{"id":75232,"date":"2014-12-05T13:50:23","date_gmt":"2014-12-05T11:50:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/75232\/remember-mandela-life-politics-last-days\/"},"modified":"2014-12-05T13:50:23","modified_gmt":"2014-12-05T11:50:23","slug":"remember-mandela-life-politics-last-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2014\/12\/05\/remember-mandela-life-politics-last-days\/","title":{"rendered":"Remember Mandela: Life after politics and his last days"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00b7 Mandela announced he would be stepping down from public life on June 1, 2004; a year after he established the Mandela Rhodes Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 In 2009, he votes for the fourth time in his life; he attended the inauguration of President Jacob Zuma on May 9 and witnessed Zuma\u2019s first State of the Nation address.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>\u00b7 He was formally presented with the Fifa World Cup trophy before it embarked on a tour of South Africa in 2010.<\/p>\n<div class='tie-fluid-width-video-wrapper tie-ignore-fitvid' style='margin-bottom: 30px;'>\n\t\t\t<iframe style='width: 100%; min-height: 300px; aspect-ratio: 16\/9;' src='https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/oK_WJNLP7PQ' loading='lazy'><\/iframe>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p>During the final of the FIFA World Cup, he made a surprise appearance at the final in Soweto.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>\u00b7 His second book, <i>Conversations with Myself<\/i> was published on October 12, 2010.<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 He meets the South African and American football teams that played in the Nelson Mandela Challenge match in November 2010.<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 First signs of his ill health; he was admitted to hospital in Johannesburg and discharged after two nights.<\/p>\n<p>Also Read: <a href=\"http:\/\/bedfordviewedenvalenews.co.za\/238416\/video-caxton-eastsouth-staff-peaks-mandela-day\/\" target=\"_blank\">Caxton East and South Division employees speak out about #MandelaLegacy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 On June 27, 2011 his book <i>Nelson Mandela by Himself: the Authorised Book of Quotations<\/i> is launched.<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 America\u2019s First Lady, Michelle Obama, and her daughters paid him a visit on June 21, 2011.<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 Planning to spend more time at a place where he grew up, he spent his 93rd birthday with family and friends in Qunu. He spent Christmas in the Eastern Cape the same year.<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 He was officially counted during South Africa\u2019s Census in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 He was admitted to hospital on February 25, 2012 and discharged the next day.<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 He celebrated his 94th Birthday in Qunu, the Eastern Cape.<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 In December 2012, he was admitted to hospital as he suffered from a lung infection. His stay in hospital prompted the family to suggest that he moves to Johannesburg, closer to the health care he needs.<\/p>\n<p>Also Read: <a href=\"http:\/\/bedfordviewedenvalenews.co.za\/247962\/top-quotes-tweets-memory-madiba\/\" target=\"_blank\">Top quotes and tweets in memory of Madiba<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 He spends New Year\u2019s Day with members of his family in Johannesburg.<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 On March 9, 2013, he was dmitted to hospital.<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 On March 10, 2013, he was discharged from hospital.<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 On March 27, 2103 he was admitted to hospital.<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 On April 6, 2013 he was discharged from hospital.<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 On June 8, 2013 he was rushed to a hospital in Pretoria.\u00b7 During his stay in hospital, his longtime friend, Andrew Mlangeni urges the family and friends to let Madiba go.<\/p>\n<div class='tie-fluid-width-video-wrapper tie-ignore-fitvid' style='margin-bottom: 30px;'>\n\t\t\t<iframe style='width: 100%; min-height: 300px; aspect-ratio: 16\/9;' src='https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/Jk9MNBx8LJw' loading='lazy'><\/iframe>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\u00b7 On Wednesday June 26, President Jacob Zuma cancelled his trip to Mozambique after visiting Mandela in hospital.<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 On July 18, 2013 he spent his 95th birthday in hospital.<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 He was discharged from hospital September 1, after the doctors said they wanted him to receive care from his home in Johannesburg.<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 Nelson Mandela passed away on December 5, 2013 and he was given a State Funeral in Qunu on December 15, 2014.<\/p>\n<div class='tie-fluid-width-video-wrapper tie-ignore-fitvid' style='margin-bottom: 30px;'>\n\t\t\t<iframe style='width: 100%; min-height: 300px; aspect-ratio: 16\/9;' src='https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/sRr52dH33NA' loading='lazy'><\/iframe>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='9b3933639a931223d3f78f0dffc61254'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After making a surprise appearance at the FIFA 2010 World Cup Finals, former President Nelson Mandela battled his illness before he died on December 5, 2013.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":75236,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Malcolm Maifala","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[5212,1260,3997,2455,5899],"class_list":["post-75232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-headlines","tag-caxton-east-and-south-division","tag-nelson-mandela","tag-nelson-mandela-foundation","tag-nelson-mandela-memorial","tag-remember-mandela"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["caxton east and south division","nelson mandela","nelson mandela foundation","nelson mandela memorial","remember mandela"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/42"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75232"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75232\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}