Still standing tall: Mandela now immortalised in 40 statues

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This week two statues of Nelson Mandela were unveiled as the world marked Mandela Day — the annual global event which pays tribute to South Africa’s first black head of state and the first elected in a fully representative democratic election. ..From World War 1 to present-day cosmopolitan South Africa and beyond, the Sunday Times has been a pillar in covering the stories that matter to you.

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