By batfink - 6 Dec 2013 8:56 AM
Nelson Mandela dead at 95
8:47am December 6, 2013
South African icon and former president Nelson Mandela has died aged 95 after a long illness.
South African president Jacob Zuma says Mandela died on Thursday night local time.
He says their nation has lost its greatest son and flags across the nation will be lowered to half mast.
Mandela has been receiving around the clock intensive care from military and other doctors since September, when he was discharged from a stay of almost three months in hospital for a lung infection.
In a televised address, Zuma said: "Our nation has lost its greatest son. Our people have lost a father.
"What made Nelson Mandela great was precisely what made him human. We saw in him what we seek in ourselves."
"He is now resting," Zuma said.
Flags across the nation will be lowered to half mast, he said.
Mandela had been receiving around the clock intensive care from military and other doctors since September, when he was discharged from a nearly three month hospital stay for a lung infection.
Edited by batfink: 6/12/2013 09:08:36 AM
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/2013/12/06/08/47/nelson-mandela-dead-at-95
Edited by batfink: 6/12/2013 09:08:57 AM
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