i admit black south africans who don't speak kindly or well of white south africans, and i met white south africans that did the same thing. there are big issues. one major problem is they need to work harder to see themselves as one people. nelson mandela seemingly managed to do that. in the next few days you'll see people rallying together, saying they are proudly south african. the outpouring of love will be amazing. it's an speptional time. this is history. few people will be able to wake up and say, "i was there. i saw the emotions, joy, celebrations. it's a lot of work that needs to be done. people here are trying to unit as one country. >> a man who made death in his death and lift. thank you for that harry matarsa in sue wetto. people throughout south africa marking the death of nelson mandela, also get responses coming from from all over the world. the dalai lama calling him a great leader, the world lost a great leader and bank ban ki moon, all the reactions from around the world. here in south africa the country where he was recorded as the father of the nation, a deep abi

in through speeches both white and black south african s mourned around the country together. >> there is nothing that we can do more for this country. i just want to say thank you to him. >> reporter: mandela's vision of today's rainbow nation was formed when he was an activist in the think of south africa's apartheid rule. his multi cultural embrace was evidence with his friendship circle as world leaders paid thanks some using his clan name, madiba. >> like the south africans who mourn madiba with their chants, we proudly carry african blood in our veins. >> we stand proud of you, madiba, bringing venues of freedom, solidarity, equality, sacrifice, and human dignity. >> reporter: for all his life he has strived for the liberation of africa nations and championed the dignity of the african people. >> many honored mandela 's crusade for con sol days. >> there are many people who feel-- >> in 1961 after years of stalled peaceful protests and leaders assigned mandela to mobilize a militant branch although not targeting civilians, an estimated 60 people died as a result of guerrilla warf

we have been seeing a lot of them with south african flags. wearing the south african colors. all of them joyous and celebratory as they gather to remember nelson mandela. anderson? >> it is a scene of excitement. people really coming -- it's difficult transportation as christiane said. it's difficult even in the best of times. a lot of people do not have access to a vehicle their own. getting here is a real effort especially in the rain. >> they are coming from all over. >> i think also another reason for these empty seats and the fact this probably is going to start a whole lot much later, is because the accreditation process. they were quite insistent that not only journalists but visit ing were credited. they tried to police it so not that just anybody could come in here. that's been problematic. a lot of their -- a lot of people haven't had accreditation yet. that's held things up. it's a celebration of this remarkable man. >> there's not a lot of props. sometimes we like to show a few props, but i think this will be a collector's item. i don't know whether you can see it

>> for a long time, south africans have always known that mandela was very ill. he was 95 years old. we had been told by families, by members of the presidency and government that he was stable but critical. we knew that he was frail. a lot of people have been expecting this news as long as nelson mandela had been released from prison but now that it has it is after midnight right now. a lot of people will not have heard what has happened. we're likely to see people bit of openery space everywhere in south africa. they will be mourning their hero, their father. that he we we called him in south africa. father to the nation. he is not a saint but he has been good for the reconciliation process of south africa. >> james, i will be with you in a second but i do want to bring ofwers to this view president obama. here is what he had to say. nelsonis trial in 1964, mandela close to statement from the dock saying i have fought against white domination and i have fought against black domination. i have cherished the ideals of a democratic and free society in which all pe

johnny molado is the deputy south african ambassador. he said the fence is up to protect people from falling at the construction site. >> tomorrow morning, we will clear some space where people can come and place flowers. tonight he's focused on remembering a great man. >> he just carrying himself with such dignity. >> reporter: you're now looking at a live picture of the nelson mandela statue with his fist raised. the deputy ambassador told me that officials will have a condolence book here tomorrow o and people can get closer to the statue and drop off flower flow. they will also have a memorial but they have not announced the time yet. of. >> howard university celebrates nelson mandela's accomplishments. his life, struggle through apartheid and triumphant release from prison and years as south african's president and statesman. the exhibit is called "nelson mandela -- character, comrade, leader, negotiator, statesman." one howard graduate said she just wanted to see the photos again to remember a great man. the exhibit started in octo

so he was informed about south african and international events. he, obviously, had a quite remarkable intelligence but where he came through is his convictions, his sense of value, if values which he lived by and would not compromise on. the sense of mind that he had, which that which you would have or anyone would have survived. it got bitterly cold and, for one, he had a blanket at night. but if you held that blanket up to the window, you could see through the blanket. so not much warmth. he had endeared great trivial hardship. one of the most remarkable things about mandela is his attitude, mythology, what he believed in, his reputation, his spirit. he hasn't escaped and had invaded, the population of south africa. >> now, sorry to interrupt, if i could ask you when you met with him, did you pick up on that sense that he had, that incredible enormous ability which so many people said are forgiveness? >> well, that was one of his major characteristics, but not only a sense of forgiveness, a sense of being able to learn. what is important what yo

for white south africans, it was a seminal moment. rugbyrs later, another international, and supporters in a cape town bar sing the national anthem. in one of the 11 official languages of south africa. most of the team is still white, and most of its supporters, too. but things are changing. that is the number one priority. coach, no one would have -- a black coach, no one would have thought there would have been a black coach, but there is one today. africa is pinning its hopes on a new generation that has never experienced apartheid. today's schools are the seed beds of future equal opportunity for all. the reality is more complicated. depending on the area, the yougraphics of the area, have to resolve to come to the school, to live in the area. >> that means integration for the new rich in upmarket areas like this one. but there is segregation for the majority who are still poor. a nelson mandela posturing of nonracial south africa is ever to come true, it is colorblind isool life this one in -- it colorblind schools like this one

white south african. watching this man walk out of prison, knowing that he had - he potentially was the puppetmaster to what was to come next for the country. put us on the ground. what was that like? >> i would say it was an amazing moment. but it's a scary moment for a lot of people. >> it's like releasing a terrorist. remember he was classified as a terrorist by the u.s. >> what is he going to do? >> the terrorist is working from prison. i mean, when you talk about the prisoner working out they have some kind of dignity making you scared. that was a different kind of prisoner. somebody who the majority of the county, black and white, when the majority, i'm not just referring to black people. they saw him as a liberator. pockets of society that changed. time to prepare to run away from the country. time to go into the... time to go into the count rip. >> who was this man. the government worked to remove his image, his likeness so you knew nothing about the man. now he is working out of prison. >> you kn

reconciliation. >> i cherish the idea of south africa where all south africans are equal. >> far right wing politicians are prodding them. mandela convinced the supporters it would render africa a wasteland. >> being able to reach out to people and somehow connect humanity with theirs. and disarm, largely, his political opponents. >> while there was post apar tide violence, mandela was the right man at the right time. now with the face of the movement gone, there is an eye toward a future rooted in mandela's past. a future in the hands of young people like these college students in washington for the south africa international program. most of these intns are too young to remember, but know more of mandela's role in the down fall. >> on the whole, it was peaceful. we did not descend into civil war. it was important. >> now that he has gone, i think we have had the opportunity to learn from him and as the future goes on, will have the opportunity to apply his leadership styles and character and so on in our own leadership in the future. >> he touched all people in south africa. some of

and many south africans haven't heard the news yet. but a few hundred of those who have came down here to nelson mande mandela's home. immediately they have gathered around us. they are singing songs from the anti-apartheid struggle. singing in all 12 languages, multi-cultural, multi-racial celebration of the rainbow nation. and one of the fascinating observations here is how young people are. like south africa itself, this crowd is young. the people here in the main have no memory of apartheid. but such is the legacy of nelson mandela, that he means almost as much to the youngsters as to the people who lived through apartheid. four hours ago president zuma broke the news to the nation and broke the hearts of millions of south africans. although this news was entirely predictable. a 95-year-old man with a serious respiratory illness who has been in hospital and receiving high intensive care at home for six months, you know, it was predictable that he would at some point pass away, but nevertheless, it was still incredibly painful. perh

african where all south africans are equal. >> reporter: in 1993 mandela and the south african president who freed him, f.w., de klerk shared the nobel peace prize and a year after that, mandela became south afri africa's president. >> let there be justice for all. let there be peace for all. let there be work, bread, water, and salt for all. let freedom ring. god bless south africa. i thank you. >> reporter: nelson mandela chose to serve only one term. in the end he came to personify struggle, a political prisoner who became president and saved his south african nation. >> he could so very easily have led our country down the road of retribution and revenge, and we would have been up a creek. >> reporter: author maya angelou knew mandela since 1960. >> nelson mandela represents the best any of us can hope for. he was a great man, and i'm grateful. the world is better for having him. >> reaction to mandela's death is pouring in from around the world. susan mcginnis is in washington with more. susan, good morning. >> good morning, anne-marie. the tributes have been coming in all night lon

he made it rather easy for them to alert the south africans where to find him. i mentioned i thought it was particularly interesting to in 1986, because at that point it is just when the sanctions were being introduced, voted through by the congress over president reagan's veto. in thead noticed sanctions legislation it said there should be no contact or official contact with the south african military, so on, and so forth, except when intelligence required they did have to have contact. it was ongoing, this unholy relationship, which has led to mandela being arrested and locked up for all those years. it continued on through the 1960s, through the 1970s, through the 1980s. it flourished. for example, the nsa routinely handing over intercepts of the anc to south african secret police. >> this is the national security agency that is the subject of so much global controversy right now. the nsa gathering this intelligence to give to the apartheid regime. >> that's right. it was absolutely routine. maybe they would have done it anyway, but it was certainly the cold

. >> the former south african president and nobel prize laureat fell ill. he was 95, he proved he was strong in his youth, strong in middle age and a fighter to the end. >> he was ill for almost a year. the man who nelson mandela shares that '90-'93 nobel prize, he was the president of south africa in 1890. >> that is when he made the fateful decision to free the most political prisoner. de klerk spoke on phone. >> christian, it's a sad day, a sad moment. it is good to hear your voice again. >> thank you, sir. please tell me and tell the world what you feel at this moment beyond the sadness and what you can say about the man who became your partner and you became his under extremely difficult circumstances to transform your country? >> first, i would like to say that i fully associate myself with the dignified and feeling statement which the president has made. every word of what he said is true and he touched my heart. his biggest nelson mandela biggest legacy was his commitment to reconciliation was his remarkable lack of bitterness and the way in which h

year. >> reporter: a few south african natives have come out to pay tribute to the fallen leader. one man who grew up in south africa born and raised there, a resident of the united states told me, "we lost a great man today. the world lost the greatest man." the statue put up this fall was dedicated and stands outside the embassy on mass avenue, a main corridor where tens of thousands of people drive by daily. it's an exact replica of the statue that stands outside the prison where mandela spent 27 years of his life as a political prisoner. you look at it and obviously it speaks to different people in difference ways, but really a symbol of strength and power and unity, ideals mandela spent his whole life peacefully fighting for. you heard former mayor marion barry talk about the history just outside the south african embassy here where protests happened many years ago spurring anti-apartheid sanctions against south africa. those happened here and that ultimately helped lead to the release of mandela from prison. also obviously a whole lot of history here. that's why we're expect

africa, should be a south african. my wife and i have the experience. that he was. >> stop by and see the numbers of people -. >>peoplethank you for your time, again, our thanks to the colleague ali velshi for being here with me, ker thomas allenis a film harris. he met nelson mandela shooting his film 12 disciples of nelson mandela. well, it is a pleasure to talk to you, what are your moments at this hour? >> well, deeply saddened with this great man, he stood for so much. and his vision was so powerful. all the years and also -- becoming president and giving up the power. >> the power -. >> and i think it is so t for our people. >> and we have such a great loss. >> hang on, i know you want to echo this point. it was a big deal. >> yeah. and stepping down may have been his biggest legacy. and -- about 80% of them stayed on about nine terms too long. >> we were just talking about zimbabwe. >> when he came on, he held a lot of prompt, nelson -- look, he was an older guy, he put in his time 27 years at rob been island an

i'm also a south african who feels the pain that many south africans will be feeling. how do you summarize the life of an extraordinary man in a few words. he always had a twinkle in his eye, greeted you as if you were a long lost friend. this is a man who was able to combine extraordinary generosity with power. a man adored, revered by this country. our greatest pride. s then a brand- new united states senator from illinois. here was mr. obama's reaction late today to the death. >> we have lost one of the most influential, courageous and profoundly good human beings that any of us will share time with on this earth. he no longer belongs to us, he belongs to the ages. through his fierce dignity and unbending will to sacrifice his own freedom for the freedom of others, he transformed south africa and moved all of us. >> pelley: president obama used the word "modiba" an honorary title that translates as father. major garrett at the white house tells us this evening mr. obama plans to attend the state funeral in south africa. that is likely to be in about ten days. nelson

in through speeches both white and black south africans mourned around the country together. >> there is nothing that we can do more for this country. i just want to say thank you to him. >> reporter: mandela's vision of today's rainbow nation was formed when he was an activist in the think of south africa's apartheid rule. his multi cultural embrace was evidence with his friendship circle as world leaders paid thanks some using his clan name, madiba. >> like the south africans who mourn madiba with their chants, we proudly carry african blood in our veins. >> we stand proud of you, madiba, bringing venues of freedom, solidarity, equality, sacrifice, and human dignity. >> reporter: for all his life he has strived for the liberation of africa nations and championed the dignity of the african people. >> many honored mandela's crusade for con sol days. >> there are many people who feel-- >> in 1961 after years of stalled peaceful protests and leaders assigned mandela to mobilize a militant branch although not targeting civilians, an estimated 60 people died as a result of guerrilla warfa

he had met with african leaders. about this newd form of struggle in south africa. i yet been to the -- he had been to london to spread the message of the anti-apartheid movement. wasmeeting with us essentially to get reports from us about our work and how we work on pushing tasks from our mission in terms of setting up provinces. and the beginnings just at the end of the previous year, so something like 6, 7 months previously, of our first sabotage actions -- which is leaders we had participated in personally. otherswere busy training for the underground, setting a machinery, preparing explosives. as a result of his arrest a couple of weeks later, to actually let me say liberate steal than steel -- dynamite from a road construction company, which meant the actions of that sabotage phase of our struggle was on the point of really operations.dramatic the first operations were rather based on the kind of homemade kitchen-type chemicals that people have read about or you learned about at school. but we were very, very serious and committed and believed we would really

but south africans are celebrating this man who turned freedom into a 's reality. >> most south africans it's the middle of the night there and i they have'm not heard. >>we could you repeat that? >> most south africans haven't t heard about this yet. >> that's correct. it's in the middle of the nighti and coming up to 2:00 in the morning. but it's surprising. it's a uniquely south african trait that people have come out in the hundreds and thousands. >> paul, thank you very much. >>> and now let's go off the record a minute. two hours ago we were thinking about something else and de suddenlynt the news of presiden mende mandela's death.di tonight the world gripped with . sadness. a great man has died.as not just of south africa but of the world. he was the real deal.y he set personal standards of dignity that the rest of us can only dream of achieving. he was in prison for 27 years and on his release he was not ra bitter or blaming. and with his courage he stood up and inspired the people of the world and led the people of a south africa out of their legacy of apartheid.anne he changed

nelson mandela was historic figure, inspiration and role model for africans, south africans, but americans as well in our own troubles racial history and struggle to overcome that mirrored to americans in the life and the struggle and the suffering and then the triumph and the leadership of nelson mandela whose passing at 95 was noted by his successor, south african president, jacob zuma. >> yet, what made nelson mandela great was precisely what made him human. we saw in him what we seek in ourselves. and in him, we saw so much of ourselves. >> reporter: one of those who says he was especially inspired is american president, barack obama, who shared his reaction a few moments ago to the passing of south africa's first black president. >> i would study his words and his writings. the day he was released from prison, gave me a sense of what human beings can do when guided by hopes and not fears. like so many around the globe, i cannot fully imagine my own life without the example that nelson mandela set. so long as i lii will do what i can to learn from him. >> reporter: south africa's now e

africans, black south africans. you were able to go to south africa and witness this with your own eyes, this country that had been fractured for so long by apartheid and it was coming undone as this first black south off -- south african was coming president. can you speak a little bit about how someone who could have endured 27 years as a political prisoner could emerge and not be bitter, be someone generous of spirit and be someone who brought both black and white south africans together which we see right now? >> one of the things i'll say about that, he was a man who took the long view, spent a long time in jail. we once heard him speak to that in his book the long walk. he spooks about it at some length, that he was not favor -- he speaks about it at some length that he was not favoring on the belief, that ultimately blacks and whites were to live together. i can recall seeing him on tv when he was released from jail and he came out very pleasant. you would not have thought that you were looking at a great man

african defense force aircraft flew across the sky with the new south african flag coming out of the back. defense force is the absolute symbol of africana, national party apartheid power, supporting the new president. it was a question of strategy, negotiation, and determination to do it. bringing him on board. >> he was fortunate to have a like the oneartner he had. >> i think so. it had been tradition to give up rather than hold out. this would supposedly guarantee the impact -- the impunity that he had for the others, which would not have been there. reportedly he had a nasty temper , and the clerk had the common sense and intelligence to know that this was the best deal he could get. >> there were plenty like that who did not have the forlligence and foresight the direction that the clerk was taking his party. talentmentioned this that nelson mandela had for winning over the white population. the part of the story i love so much is everything that surrounded the rugby world cup in 1995, i believe, when he went out of his way to win over what was truly a white elites work, rugby.

africans were arguing for divestment, black south africans, activists, were arguing for disinvestment. so what we did was simply put into legislative form the screams of the people in south africa who were feeling the pain and the activists in this country, coming out of the civil rights movement, who understood that pain and were willing to stand with them. so we said, how can you, from the outside, make such a tragic argument? it was the moral imperative that eventually overcame these folks. >> and what -- to what degree do you think divestment in those sanctions ended up being a tipping point in south africa? how important did it end up being, in conjunction with all the work that was, of course, being done by antiapartheid activists there and around the world? >> a german journalist came to washington, d.c. several years later, said that he had done a great deal of research. his research indicated that f edward and margaret thatcher had a conversation. edward said to her, what do you think i should do? and her response was, the vote passed two years ago, it passed again on a recor

offer to south africa where all south africans. i get. south africans together this friday to mourn the loss of a man who changed the nation and inspired generations. nelson mandela has died after a long battle with the recurring not long in the us at the age of ninety five. thank you so much for joining us for fools think i'm only home this friday people around the world are paying their respects to nelson mandela the ninety five year old died thursday evening at his home in johannesburg was battling a reoccurring a long illness. mandela had been receiving intensive care at his home in this friday everyone from heads of state to people on the street are remembering mandela was both inspirational and controversial. kyle brown takes a look back now the life of the us mandela when the former trend state eritrean july eighteen nineteen eighteen. nelson mandela was meant to become a tribal chief. just like his father. instead he became an aliya in the first thought legal practice in johannesburg. he joined the african national congress korean

african, black and white, now is the time for all south africans to stand together. >> only he could control the country in a crisis. and effectively, he was president from then on. de klerk was eclipsed. >> reporter: negotiations proceed, building towards a momentous event. >> the first time they were called for dignity was on the 7th of april, 1994. >> reporter: for the first time in its almost 400-year history, south africans from all races will be allowed to vote. >> april 27th arrived with a huge question mark, whether the elections will be held in a peaceful atmosphere or whether violence was going to mar and scar the region. but it came and was just a peaceful day. miles and miles of people standing, black and white, were standing, waiting. >> reporter: the voting takes four days. and to nobody's surprise, mandela's party, the anc, wins a landslide victory. >> today we celebrate. not the victory of a party, but a victory for all the people of south africa. >> reporter: mandela is set to become the first black president of south africa. the inauguration comes on a sparkling day

white south africans on average earn six times more than the average black south africans. there is a huge racial component to all of this. psychologically there are huge racial divisions. economically, a lot of the economic assets remain in white hands. recently in the last few years, that has increasingly become a big talking point in a lot of political circles. there are a lot of poor black south africans who remain unemployed, who may not feel they have benefited from the end of apartheid. >> we are bringing in ian bremer, the founder of the euro asian group. he is on the phone. what role did nelson mandela play on the world stage? >> it was unique. you look around the world today, and absent of the kind leaders and al statesmen that mandela represented. if people like gorbachev, yu and others in singapore. but he did not just capture the imagination of the country and the continent, but of the entire world in thinking about prospects of hope. there are people who have things like that on all sides of the political spectrum. but none really walked and talked the way tha

south africans going out in the streets. >> when the news broke tonight of mandela's death, south africans flocked to his home, young, old, white, black. they danced. they sang old songs of struggle from the apartheid era. >> i think we should celebrate what he has achieved and what he has given us. i wouldn't be free without him. >> but some who showed up to pay their respects were overcome with grief. >> i'm disappointed. i'm sad. but at the same time, i think he's had his part in life and he did it very well. >> jacob zuma broke the news to the nation and to the world. >> he's now at peace. our nation has lost its greatest son. our people have lost a father. >> tributes to the man immediately poured in, including from f.d. declare, the last president of white supremist south africa. >> now there will be ten days of national mourning during which time mandela will lie in state so that south africans can say their final good-byes before his body is transported back for barrel. >> when nelson mandela walked out of prison in 1990, after nearly 30 years it represented much more than his pers

the former south african president died at his home. he was 95. outside crowds gathered all evening and in the morning and have been gathered four hours to mourn his passing, but to rejoice in a remarkable life. scenes are incredible, people dancing and singing. they are paying tribute to him. they are doing the same in new york. a famed venue in harlem, and the marr key honours nelson mandela. morgan radford is here in the studio. >> talk about the life of nelson mandela, and what he means to so many people. >> nelson mandela is a symbol of hope, freedom, a time in this world, and in our country and theirs when equality did not s did not reign free and is a symbol for young americans growing up understanding him in history books and i had the pleasure of meeting him when i lived in south africa. i understood why he captured the hearts of a generation and world. >> there's the picture. tell us about that picture and what happened. >> there it is, there i am with reverend jessie jackson. he's taking the phone so the reverend can put his wife on the

has already begun at the south african embassy. hassle fella has more. >> at the south african embassy, a real-life reminder of this man's life and legacy. in front of the embassy, the nine foot statue made of bronze, designed by a south african sculptor, modeled after images of mandela back in 1990. the closed fist, almost signaling victory. he was jailed 27 years three decades ago, at the very spot where dozens of protesters, americans included, who were arrested because they were protecting against apartheid in south africa. we talked with this 12-year-old girl who came with her father to pay tribune to this man. we asked why anybody this young should care about his legacy. she said, because he fought for many people. >> i want to pray for his family, his him, and all the people suffering for his loss. and i would like to say thank you for him and everything he did for us. >> is very obvious through the night we will be seeing the same sort of reactions from people all over the world. by,ave seen folks stop taking pictures of th

. >> reporter: the flag is at half staff at the south african embassy in washington. outside his home in johannesburg, mourners of all races are coming together to mourn the man they call mandiba. a memorial service will be held next tuesday and the outpouring of love says something about the caliber of a man who led the country out of apartheid. >> we'll always love mandiba for teaching us it's possible, to overcome hatred and anger in order to build a new nation. >> reporter: messages of tribute are pouring in from around the world, from the dali llama in india. >>. >> sadness translates into determination. we must do so his spirit continues. >> reporter: pope francis applauded mandela for promoting human dignitiy and forging a new south africa. and at the white house, president obama spoke about the man who inspired his first step into politics. >> like so many around the globe, i cannot live my own life without the example mandela set. >> reporter: he will join other leaders in south africa for the funeral set for december 15. cbs news, washington. >> now, here at

we have a white south african who's written a piece for us who wrote in the end white south africans embraced nelson mandela greatly because he offered back a path. south africa became a pariah nation because of apartheid. >> joy, talk more about your father and what impact nelson mandela had on your dad. >> i mean, my father didn't live with us. my mother and he met in the united states, but he lived in africa my entire life. he lives in the congo. but when we would talk to him, it was always on the phone. he would tell us some of the things he was doing. one of the things was doing work in south africa, he's in the mining industry. we thought it was extraordinary when i was a kid. this was in the 1980s where black south africans had no rights. but because he wasn't one of their blacks, he had the ability to do more things there. just the orientation of black africans toward their country's exit from colonialism is a really big issue for black africans. and it's something that people really wrestle with. and the notion of south africa as a country as rather than shaking off the bond

african's pray, >> reporter: today a south african's pray, they also worry, the show of affection for mandela by world leaders and citizens might be more than this grieving country can bear. bill whitaker, cbs news, johannesburg. >> glor: defense secretary chuck hagel flies to pakistan tomorrow after meeting today with u.s. troops in afghanistan. in an interview today our state department correspondent margaret brennan asked if a total troop pullout is a possibility if president karzai does not sign the security pact allowing troops to stay past 2014. >> it's a very real possibility because if we don't have a bilateral security agreement which i have noted, that means we can't protect our forces that would be here after 2014. no international partners will come. afghanistan essentially will be alone. but we have no other option. >> reporter: american people look at this, all the blood, all the treasure. they here things that karzai says about adding new demands before he signs a security agreement, just a refusal to comply. why can't americans look at that and say it's just not worth

they are holding up the south african flag. the flag of freedom and democracy which he brought to this nation. there are hundreds of candles but this revolutionary dancing going on, too. people of all colors, of all ages, in shock but celebrating his life. a young woman here said it's powerful how we are all coming together. another young man said to us that we have lost everything. inside the house, it's widely believed that elders from the ru where he comes from are going through the ancient african ritual surrounding death. specifically the ritual which is known in english as the closing of the eyes. through the sadness, the loss, many say that this is strange lay good moment to be in south africa. it is a time when this nation can drop its political squabbles and celebrate the man who brought freedom, who brought democracy to us all here in this country. this country of south africa has lost its father. he was known greta at cat turned dream into reality, greta. >> only 30 seconds left. most south africans, it's still the m

>> i think the pressure is on the family but that it's shared across south african society. that it's a pressure that's largely felt and should be felt by leaders across the political spectrum in south africa but particularly by leaders of the anc and its alliance partners. it is a stark requirement that south africa has not yet fulfilled the promise it made to its citizens in 1994. >> talking about leaders let's talk a little bit about jacob duma. when he walked into the stadium, people booed. >> that's right. >> let's listen to the response. i mean, quite extraordinary that they felt that that was the moment to express it. but it really shows how frustrated so many south africans are. >> and while the master of ceremonies, the program director, even december mo desmu called for more respect, it is indicative of the frustration that what many south africans feel is a betrayal of madiba's legacy. no proper sanitation, the education that children receive is of a poorer quality that other south africans receive. although we have made strides in health care recently. many south

he said we need all south africans, we need all south africans to work together because this can be a great country. if we fight each other, the whole country will be destroyed. >> you know, he believed when he left robin island that it was time to bring people together -- >> hold on, donna. here's the president of the united states. >> at his trial in 1964, nelson mandela closed a statement saying i have fought against white domination and i have fought against black domination. i have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. it is an ideal which i hope to live for and to achieve but if need be, it is an ideal for which i am prepared to die. nelson mandela lived for that ideal and he made it real. he achieved more than could be expected of any man. and today, he has gone home. we have lost one of the most influential, courageous and profoundly good human beings that any of us will share time with on this earth. he no longer belongs to us. he belongs to the ages. through his fierce dignity and unbe

africans were arguing for divestment, black south africans, activists, were arguing for disinvestment. so what we did was simply put into legislative form the screams of the people in south africa who were feeling the pain and the activists in this country, coming out of the civil rights movement, who understood that pain and were willing to stand with them. so we said, how can you, from the outside, make such a tragic argument? it was the moral imperative that eventually overcame these folks. >> and what -- to what degree do you think divestment in those sanctions ended up being a tipping point in south africa? how important did it end up being, in conjunction with all the work that was, of course, being done by antiapartheid activists there and around the world? >> a german journalist came to washington, d.c. several years later, said that he had done a great deal of research. his research indicated that f edward and margaret thatcher had a conversation. edward said to her, what do you think i should do? and her response was, the vote passed two years ago, it passed again on a recor

but today is the first day in south africa's democratic history that south africans will be without the man that they knew as the father of this nation. he went, the announcement that he died came just before midnight on thursday south african time. jacob zuma confirming that he had slipped away after a long illness. this was not a surprise. as we all know he's been gravely ill with this lung infection. and i think towards the end the drugs, the antibiotics just didn't work. his body just too frail. and he's surrounded by his family, we understand. but i think what is key moving on now, we know nelson mandela's body has been moved from his home to a mortuary in pretoria, to a military hospital in pretoria. it will stay there for the next few days where it will be embalmed. the next time you'll see him in the casket will be at a memorial service in the soccer city stadium where the world cup final was played, where there'll be a big public memorial. but i think for now we know also that not just his family has he been surrounded by but also tribal leaders, elders from his community who w

all over the world wherever there were south africans of any color, they were urged to cast a vote. this city hall was the voting booth for the first election in south africa that led to nelson mandela being made president. voters from south africa helped elect nelson mandela. some people say people in san francisco vote enthuse anyway, maybe some of those people were not south africans. who knows. [laughter] >> following his election as president of south africa, he then dispatched all out of the country, our country, counseled generals to represent south africa and on occasion when we celebrate the life of nelson mandela, council general of south africa has journeyed to san francisco to participate. mr. council general -- [applause] >> thank you so much program director, former mayor brown, the current mayor of san francisco, ed lee. thank you so much for having extended an invitation for me on behalf of south africa to participate in this vote, the commemoration and the celebration and the honoring of the late president nelson mandela. former mayor brown, i couldn't agree with yo

we might ask now how are south africans reacting? >> reporter: richard, news of nelson mandela's death was announced just before midnight. so inevitably still today many of south africans are still learning the news that the father of this nation passed away during the evening. here his suburban home in johannesburg many hundreds of people have come. the mood here is not somber at all, though. there have been very few people here in tears. people have come to celebrate his life and the lives that they've been able to achieve and to live as a result of his sacrifice. people here also wondering precisely what happens next, and we're awaiting details in the next few hours about a lying in state and about nelson mandela's burial, which once diplomats are saying that the plan resembled the biggest state funeral for any former leader south of winston churchill. >> thank you. rohi for us in south africa. now to nbc's brian williams with a look at mandela's incredible life and unwavering spirit. >> to deny any person human rights is the chal

>> teichner: and then, in february 1990, south african president f.w. de klerk made a historic announcement. >> the government has taken a firm decision to release mr. mandela unconditionally. >> teichner: a moment forever seared into our memory. after more than a quarter century behind bars, nelson mandela stepped into the light. >> amandla! >> teichner: mandela at 71 emerged looking not like a broken prisoner, but like a king. >> he had won. but mandela is famous for his smile, but that smile is not there. and i believe he was deeply aware of the enormous challenge and responsibility that now lay on him. ♪ >> we will reach the goal of liberating the black people of this country within our lifetime. >> teichner: nelson mandela was free, but the fight for freedom was far from over. >> pelley: when we come back, "60 minutes'" bob simon reflects on mandela's journey from prisoner to president. honestly, i'm not looking for five-star treatment. i get times are tight. but it's hard to get any work done like this. then came this baby -- small but with wind

little sort of is really a true constructs these white south africans our. are in the minority the majority way he credits mandela with bringing the country back from the brink of civil war regardless of the color of the skin they race the creed they have been made to south africans were god mandela as the heroes of the struggle against apartheid and seen him as one of the greatest sons this country has ever given birth to and just a click away for you if recent u.s. spy revelations weren't enough and a new album polarity is latest intelligence gathering satellite should leave you in no doubt judge for yourself the message the sinister octopus house on our t.v. dot com. blogs an issue of national security or an attempt to mask its failures japan introduces new state secrecy lost all the details online. right from the street. first street view and i think the church. on our reporters with their. instrument. to be in the little. old. science technology innovation hall believes developments around russia we've got the future covered. do we speak your language i

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we saw a very uneven response from the south african leadership. these were miners fighting for what they thought was fair, for rights, for a larger piece of africa's economic pie, and for many in the world, what they saw as a response was a heavy-handed approach from the government. >> that's right. there's talk about africa being -- hosting 25% unemployment right now. that number among the youth is 50%. this is a ticking time bomb. unless people see real progress toward economic equality and about her sense of their leadership, you heard people booing president zuma, certain ministers in his administration, i think people are frustrated, and once the celebrations are over, south africa needs to ask who are the next leaders we deserve, where is the next mandela. when you look around the continent, there just aren't enough strong leaders emerging, and with south africa itself with young people facing unemployment. >> 25% of unemployment in south africa. >> we are going to be back after a short break. continuing coverage of president mandela's memor

a lot of south africans almost see him as a personal father. they feel like they have a personal relationship because he was such a warm and open human being. he was able to connect to people way.very personal that has created that fatherly figure. beyond that, there's a lot of trepidation as to what will happen in south africa now that he's not around. whether his biggest contribution possibly was his ability to unite nations and at the end of apartheid when many people thought that the widespread , there were a lot of people concerned with whether that unity will remain. the former president has also discussed with the media and he himself said that now is the time for us to think about what kind of a democratic south africa and an egalitarian south africa we want to be. >> joining us live from near the mandela home in johannesburg. continuing our coverage. the former president of south africa, nelson mandela, has passed. he was 95 years old. our coverage continues in just a moment. ♪ in 2010, bloomberg businessweek featured a cover story o

african, black and white, now is the time for all south africans to stand together. >> only he could control the country in a crisis. and effectively, he was president from then on. de klerk was eclipsed. >> reporter: negotiations proceed, building towards a momentous event. >> the first time they were called for dignity was on the 7th of april, 1994. >> reporter: for the first time in its almost 400-year history, south africans from all races will be allowed to vote. >> april 27th arrived with a huge question mark, whether the elections will be held in a peaceful atmosphere or whether violence was going to mar and scar the region. but it came and was just a peaceful day. miles and miles of people standing, black and white, were standing, waiting. >> reporter: the voting takes four days. and to nobody's surprise, mandela's party, the anc, wins a landslide victory. . >> today we celebrate, not the victory of a party, but a victory from all of the people of south africa. >> mandela is set to become the first black president of south africa. the inauguration comes on a sparkling day in

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