As South Africa celebrates 100 years since the birth of freedom fighter and former President Nelson Mandela, London’s Parliament Square was treated to a more than typical South African tribute.
A day after former US President Barack Obama delivered the 16th Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture, the world has, to a certain degree, truly taken in the enormity of what it means to be South African during Nelson Mandela’s centenary celebrations.
#Mandela100 LONDON@eNCA pic.twitter.com/fC1gnkBJYD
— Olly Barratt (@ollybarratt) July 18, 2018
This choir is about to sing in Westminster Abbey in honour of Nelson Mandela and they've been joined for an impromptu singalong in Parliament Square by South Africa's women's hockey team! @eNCA pic.twitter.com/B42gpGBB9K
— Olly Barratt (@ollybarratt) July 18, 2018
The South African women's hockey team paying tribute in London on #Mandela100 @eNCA pic.twitter.com/fvAfcHXl1m
— Olly Barratt (@ollybarratt) July 18, 2018
Source: eNCA