reconciliation commission it investigated cr

so little doubt about nelson mandela's contribution to the past of his nations of africa but today it's a nation with many troubles including high unemployment with few prospects for the future the freedom mandela fought for has little to offer many people in south africa especially the young generation. so wetter south africa the township to the seas way cozy still calls home he's part of the first generation of children born in the hopeful years after apartheid that the rainbow nation nelson mandela dreamt of is far from reality he says the friend who from a nation is availability of drugs everywhere in the story today yeah definitely a lot of crime lot of it that's owing one nation as well. so many young south africans say they've had enough of the myth of mandela. they may have the freedom he fought for but what use is that they are scared about a job or prospects but. people say the guy's all out man everybody says. they can sit through so yes people have lost their land in the war and. their lenders deal with the people who took it and stuff so. i don't know ok let me fixed it can

but the rainbow nation nelson mandela dreamt of is far from reality, he says. >> drugs everywhere. lot of crime. a lot of it. reporter: many young south africans sayay they have had enough of the myth of mandela. they may have the freedom he fun for, but what -- he faught for, but what use is that without a job or prospects? >> everybody says that is bad. i think it is true. so yeah, people have lost their land. it is still with the people who took it, and stuff. so, i don't know. can it be fixed? can somebody fix that? reporter: not everyone has lost their optimism. she is a student of political science in johannesburg. >> i think that nelson mandela is still a symbol of hope and peace. i think he was an excellent statement, -- statesman. reporter: kaylee has a mixed heritage background. she personifies the reconciliation mandela fought for. a member of south africans young well-educated elite, she is able to take advantage of the opportunities in this country. but she is aware not everyone has benefited from mandela's legacy. >> i don't know whether he did enough to interest the r

and nelson mandela ever closer to resigns asters. least from. you. if i ever should become as timeless as the green hills moniba once wrote. i know that our land our continent the world will never again be robbed of its freedom and dignity in the way that we work. that makes me happy. and then. good. you're consuming too much fossil fuel. driving too much time to move. with the results deplete is moving up increasing from. important facts alone figures whom up climate change. go into africa thirty minutes on c.w. . it is known as. managers do no good today nothing would change you know the banks. and so was the language of the bank running. for speaking the truth global news that matters g.w. made for mines. iran ones and isolated the city now a major power in the middle east drones sometimes continues to grow. economically and above all militarily. does iran truly want fugues other countries opponents have their jobs iran from the youngest super power source aug fifth on t.w. . news . this is developing news live from berlin german chancellor angela

president barack obama delivers a tribute to the late south african president nelson mandela the eighth of what wouldn't be his one hundredth birthday. until gail welcome to the program u.s. president donald trump has made down about face on remarks he made that a summit with russia's vladimir putin speaking at a cabinet meeting he now says except russia did meddle in the u.s. election he went on to say that he misspoke yesterday when he said he saw no reason for russia to interfere i accept our intelligence communities conclusion that russia's meddling in the two thousand and sixteen election took place pretty of the people also. a lot of people out there there was no pollution at all. clear on that there was no collusion let's get more from d.w. so washington bureau chief an example of naaman welcome alexandra this is not a president known for backing down so what has brought this about. i think that was the harsh criticism the president has been facing since to with blood in there putting criticism most notably within his own republican party with republican lonely occurs describing

today would have been nelson mandela's 100th birthday. million people — more than half the population — live below the poverty line. the world bank says it's one of the the most unequal countries in the world. —— the most unequal country in the world. and some young south africans are starting to ask whether the way nelson mandela guided south africa from apartheid to democracy is responsible for that. nomsa maseko reports from johannesburg. there are many people who feel that it is useless and futile for us to continue talking peace and nonviolence. from the call for armed struggle, to the voice of reconciliation, nelson mandela took manyjourneys in his life. the global icon would have been celebrating his 100th birthday today. world—renowned photographer oscar gutierrez documented the south african transition into democracy and followed mandela closely through his lens. i would not be surprised if one day the catholic church said he was one of us, he was an angel. somehow things take time but i won't be surprised in 100 or 200 years fro

president barack obama has paid tribute to nelson mandela at an event to commemorate what would have been the former south african leaders one hundredth birthday and obama's highest profile speech since leaving office he called mandela one of history's true giants he urged people around the world to emulate the anti apartheid figurehead despite an even progress in south africa itself. most blacks in south africa live in townships like this one official letter is hoping to have barack obama's visit here will show the world that south africa is still a developing country the feeling of yes we can it was like. everybody to get what you can do use the same applies to neighbors and when they were. around ten thousand people listen to obama's speech in a stadium in johannesburg. the tickets were free a famous managed to get one yellow came to embody the universal aspirations of this possessed people all around the world. the hopes for a better life. by many here have a face as obama is a man after his own heart especially when he speaks about dashed hopes. it is a plain fact that racial dis

so every day we are part of nelson mandela community. # free nelson mandela... # in life, he fought fort continues to inspire. # free, free, free nelson mandela... # elaine dunkley, bbc news. some breaking news from westminster in the last few minutes with particular reference to the democratic unionist member of parliament ian paisley junior. democratic unionist member of parliament ian paisleyjunior. he is to be suspended for 30 days from the commons and ten. this is after he failed to declare a luxury trip to sri lanka that had been paid for by the sri lankan government —— from the sri lankan government —— from the house of commons. it was said, "mr paisley breached the rules of the house by failing to register within 20 days the two visits made to sri lanka with family members." these were unmarked 2013 dead subsequently in july 20 these were unmarked 2013 dead subsequently injuly 2013. the commission further found the hospitality he received with his family in sri lanka constituted a financial interest which "might reasonably be thought by others to influence the speech, representa

president barack obama has paid tribute to nelson mandela's vision for democracy and social inclusion during a special event one hundred years since the. birth. of the universal appeal of mandela's message and urged people around the world to respect human rights it's his most high profile speech since leaving office. through a sacrifice and unwavering leadership and perhaps most of all through his moral example mandela. and the movement he led would come to signify something larger. he came to embody the universal aspirations of this possessed people all around the world the hopes for a better life the possibility of a moral transformation in the conduct of human affairs it's good to hear the injuns by first so tell us about the main messages in obama's address. two issues came up leadership and human rights and everyone who spoke they all say that nelson mandela was a great man from the time he fought in departed from the time he was president and his priority was making sure that all sides africans try to have a better life when barack obama spoke he even suggested to people that r

i believe in nelson mandela's vision. believe in a vision shared by gandhi and king and abraham lincoln. i believe in a vision of equality and justice and freedom and multi-racial democracy, built on the premise that all people are created equal, and they're endowed by our creator with certain inalienable rights. and i believe that a world governed by such principles is possible and that it can achieve more peace and more cooperation in pursuit of a common good. that's what i believe. and i believe we have no choice but to move forward; that those of us who believe in democracy and civil rights and a common humanity have a better story to tell. and i believe this not just based on sentiment, i believe it based on hard evidence. the fact that the world's most prosperous and successful societies, the ones with the highest living standards and the highest levels of satisfaction among their people, happen to be those which have most closely approximated the liberal, progressive ideal that we talk about and have nurtured the t