Mandela’s former guerilla fighter comrades pay tribute
Paying tribute to an ailing comrade.
Nelson Mandela's former guerilla fighters honored their anti-apartheid leader on Sunday outside a Pretoria hospital.
That's where their former President is fighting a recurring lung infection that dates back to his days as a political prisoner.
They're soldiers with the former military wing of the African National Congress, which long ago took up arms against the apartheid government.
And with them, a portrait of Mandela wearing his own former uniform.
Nearby, South Africans from all walks of life streamed past the hospital to honor their anti-apartheid hero.
They're just not ready to say goodbye.
(SOUNDBITE) (English) ETHIOPIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH REPRESENTATIVE, DAGNE LATYESE, SAYING:
"We need him father to live for thousand years and he's like a father for Africa, so no one will see him dying, we want him to live."
In Johannesburg, the Sunday congregation at Mandela's old township prayed for his h
Nelson Mandela's former guerilla fighters honored their anti-apartheid leader on Sunday outside a Pretoria hospital.
That's where their former President is fighting a recurring lung infection that dates back to his days as a political prisoner.
They're soldiers with the former military wing of the African National Congress, which long ago took up arms against the apartheid government.
And with them, a portrait of Mandela wearing his own former uniform.
Nearby, South Africans from all walks of life streamed past the hospital to honor their anti-apartheid hero.
They're just not ready to say goodbye.
(SOUNDBITE) (English) ETHIOPIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH REPRESENTATIVE, DAGNE LATYESE, SAYING:
"We need him father to live for thousand years and he's like a father for Africa, so no one will see him dying, we want him to live."
In Johannesburg, the Sunday congregation at Mandela's old township prayed for his h
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