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2018-07-17 15:30
A host of high-level speakers addressed the crowd at Wanderers Stadium, on the occasion of the annual speech of the former president American Barack Obama at Nelson Mandela's annual conference.
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#MandelaReading Obama begins with a joke "corrections" and confessions "I was not invited to be here, I was ordered in a very nice way , to be here "Said he also forgot that his winter in SA and sent someone to go and get him long customers at the mall this morning @ TeamNews24
– Matshidiso Madia (@ tshidi_lee) July 17, 2018
#MandelaReading Ramaphosa now says he's lying dreaming of being like Madiba. He continues to share similarities between Madiba and Obama @ TeamNews24
– Matshidiso Madia (@tshidi_lee) July 17, 2018
#MandelaReading Ramaphosa: Like the South Africans, we are Proud to say he was one of us. He says he was born of us but we knew that he belonged to the world @ TeamNews24
– Matshidiso Madia (@tshidi_lee) July 17, 2018
#MandelaReading Ramaphosa says that AS people have been given the title of the father of the nation on Madiba because his struggles have touched the lives of millions of people and will inspire generations to follow @ TeamNews24
– Matshidiso Madia (@tshidi_lee) July 17, 2018
# MandelaReading Machel says that there is a familiarity that connects us to Madiba and Obama – They give hope and validation .. prove that the condition is not a limitation & # 39; @ TeamNews24
– Matshidiso Madia (@tshidi_lee) July 17, 2018
#MandelaReading Machel: The first African-American president … I say it intentionally the first African-American president
– Matshidiso Madia (@tshidi_lee) July 17, 2018
#MandelaReading Machel hailing the differences Organizations started on behalf of Madiba: Children's Hospital, Fund, Elders … "Thank you for defending the causes that were important to him" @ TeamNews24
– Matshidiso Madia (@tshidi_lee) July 17, 2018
#MandelaReading Machel asks Madiba not to be celebrated as an individual, pauses and asks those present to also celebrate Mom Albertina Sisulu @ TeamNews24
– Matshidiso Madia (@tshidi_lee) Jul 17 2018
#MandelaReading "I'm pe ux [see] Madiba call me smiling as I call you President Ramaphosa "says Machel greeting the leaders on the stage @ TeamNews24
– Matshidiso Madia (@tshidi_lee) July 17, 2018
#MandelaReading struggling a little with audio and now there are police sirens that go out and drown completely Motsepe
– Matshidiso Madia (@tshidi_lee 17 July 2018
#MandelaReading Motsepe says that many South Africans have never believed that they could live to see Mandela swear to become head of state, tells Obama how important it was to see him become president in the USA @ TeamNews24
– Matshidiso Madia (@tshidi_lee) July 17, 2018
The businessman Patrice Motsepe , one of the godfathers of #MandelaLeading and Ramaphosa's brother-in-law, welcomes "Barack" back "home". Looks extremely comfortable (presidential?) On stage. Speak local languages and praise the Rainbow Nation. #MandelaReading @ TeamNews24
– Adriaan Bbadon (@AdriaanBbadon) July 17, 2018
#MandelaReading Prof Ndebele: No one had ever been before state in Africa South for all people in South Africa. Praise Madiba for his work in the construction of democracy SA @ TeamNews24
– Matshidiso Madia (@tshidi_lee) 17 July 2018
#MandelaReading Prof Ndebele speaking of the release of Mandela: he had to find a way to cut through stories, governance structures and integrated human attitudes. He had to find a way for South Africans to start seeing themselves differently @ TeamNews24
– Matshidiso Madia (@tshidi_lee) July 17, 2018
#MandelaReading Prof Njabulo Ndebele s & # Addressing those who are present now, thank the guests for joining their numbers and asking them to remember Madiba on the eve of what would have been his 100th birthday @ TeamNews24
– Matshidiso Madia (@tshidi_lee) July 17, 2018
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