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Friday, 20 December 2013

Mandela prayer services

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South Africans will unite in prayer and reflection in honour of former president Nelson Mandela on Sunday. <a href=http://youtube-videos-download.kambasoft.com/ >youtube videos download there</a>

Wish I was there ♥ "@SITHOLEEXPRESS: Paying tribute in style to#Madiba here at #ReginaMundi #SABCNews pic.twitter.com/rjqqHu5Yc9"

11:07 AM - 8 Dec 2013

SABC's Madiba coverage a resounding success

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South Africans and international audiences flocked to SABC News platforms during the passing of Madiba.

SABC News Online saw its site traffic on www.sabc.co.za/news triple on the back of the announcement of President Nelson Mandela's passing with the @SABCNewsOnline Twitter following, registering a massive jump.

According the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) :"The SABC's Digital Newsroom immediately initiated continuous live coverage of developments as they unfolded from day one. The online coverage included video and audio material from the SABC's extensive radio and TV round-the-clock special programming."

The coverage continued until 16 December 2013 when a 9-

Since the passing of Mandela on the 5th of December, the SABC also recorded increase numbers in viewership on its television and radio platforms.

On the night of announcement about Madiba's passing by President Jacob Zuma, the public broadcaster stopped it's normal TV schedule on its three television channels for a period of 48 hours and with its 24 hour news channel and radio dominantly featuring content for Madiba's tribute.

The public broadcaster says: "On the day of the memorial service, the SABC's 24 Hour news channel 404 on DSTV delivered half-hour ratings across the day that amounted to 80 824 viewers, with SABC 2 growing its ratings by 164% on the same day to 1.4 million viewers. SABC 1 remained the most accessible channel for the public throughout this period."

In terms of channel share nationally, the SABC commanded 50.83% of the market share on the day of the memorial, 58.74% during the coverage of the funeral between 07h30-13h00 and a total of 45.92% for the entire final day of mourning.

Over 2000 local and international broadcasters and agencies were supplied a live pool feed of all the related events at no cost from the SABC. The complete radio figures for this period will be available in about three months.

This article first appeared on SABCNews site. It was done by Sthembiso Sithole.

Tuesday, 17 December 2013

Mandela’s love story

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Evelyn Mase was the first wife of Mandela. Mase was a South African nurse. She married to Madiba from 1944 to 1958.

Mase was born in Engcobo, in the former Transkei, now Eastern Cape. The pair met in the lounge of the late Walter and Albertina Sisulu, in Soweto. Mandela and Mase had three children Thembi, Makgatho and Makaziwe

Mandela’s second wife was the courageous Nomzamo Madikizela, who stayed with Mandela in Orlando, Soweto.

She arrived in Johannesburg to study to be a social worker, doing her training at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital. Winnie met Mandela in 1
957.

The two love birds married in the Transkei on 14 June 1958 and later divorced after former statesman was released from Robben Island. They had two daughters, Zenani and Zindzi.

After his divorce with Winnie, Madiba married his third wife, Graca Machel who was married to Mozambican president Samora Machel.

Machel had always been on Madiba’s bedside during his illness at Pretoria Heart Hospital before he died on Thursday.

Image by Reuters

SABC Digital News keeps world abreast on Madiba passing

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Hasina Gori

SABC Digital News Journalist, Hasina Gori says SABC News has been using different platforms to report on the death of former president, Nelson Mandela.

Speaking on Morning Live Thursday morning, Gori says South Africans and people from different parts of the world are keen to get all the latest news about Madiba’s funeral plans.

“People are looking into social media to get information about Madiba's memorial service, how busy it is, when it is happening, can we still get in. People are looking for information on those platforms and SABC News has been using various platforms to make sure that people get the information they need regarding Madiba's death and funeral arrangements.”

Gori says SABC News Online also assists people who are attending different events across the country where tributes for Madiba still continue to pour in. Gori also points out that Mandela is still trending globally.

Mandela’s passing led to an unprecedented digital reaction with Trendsmap reporting 1 700 tweets per second when the news broke, and over 3.4 million tweets for the first 3 hours thereafter.

The hashtag #Mandela trended in 32 countries between 4 December and 9 December, holding the top position in 197 places. #Madiba trended in 29 countries and was in top position in 67 places.

SABC News Online saw its site traffic on www.sabc.co.za/news triple on the back of the announcement of Madiba’s passing with the @SABCNewsOnline Twitter following registering a massive jump.

The number of visits to the SABC News Online Facebook page increased 50-fold and the number of Facebook likes increased 8-fold.

This article first appeared on SABCNews site.

Sunday, 15 December 2013

Musicians pay homage to Madiba

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After the news broke that former president Nelson Mandela has passed away, different musicians from around the world paid tribute to the world icon.

Johnny Clegg, who has performed in different concerts for Madiba, paid a special tribute to Mandela at the Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory on 9 December.

Click below to listen to Johnny Clegg as he sings for Mandela.

As South Africa and the world continue to mourn the death of Madiba, singer-songwriter Zahara and people's poet Mzwakhe Mbuli graced mourners with a song of tribute titled “Nelson Mandela”.

The song praises Mandela for the role he played during apartheid leading to the new South Africa. Zahara has performed the song alongside Mbuli in different venues were tributes for Madiba were held .

Mandela is also known for his love for children and in a video titled: “Twinkle twinkle little star”, children sing for Madiba as he dances alongside with them.

The Soweto Gospel Choir also paid homage to Mandela in style in a Woolworths store in Parkview. The choir did a flash mob paying tribute to Madiba while hidden cameras were recording the mob. In the video, a man wearing Woolworths uniform, pretending to be a one of the workers inside the store begins singing a song titled: “Asimbonanga uMandela” (We haven’t seen Mandela) as customers do their early morning shopping.

'Miss You Madiba' is a single by Ed Jordan released as a tribute to him as he is buried in Qunu. Jordan first performed the song on the 9th of December 2013 at the Nelson Mandela Foundation.

This article first appeared on SABCNews Site

Thursday, 12 December 2013

Constitution Hill lit up for Madiba

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Madiba first came to Constitutiona Hill in 1956.
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Brand South Africa on Wednesday night lit up Constitution Hill in Braamfontein, Johannesburg with South African flag colours in honour of former president Nelson Mandela.

Chairperson of Brand SA, Chichi Maponya described Mandela as a man who had courage to fight for democracy.

Maponya says: “As Brand South Africa, we want to thank Madiba for fighting for human rights, he fought against Apartheid. We are paying tribute to him.”

Maponya, who is the daughter of renowned businessman, Dr Richard Maponya confirmed that her father will attend Madiba’s funeral in Qunu, Eastern Cape.

On their Facebook page Constitutional Hill continues to pay tribute to former statesman.

“Madiba first came to this historical place in 1956 and on 10 December in 1996, the Constitution of South Africa was signed into law by South Africa's then President, the late Nelson Mandela. The final version was symbolically signed in Sharpeville, Vereeniging to coincide with International Human Rights Day. The signing thus represented a move from the horrors of our Apartheid past into an era of transparency and accountability founded upon an unerring respect for human rights.”

Brand South Africa says Constitutional Hill will be lit up until Madiba is buried.

This article appeared on SABCNews site.

Mandela left South Africa with a legacy to be treasured

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Madiba and Luthuli have commonality. (SABC)

Dr Albertina Luthuli says former president Nelson Mandela reminds her of her father Chief Albert Luthuli. She says Mandela has left South Africa and the world with a legacy that needs to be treasured.

Speaking on SA FM Forum@8, Luthuli said Madiba and her father have so much commonality. Mandela was captured as a young liberation fighter on August 5, 1962 near the town of Howick in KwaZulu-Natal.

Click below to listen to Dr Albertina Luthuli

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In the same programme, Dr. Brigalia Bam recalls a call from Mandela who had asked her to lead 1994 elections. Bam says Madiba never gave her a chance to answer whether she agrees or not.

SAFM current affairs producer and journalist, Bontle Motsoatsoe says her one on one interview with Madiba was an amazing experience.

Click below to listen to Bam
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This artcle first appeared on SABCNew.