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Unite – Trade unionists must try to free the Middle Eastern Mandela
Unite's Tony Burke has visited a hunger striking Kurdish MP
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Spanish Popular Party ‘laments’ Mandela’s passing but votes against statue in favour of Franco
Spanish right-wing ruling Popular Party "laments the loss of Nelson Mandela" on its Twitter account. A few months earlier they voted against naming a street after Mandela - a street called "July 18" (in honour of the day Franco rose against the Republic in 1936).
‘Sport has the power to change the world’. Madiba’s sporting legacy
Shamik Das looks at Nelson Mandela's sporting legacy, and the role rugby, cricket and football played in the years following Apartheid.
Three things we disagreed with Mandela on
Be in no doubt, Mandela was a great man. But nobody is perfect; and one of the tenets of political maturity is recognising that even the greatest political figures have their flaws.
Mandela’s legacy across the nations
Across the devolved nations, political leaders have lined up to express their admiration for Nelson Mandela.
Nelson Mandela 1918 – 2013: an African titan
Nelson Mandela: 1913 - 2013.