All-time great: Nelson Mandela(REUTERS)

South African youth have rated former President Nelson Mandela the greatest leader of all time, according to a survey released yesterday.

“When asked who they thought was the greatest leader of all time, 71.6% voted for Nelson Mandela, 7% for Barack Obama, 6.7% for Martin Luther King and 3.8% for Gandhi,” researchers said.

Pondering Panda conducted the survey among 4 500 South Africans aged 18 to 34 via cellphone last week. Asked who the best South African President since democracy was, 84% of respondents answered Mandela, 7% said Thabo Mbeki and 4% voted for President Jacob Zuma whereas 5% of respondents were undecided.

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