Nelson Mandela has died

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• chloeb Posts: 6,501

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  06/12/13 - 02:40 #27

  Noooway wrote: »

  Would they really keep him in a vegative state on life support for months on end? It seems a bit cruel.

  
  Thats exactly what they are doing, they had all the machinery moved into his home along with 24/7 nurses

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• Ambassador Posts: 22,332

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  06/12/13 - 02:41 #28

  CNN reporting Zuma addressing nation shortly

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• jzee Posts: 25,498

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  06/12/13 - 02:41 #29

  Jacob Zuma to address the nation & crowd outside his house.

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• FortyTwo25 Posts: 5,170

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  06/12/13 - 02:42 #30

  Increased activity has been seen around the Johannesburg home of Nelson Mandela, South Africa's first black president, who has been very ill.
  
  Family members have gathered two days after Mr Mandela's eldest daughter said he was putting up a courageous fight from what she called his "deathbed".
  
  He spent nearly three months in hospital with a lung infection.
  
  Mr Mandela, 95, led South Africa's transition from white-minority rule in the 1990s, after 27 years in prison.
  
  The BBC's Mike Wooldridge, who is outside Mr Mandela's home in the Johannesburg suburb of Houghton, says it appears to have been an unusually large family gathering on this occasion.
  
  Among those attending was family elder Bantu Holomisa,
  
  A number of government vehicles were there during the evening as well, our correspondent says.
  
  The South African presidency has repeatedly described Mr Mandela's condition as critical but stable.
  
  He has been receiving intensive home-based care since he was released from hospital in September.
  
  He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993 and was elected South Africa's first black president in 1994. He stepped down after five years in office.

  
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-25248760

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• NoseyLouie Posts: 5,651

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  06/12/13 - 02:43 #31

  Bibidybobidyboo wrote: »

  Apparently, he is not dead. However, whether that is true or not, depends on your definition of 'alive'.

  
  I agree
  
  Must be in a bad way by now, not a way for anyone to be preserved..
  
  

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• [Deleted User] Posts: 8,510

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  06/12/13 - 02:44 #32

  Sambda wrote: »

  Hopefully - that most of us would miss the swathes of TV with members of S Club 7, Big Brother "stars" and other ignoramuses doing endless vox-pops about what a great man he was.

  
  When has this ever happened?

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• stesupforit Posts: 4,431

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  06/12/13 - 02:45 #33

  Just breaking now.
  
  http://news.sky.com/story/1178430/nelson-mandela-dies-president-confirms

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• yellowpark Posts: 2,125

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  06/12/13 - 02:46 #34

  Rip Great Man.

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• tiger2000 Posts: 8,541

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  06/12/13 - 02:46 #35

  He has died official (AP)

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• FortyTwo25 Posts: 5,170

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  06/12/13 - 02:46 #36

  He has died. Zuma speaking now

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• jenzie Posts: 20,821

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  06/12/13 - 02:46 #37

  rip mandela
  
  free mandela

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• [Deleted User] Posts: 11,313

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  06/12/13 - 02:46 #38

  
  
  RIP Nelson Mandela

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• [Deleted User] Posts: 237

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  06/12/13 - 02:47 #39

  From what I have seen he has been brain dead for some time.

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• Belligerence Posts: 40,613

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  06/12/13 - 02:48 #40

  Rip.

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• tiger2000 Posts: 8,541

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  06/12/13 - 02:48 #41

  RIP Nelson Mandela
  
  Zuma will no doubt milk this for his own political benefit whilst he squanders Mandela's legacy.

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• [Deleted User] Posts: 36,630

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  06/12/13 - 02:48 #42

  Only a couple of news sites reporting this so far, CTV being one of them.

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• yellowpark Posts: 2,125

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  06/12/13 - 02:48 #43

  One Of The Greatest Man On Earth.
  
  Rip

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• 21stCenturyBoy Posts: 44,506

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  06/12/13 - 02:49 #44

  Guardian US tweeting confirmation.
  
  I can't say this is a surprise. Rumours of his demise have been swirling since April. I only hope South Africa holds itself together in the coming months.

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• droogiefret Posts: 24,117

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  06/12/13 - 02:49 #45

  I hope his passing will not trigger future conflict in South Africa.

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• [Deleted User] Posts: 21,093

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  06/12/13 - 02:49 #46

  Wow, the OP has some power.

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• [Deleted User] Posts: 11,313

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  06/12/13 - 02:49 #47

  Seems like only yesterday he was walking free and the world felt so different. End of an era.

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• Cissy Fairfax Posts: 11,801

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  06/12/13 - 02:49 #48

  Sad news, had a good innings and certainly made his mark on the world.

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• FortyTwo25 Posts: 5,170

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  06/12/13 - 02:49 #49

  captainkremmen wrote: »

  Only a couple of news sites reporting this so far, CTV being one of them.

  
  Zuma is on BBC 24 now. No DS banner

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• cuttlefishspike Posts: 5,761

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  06/12/13 - 02:50 #50

  Not unexpected but sad all the same. What a truly dignified man. They don't make them like that anymore.

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• lemoncurd Posts: 57,778

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  06/12/13 - 02:50 #51

  FortyTwo25 wrote: »

  Zuma is on BBC 24 now. No DS banner

  
  I don't think they've designed the "Breaking News" banner yet!!

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