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Happy Birthday, FW de Klerk? Yes, For He’s (Now) a Jolly Good Fellow!

Monday, April 3, 2006 at 9:45 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

FW de Klerk, Nobel laureate Nelson Mandela and FW de Klerk both won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993.  The Nobel Committee honored them “for their work in the peaceful termination of the apartheid regime and for laying the foundations for a new democratic South Africa.” Celebrated by both Blacks and Whites Recently, VIPs of all races gathered to celebrate FW… Read more.

Happy Birthday Nelson (Madiba) Mandela!

Monday, July 18, 2005 at 5:07 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Today, South Africans celebrated Nelson Mandela’s 87th birthday. They lit a special torch in his Apartheid prison cell as part of a new nationwide drive to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS. The prison is located on Robben Island, off Cape Town. Mandela spent almost two decades of his life there as punishment for seeking to end… Read more.