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"We just started the journey, we have to keep walking because the freedoms" defended by Nelson Mandela "are still in their infancy," said Graça Machel in an interview with AFP in Johannesburg.
Nelson Mandela, who died in 2013, fought for decades against the white racist regime of apartheid and allowed him to turn the page with his election to the South African presidency in 1994.
But a quarter of century after the fall of apartheid, racism still stirs tensions in South Africa, and poverty persists in this most unequal country in the world according to the World Bank.
"We still have a long way to go to to gain equality between men and women, between developed and so-called developing countries, we still have a long way to go to ensure that every child has a quality education, "said Graça Machel on Monday. 19659 002] "The long march for these freedoms has just begun, we still have a long way to go," she added, taking up the title of the autobiography of her late husband "A long march towards freedom".
South Africa celebrates this year the centenary of the birth of the father of the "rainbow nation", born July 18, 1918 and died December 5, 2013.
Graça Machel will attend Tuesday in Johannesburg the much anticipated speech of former US President Barack Obama, as part of these celebrations.
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