Mandela: South Africa’s untouchable hero focus 02/10/2010

Mandela: South Africa’s untouchable hero focus 02/10/2010 JOHANNESBURG — As South Africa’s first black president, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, and a leading freedom fighter, Nelson Mandela is widely revered as a living saint in his country, where his name has a golden touch. His third wife Graca Machel, with her more intimate perspective, is the first to admit to his foibles. “He also gets angry. He is somehow stubborn. You need to convince him. You have to have a very good argument to make him change his mind. And so he has weaknesses,” she told Al Jazeera television in 2008.... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune ALTERNATE URL: http://www.classicposters.com/commentary/20100210com4.html

COMMENTARY EDITORIAL Political infighting FRONTLINE Still for the traditional way ZOOMING IN The Ateneo, 1959 to 2009 focus Mandela: South Africa’s untouchable hero HE SAYS Where in the world? SHE SAYS A chance in hell MR. EXPOSE Comelec not ready