Nelson Mandela has died
Posted: 05 Dec 2013, 22:325 December 2013 Last updated at 22:22
South Africa's Nelson Mandela dies
South Africa's first black president and anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela has died, South Africa's president says.
Mr Mandela, 95, led South Africa's transition from white-minority rule in the 1990s, after 27 years in prison.
He had been receiving intense home-based medical care for a lung infection after three months in hospital.
In a statement on South African national TV, Mr Zuma said Mr Mandela had "departed" and was at peace.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-25249520 ca99
South Africa's Nelson Mandela dies
South Africa's first black president and anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela has died, South Africa's president says.
Mr Mandela, 95, led South Africa's transition from white-minority rule in the 1990s, after 27 years in prison.
He had been receiving intense home-based medical care for a lung infection after three months in hospital.
In a statement on South African national TV, Mr Zuma said Mr Mandela had "departed" and was at peace.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-25249520 ca99
