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  • Photo gallery: South Africa's Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng delivers the 17th Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture
  • Annual Lecture 2019 vox pops: "We need leaders like him to ignite a sense of optimism" - Basetsana Kumalo
  • Media Statement: 17th Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture by Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng
  • Join us on 8 December for the Mandela Walk & Run 2019
  • Photo gallery: South Africa's Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng delivers the 17th Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture
  • Annual Lecture 2019 vox pops: "We need leaders like him to ignite a sense of optimism" - Basetsana Kumalo
  • Media Statement: 17th Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture by Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng
  • Join us on 8 December for the Mandela Walk & Run 2019
  • Photo gallery: South Africa's Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng delivers the 17th Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture
  • Annual Lecture 2019 vox pops: "We need leaders like him to ignite a sense of optimism" - Basetsana Kumalo
  • Media Statement: 17th Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture by Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng
  • Join us on 8 December for the Mandela Walk & Run 2019
  • On this day — 9 December 1986: Nelson Mandela watches the film 'The strange case of the English Language' in prison

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On this day — 2 December 1982

Nelson Mandela notes the release from prison of Breyten Breytenbach

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