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Life of Mandela in Pictures

Nelson Mandela will always be remembered as a humanitarian, a father of the nation and a man who repeatedly said, "I am no saint."

December 6, 2013

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Former South African President Nelson Mandela greets attendees of the Sixth Annual Nelson Mandela lecture by raising his walking stick, 12 July 2008, as his wife Graca Machel looks on stunned. The lecture, addressed by Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, formed part of celebrations marking Mandela’s 90th birthday, and was held in Kliptown, Soweto. Picture by Michel Bega

Former South African President Nelson Mandela is pictured at the ANC’s Siyanqoba “we are winning” rally at the Coca-Cola Park stadium in Johannesburg, 19 April 2009. It was the ANC’s final election rally ahead of going to the polls on the 22nd of April. Picture by Michel Bega

Former South African President Nelson Mandela is helped by ANC President Jacob Zuma into a golf-cart as he leaves the ANC’s Siyanqoba “we are winning” rally at the Coca-Cola Park stadium in Johannesburg, 19 April 2009. It was the ANC’s final election rally ahead of going to the polls on the 22nd of April. Picture by Michel Bega

4 September 08 Graca Machel and Nelson Mandela in Thokoza Park yesterday after planting a tree. Nelson Mandela planted the 90990th tree in the 2010 Greening Soweto Legacy Project that City Parks embarked on to make Soweto greener and plant 200 000 trees before 2010. Pic Neil McCartney

Former South African president Nelson Mandela and his wife Graca Machel make an appearance after the closing ceremony of the 2010 Fifa World Cup, 11 July 2010, at Soccer City in Soweto, before the final match between Spain and the Netherlands. Picture: Michel Bega

Former president Nelson Mandela and Oxford University Vice Chancellor John Hood pictured at the signing of an agreement to build leadership in South Africa through scholarships, 2 September 2008, in Johannesburg. The Mandela Rhodes Foundation has now become a 25.1 percent shareholder of the United Kingdom-owned Oxford University Press SA. The partnership will see at least 18 scholars benefit from financial and educational support within the first five years. In the longer term, the partnership will build a permanent endowment to ensure that The Mandela Rhodes Scholarships continue into perpetuity. Picture by Michel Bega

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