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Nelson Mandela

Remembering martyrs of Shiraz

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.

Portrait of an intense struggle

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.

Jacob Zuma

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.