ANC Official: South Africa Owes Unity, Stability to Mandela

The spokesman for South Africa’s ruling African National Congress, or ANC, says the country owes its prosperity, peace and stability to former president and anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela. Jackson Mthembu said the government will begin preparations for a state funeral for Mr. Mandela. “We owe the stability that we have in South Africa, the living together of all people of South Africa, despite what apartheid did to them, we all owe that to the sterling work of...

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