the check would be in the name of the nelson mandela foundation and that money would go directly 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

the check would be in the name of the nelson mandela foundation and that money would go directly to the nelson mandela foundation if the check was made out to. nelson mandela between two so all of the provisions and. i think the bulk of it was made up to nelson and. so he orders it always for the course or need for the course you can bet never for you or it's for the people. and that is something my dba i mean that has lived through with many of us watching it like you'd like to think you think you'd like to join the give and take turned into just take privileged groups have 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 celebrates 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

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nelson mandela's face, with lots of character and charisma coming out of the cup itself. —— out of the cover itself. joining me now is sahm venter, senior researcher at the nelson mandela foundationten by zamaswazi dlamini—mandela. it is an honour to have you both. 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 a

foundation. tomorrow he'll deliver a major speech in south africa marking what would have been the 100th birthday of nelson mandelagoing through some of the extraordinary things were said and left unsaid. before we go — ron christie is back with us to help make sense of it all. how was that seats seating you? how was that seats seating you ?m is mighty comfortable. do the americans, should the americans be worried about what happens in the mid—term elections after two—day's press conference? has he given the russians carte press conference? has he given the russians ca rte blanche? press conference? has he given the russians ca rte blanche ?” press conference? has he given the russians carte blanche? i have to say, if i am a democrat who was on a swing state right now, you footage that we saw of the president today, is dream footage. refusing to criticise putin. it has got to have a lot of democrats feeling very motivated for the mid—term election. of course, they are now on air force 147 or eight hours. from what i have watched in the american networks, even on fox news there are some fairly ha rd—hitting headlin