Lara Swart, Counsellor, High Commission of the Republic of South Africa, called on the students to embrace risks, imagine the impossible, think outside the box and continue to learn following in the footsteps of the former South African president.
Springdales School celebrates Nelson Mandela's birth anniversary, honoring his remarkable 67 years of community service.
Every generation, every century, every age, every nation, every religion, every great movement has its martyrs, indomitable men and women who lay down their lives for a great cause.
Mandela was imprisoned for 27 years during apartheid and went on to become the country’s first democratic president. For her part Madikizela-Mandela was persecuted relentlessly by the white minority government as she organised the resistance.
The judgment is equally a victory for the rule of law in South Africa, once again serving to highlight the independence of the nation’s judiciary, indeed the pivot of the country’s democracy.
While centralisation can‘t be sustained and defended without adequate force, Gandhi regarded decentralisation as an essential corollary to non-violence. He insisted that such decentralisation would be possible only in a predominately non-industrial society with the self-sufficient village as the primary unit.
Political pardons cannot be a tool of self-protection or for furthering a partisan purpose they should remain a progressive tool for the larger good of society, civic evolution and societal heal, depending only on the circumstances, sensitivities and implications involved.
Sachin Tendulkar also shared a video posted by the International Cricket Council (ICC) of the moment when England won the 2019 ICC World Cup last year.
Bollywood actress Richa Chadha has penned a handwritten tribute to late Nelson Mandela that would be featured in "The House of Commons Book of Tribute".
Meanwhile, globally, topics such as 'International Women's Day', 'March for Our Lives', and 'The Royal Wedding' became the most discussed topics in 2018.
