South Africa Marks Mandela’s 95th Birthday With Charity
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Thousands of South Africans donated time to charity work today in a poignant commemoration of Nelson Mandela’s 95th birthday as he lies critically ill in a Pretoria hospital.
President Jacob Zuma handed over state-built houses to poor families and the government asked students to stop lessons and sing for the former president. The United Nations is marking his birthday with a special session. Mandela, who was jailed for 27 years for opposing white minority rule before leading the country to democracy in 1994, was hospitalized with a recurring lung infection on June 8.