NELSON Mandela turns 95 today. It is a milestone few would have dared to imagine when he was admitted to hospital 41 days ago. The past six weeks have been mournful, maudlin and even macabre at times as the country, and indeed the world, have prepared for a future in which one of the greatest leaders of all time will no longer be there.

Reuters Northern Cape residents were asked to keep former president Nelson Mandela (pictured) in their prayers. File photo: Reuters

Pretoria - Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town Thabo Makgoba has left the Pretoria hospital where former president Nelson Mandela is still in a critical condition on Tuesday.

Early reports that SABC TV and radio presenter Vuyo Mbuli died of a heart attack were untrue. Mbuli had two large clots which resulted in pulmonary embolism.

YESTERDAY was Freedom Day. This year, the government invited us to reflect on “the strides we have made in achieving the vision of a better life for all”.

Archbishop of Cape Town congratulates Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu on Templeton Prize

'It is wonderful news that Archbishop Desmond Tutu has won the Templeton Prize’ said the current Archbishop of Cape Town, the Most Revd Dr Thabo Makgoba, this morning. ‘I offer hearty congratulations on behalf of the
whole Anglican Church of Southern Africa.