Where is the tallest Nelson Mandela statue in the world?
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was a South African anti-apartheid activist and politician who served as the first president of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. DID YOU KNOW | School calendar: When does the third school term end? He was the country’s first black head of state and the first elected in a fully representative democratic election. Mandela […]
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was a South African anti-apartheid activist and politician who served as the first president of South Africa from 1994 to 1999.
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He was the country’s first black head of state and the first elected in a fully representative democratic election.
Mandela was born on this day – 18 July – in 1918.
He died on 5 December 2013 aged 95.
There are at least 40 public statues of Mandela around the world with 19 of those in South Africa.
And there are more on the way!
As reported by the Outlier website, according to the Nelson Mandela Archive, two new bronze statues of Nelson Mandela will be unveiled in the Eastern Cape on Mandela Day, which commemorates his birthday on 18 July.
One is outside the Nelson Mandela Museum in Mthatha, the other in Qunu, the village where Madiba spent his childhood.
The two statues cost a reported R3 million.
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Did you know that the tallest statue of Nelson Mandela is at the Union Buildings in Pretoria which stands an impressive 9-metres (29.5 feet) in height?
Other countries to have statues of Mandela include Cuba, France, Ireland, China, Uganda, Nigeria and Peru – among several others.
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