A South Carolina sheriff is defying the orders of President Obama to honor the passing of Nelson Mandela by lowering the flag at half staff. Sheriff Rick Clark made his promise in a Facebook post to keep flying the flag at…
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In a Thursday interview on Fox News, failed Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum had the audacity to compare the struggles of Nelson Mandela and his decades long fight against apartheid, to the Republican’s petty political game of trying to repeal…
This is really a snapshot of the Republican party and the morally deficient base that makes up the party. Nelson Mandela, a world-renowned and world respected leader passed away this week, and although it wasn’t expected, Ted Cruz actually said…
“As I walked out the door toward the gate that would lead to my freedom, I knew if I didn’t leave my bitterness and hatred behind, I’d still be in prison,” – Nelson Mandela
Former South African President Nelson Mandela has died at age 95 of complications from a recurring lung infection. The anti-apartheid leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate was a beloved figure around the world, a symbol of reconciliation from a country…
Of course, Nelson Mandela is alive. He was in fact, discharged from the hospital today. Bush however, got the wrong information and quickly issued this statement. The former president’s statement read: “Barbara and I mourn the passing of one of…
Johannesburg (CNN) — Nelson Mandela has been discharged from the Pretoria hospital where he had been receiving treatment since June, the South African president’s office said Sunday. He will continue his recovery at home. “Madiba’s condition remains critical and is at…
Her husband Nelson Mandela had just been sentenced to life imprisonment, but she was still strong enough to say, “I will continue the struggle.” 1. Winnie Madikizela was born on September 26, 1936 in the village of Mbongweni, Bizana, in the…
Suffering: Nelson Mandela was in a vegetative state Getty Nelson Mandela is now in a “permanent vegetative state” and doctors have advised his family to switch his life support machine off. They have told the family there is no chance the…
President Obama yesterday stood alone in the cramped Robben Island prison cell in South Africa that once held Nelson Mandela, gazing out at the blue sky through a barred window. Obama, who says his political career was inspired by Mandela’s…
It’s been said that the biggest family fights occur during weddings and funerals. But while the world prays for Nelson Mandela as he holds on to his life, his family is in court fighting…each other. According to the Los Angeles Times,…
After hours of vigils and secret family meetings, South Africans awoke to another day of unease Wednesday as ailing anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela remained hospitalized in critical condition. “Former President Nelson Mandela’s condition remains unchanged in hospital and doctors continue…