for questions about claims based on Nelson Mandela, known for the anti-apartheid movement and as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999.
Questions tagged [nelson-mandela]
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Was Nelson Mandela a killer?
There are many claims that Nelson Mandela was a killer; for example:
Obama holds surprise press conference to praise genocidal killer Nelson Mandela
He signed off on the deaths of innocent people, lots of them
Mandela was a Marxist, a terrorist and…
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Did Nelson Mandela read The Economist in prison?
An ad for The Economist stated that he read the Economist in prison as a clever way of getting around a rule forbidding him to read the news, until authorities found him out and cancelled the subscription.
This 2001 news24 article mentions the…
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Was David Cameron linked to "Hang Nelson Mandela" posters in the 1980s?
A post circulating Facebook and elsewhere reads:
Nelson Mandela will die soon. Today, tomorrow, this week, next week. It won't be long. Remember this, he out-lived Thatcher. When he does die, and David Cameron jumps on the Mandela bandwagon,…
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Did Nelson Mandela directly compare or accuse Israel of apartheid?
The question can be split into 2 parts:
Did he compare Israel to apartheid as an analogy?
Did he directly accuse Israel of the crime of apartheid?
Currently, the only mention of "Nelson Mandela" in the wikipedia article Israel and the apartheid…
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Can Thamsanqa JantjieIs (from Mandela's funeral) actually act as a sign language interpreter?
The Telegraph reported that the (then unidentified) man who attempted to provide sign translations at Nelson Mandela's funeral was a fake:
Mr Buxton said he was purely making “childish hand gestures and clapping, it was as if he had never learn a…
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Did Nelson Mandela, Chris Hani, and O.R. Tambo say these quotes?
The above image was posted on the South African Subreddit. The three quotes are as follows:
What I fear is that the liberators emerge as elitists who drive around in Mercedes Benzes and use the resources of this country ...to live in palaces and…
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Did Abbott oppose Mandela, and play rugby in South Africa during apartheid?
From https://twitter.com/geeksrulz/status/515303326993235970 (53 retweets, 22 favorites)
#heyasio Some men fight for what is right, and achieve greatness. Others care only for themselves.
In his Uni days, Abbott referred to Mandela as a…
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Did Pik Botha Lobby For The Release Of Nelson Mandela?
In a 2013 interview from Al Jazeera, long-time South African Foreign Minister, Pik Botha claims that he long lobbied for the release of the future President of South Africa, Nelson Mandela who spent 27 years in prison.
I remember in 1982 I…
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Did Nelson Mandela die on June 26, 2013?
I'm completely rewriting this question to hopefully make it more clear.
First claim (this is from guardianlv.com):
Now that it has been officially announced that Nelson Mandela has passed away, our position on the matter has not changed in any way.…
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