A memorial stone at Westminster Abbey has been dedicated to Nelson Mandela. In a ceremony marking the centenary of the birth of the former South African president, people gathered to remember his contribution to ending apartheid. Zamaswazi Dlamini-Mandela, grand-daughter of Nelson Mandela, wiped away tears as she attended the service. The dedication was led by The Dean of Westminster, The Very Reverend Dr John Hall and attended by South African High Commissioner to the United Kingdom Nomatemba Tambo, who gave an address.
It came as South Africans joined former US president Barack Obama in marking the centennial of anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela’s birth with acts of charity in a country still struggling with deep economic inequality 24 years after the end of white minority rule.
