MADIBA IS HONOURED AT AN INTERNATIONAL MEMORIAL IN SOUTH AFRICA
(IN PICTURES) - 10TH DECEMBER 2013
World leaders, Monarchs, dignitaries, public personalities, and celebrities attend the Nelson Mandela memorial in South Africa on 10th Dec 2013. In death just in life Mandela brought people together. The memorial had such iconic moments as Winnie Mandela embracing Graca Machel, President Barack Obama shaking hands with Cuban President Castro, USA Republican presidents sitting with democrat presidents and former British Prime Ministers from both the labour and Conservative party.
However controversy has not escaped the memorial which will be as much remembered for the " selfie " photo between Helle Thorning-Schmidt, Obama and Prime Minister David Cameron. Some have deemed the selfie inappropriate and disrespectful to Madiba's memorial service and others have alluded that Michelle Obama was annoyed by the situation. Nevertheless it dominated the front pages of the world's papers and social media for 2 days. The other controversy was the stadium crowd boo-ing President Jacob Zuma when he came on stage, prompting the Vice-President to ask for calm and respect for the memory of Nelson Mandela. As of this morning, the 3rd controversy to arise was that the official sign language interpreter is "allegedly" a fake and was "allegedly" using random hand movements and not interpreting for the speakers...the South Africa sign language body is still investigating so at this moment, we cannot confirm this story.
MEMORIAL PHOTOS.... The iconic photos from Nelson Mandela memorial all in one place for everyone to remember Madiba.
We end this pictorial tribute to Nelson Mandela " Madiba " with a photo that epitomises what the next generation could learn from the struggles and sacrifices of Nelson Mandela and other ANC Members.
