South Africans celebrate Mandela's birthday

South Africans today celebrated Nelson Mandela’s birthday by planting gardens, painting clinics and calling for unity.

South Africans celebrate Mandela's birthday
Sun, 18 Jul, 2010 - 15:37

South Africans today celebrated Nelson Mandela’s birthday by planting gardens, painting clinics and calling for unity.

Mandela, who turned 92, was spending the day with his family in Johannesburg. His wife went to an orphanage in Soweto to help plant a vegetable garden.

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