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South Africans remember Mandela with praise and prayers

2013-12-08 1 Dailymotion

Remembering Nelson Mandela - a man who brought together what many call the 'rainbow nation' - South African President Jacob Zuma offers these words:<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (English) SOUTH AFRICAN PRESIDENT, JACOB ZUMA SAYING:<br/> <br />"That it was absolutely important that, as we as a nation and the world are mourning and remembering Tata..."<br/> <br />The Nation was in a day of mourning on Sunday for Madiba -- the clan name Mandela is endearingly called here.<br/> <br />He died Thursday at age 95.<br/> <br />Mandela was revered globally for pulling the nation out of the segregated apartheid regime, and into a multi-racial democracy.<br/> <br />His former wife, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, attended a church service for South Africa's first black president during the day of prayer.<br/> <br />Meanwhile, the sea of flowers continues to grow outside Mandela's former Johannesburg home.<br/> <br />And the mourners keep pouring in.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (English) YOUNG GIRL, LWAZI, SAYING:<br/> <br />"Mandela was the treasure of our lives

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