06/12/2013 Newsround


06/12/2013

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Good afternoon. You're watching Newsround with me, Ricky, on the day

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the world mourns the death - and celebrates the life - of Nelson

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Mandela. Welcome to a specially extended

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Newsround, all about the life of Nelson Mandela, South Africa's first

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black president, and one of the world's most inspirational leaders,

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- who died peacefully last night, aged 95. Nelson Mandela spent 27

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years in prison after protesting against apartheid - the racist way

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South Africa used to be ruled. He is seen a hero across the world for

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helping to end that system. Later in the programme, we will hear from

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CBBC star Doc Brown, and from kids here in the UK about what Nelson

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Mandela means to them. But first let's look at his incredible life.

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Today in South Africa, people were singing and dancing to celebrate the

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life of one of the greatest leaders in the world. Although people are

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sad that he has gone, they are also thankful that he had a long and

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remarkable life, which was an incredible journey from prison to

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president. I am just glad that he did all he did for us, and

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hopefully, we will continue the legacy as the youth. When Nelson

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Mandela was a young man, white and black people in South Africa lived

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separate lives, under a racist system called apartheid. Under this

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system, white people - who were a small part of the population - were

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in charge. They made it illegal for black people to use the same

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schools, hospitals, and even beaches as white people, and conditions in

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the schools and hospitals for white people were much better. Black

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people were also denied basic rights like being allowed to vote in

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elections. Nelson Mandela believed everybody should be treated equally

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and led protests against apartheid. Sometimes they turned violent, and

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in 1964, he was sentenced to life in prison. Finally, in 1990, a white

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leader, President FW de Klerk, let him go. He walked to freedom after

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27 years in jail, and was greeted as a hero. Amazingly, his long time in

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prison didn't make him bitter, and his message was always one of

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forgiveness and unity. We soon grasped the fact that we are not

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conducting the struggle against individual whites, we are fighting a

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principle, fighting white domination, and in the course of

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that struggle, we can form friendships with people from the

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other side. Apartheid was abolished in 1991, and three years later,

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South Africa held its first elections in which black people as

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well as white were allowed to vote. Nelson Mandela was elected president

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and set about trying to bring people of different races together. He

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became one of the world's most popular leaders. And today world

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leaders praised a man who they said was an inspiration. We have lost one

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of the most influential, courageous and profoundly good human beings

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that any of us will share time with on this earth.

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There has also been a huge reaction to Nelson Mandela's death here in

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the UK. Prime Minister David Cameron said that "a great light has gone

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out in the world". For many people, Mandela's message of forgiveness and

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standing up to oppression is still relevant. Four O'Clock Club star Doc

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Brown told Newsround it is vital that Mandela is remembered. For

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children watching this now, I would say, if you have ever been

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discriminated against or if you have ever been treated Hadley, there are

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lessons in Mandela's story. And even if you haven't, there are lessons to

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be learned from Nelson Mandela's story about treating other human

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beings as you would like to be treated yourself. So, what do kids

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here think about the news of his death? Ayshah is in London. Modest.

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Humble. Generous. Devoted. At this school in west London, they have

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been learning about the life of Nelson Mandela. But then, he is an

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inspiration. Nelson Mandela was an inspiration because he brought

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fairness and equality to the world. I think Nelson Mandela is inspiring

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because he gave out the message that no matter what colour you are, you

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can do anything, you can be anything, and we should continue

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spreading his message. Nelson Mandela was an incredibly important

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figure not just in South Africa, but also around the world. There's a

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statue of him here right next to the Houses of Parliament. World leaders

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like David Cameron and Barack Obama were inspired by him, but he also

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inspired a lot of ordinary people. We came to pay our respects, and so

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that we do not forget about Nelson Mandela. Why have you decided to

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bring them today? Because I grew up in South Africa and my children were

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born in England and I wanted them to remember the memory of Nelson

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Mandela, the lesson that he talked to all of us which was about

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forgiveness. People are queueing up outside South Africa house, across

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the road from Trafalgar Square. There are hundreds of people in a

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long line, there is a special but in there where people can leave their

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messages. Although people are really saddened by the news, they are also

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celebrating the long life of an amazing person.

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Lots of you have been paying your own tributes, too. Aya says... And

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Maryan says he's a true legend and that...

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That's almost it from this special Newsround programme on the life of

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Nelson Mandela, who died last night. We will leave you with these images.

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Goodbye. # When I get older, I will be

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stronger...

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