SA sings happy birthday Nelson Mandela

Soweto – South Africa’s 12 million schoolchildren sang happy birthday to Nelson Mandela as he turned 94 on Wednesday, at the start of events to honour the former president.

At 08:00, children began their day at school with a special birthday song ringing with the line: “We love you father”.

“This is a very important day for all of us,” said Paul Ramela, principal at a primary school in Soweto.

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