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Nelson Mandela celebrates his birthday in South Africa
18/07/08
Nelson Mandela celebrated his 90th birthday today by calling on the
wealthy to share with the less fortunate and by wishing that he had
been able to spend more time with his family during the anti-apartheid
struggle.In an interview at his home in rural southeastern South Africa, the
anti-apartheid icon was asked if he had a message for the world.“There are many people in South Africa who are rich and who can
share those riches with those not so fortunate who have not been able
to conquer poverty,” Mandela said.Sitting with his wife Graca Machel in a lounge of the large home he
built in Qunu, Mandela said he was fortunate to have reached 90, but in
the countryside and in the towns “poverty has gripped our people.“If you are poor, you are not likely to live long,” he said.
At one point, a granddaughter brought a bowl of flowers into the
room and gave Mandela a birthday kiss. He was asked if he wished he had
had more time with his family during a life spent fighting apartheid
and then leading South Africa.“I am sure for many people that is their wish,” he said. “I also
have that wish that I spent more time (with my family). But I don’t
regret it.”
Mandela was imprisoned for nearly three decades for his fight
against apartheid.He was released in 1990 to lead negotiations that ended decades of
racist white rule. He was elected president in South Africa’s first
democratic elections in 1994. He now campaigns against poverty,
illiteracy and AIDS in Africa.