Daily Archives: July 18, 2012

Zuma thanks Tata for ‘selfless contribution’

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Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe and President Jacob Zuma were dressed in Mandela Day T-shirts  along with other cabinet members  to show their full support for Mandela Day. They posed for this picture during a cabinet meeting held at the Union Buildings. Photo: GCIS

“Happy Birthday, Madiba. The whole nation loves you dearly.” These were the words of President Jacob Zuma on Tuesday as birthday wishes for Nelson Mandela began flowing in from across the political spectrum and around the world.

Well-wishers joined the call on people across the globe to perform 67 minutes of public service on Mandela Day.

Writing in an open letter, Zuma hailed Mandela for his “selfless contribution” to SA and said South Africans must strive more to achieve his dream.

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‘I just said ‘Please, let me catch her’

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A New York bus driver has become a surprise hero after saving a seven-year-old girl who accidentally fell three stories from a Brooklyn apartment building.

New York – A New York bus driver has become a surprise hero after saving a seven-year-old girl who accidentally fell three storeys from a Brooklyn apartment building.

“I just said ‘Please, let me catch her, lord, please let me catch her,” Stephen St. Bernard told local NY1 television about Monday’s rescue in the Brooklyn’s Coney Island neighbourhood.

A video of the incident taken on a cellphone and broadcast by the channel showed the girl standing on an air conditioning unit outside her apartment window more than 10 metres from the ground.

Amid cries from people watching the scene unfold from the ground, the girl fell into the arms of St Bernard.

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