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ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service marks Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday
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ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service will commemorate Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday this Friday (18 July) with a day of programmes focusing on Mandela's legacy and the future of South Africa.
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Programmes include live broadcasts throughout the day from Robben island; incisive interviews with politicians, former political prisoners and prison guards; and a special edition of the interactive discussion programme World Have Your Say, broadcast from a Soweto restaurant.
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Guests/interviewees
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- Helen Zille, Mayor of Cape Town and leader of the Democratic Alliance party.
- Kumi Naidoo,
Secretary-general and CEO of Civicus, the worldwide alliance for citizen participation.
- Kwedi Mkalipi,
Pan Africanist Congress leader and former political prisoner who served time on Robben Island.
- Patricia de Lille,
Leader of the Independent Democrats - number 22 in a list of the top 100 South Africans.
- Denis Goldberg,
anti-apartheid campaigner. He was once given four life sentences.
- Francois Pienaar, former South African rugby captain. Mandela is godfather to one of his sons.
- Ahmed Kathadra,
anti-apartheid activist and former political prisoner who spent 18 years imprisoned on Robben Island.
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Programmes
- World Today (6.00-7.00am): interviews with a former political prisoner and former prison guard.
- Outlook (1.30- 2.00pm): throughout the week Outlook has been speaking to the people who make up the "Mandela Machine". They include Zelda La Grange, his formidable personal assistant and his lawyer Arthur Chaskalson.
- Newshour (2.00-3.00pm):
Judge Figele Bam - served on Robben Island at the same time as Nelson Mandela and shares a birthday with him. This year Judge Bam will join Nelson Mandela at his home in the Transkei for the birthday celebration.
- World Have Your Say (6.00-7.00pm): participants include: Kumi Naidoo; Lionel David; Kwedi Mkphalipi; Patricia de Lille; and Archbishop Ndungane, together with an invited audience of former wardens, political prisoners and current residents of Robben Island.
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