class=”submitted”> Author: YU Editor on Wed, 01/05/2013 – 16:29.
broadcast on Monday night images of Nelson Mandela on public television provoked rejection reactions in South Africa, where many consider it indecent show so weakened the national hero of 94.
Images were recorded on the occasion of a visit by the leaders of the African National Congress (ANC), the ruling party-the home of Mandela in Johannesburg, three weeks after leaving the hospital where he was treated for pneumonia.
social networking and discussions on the radio, many South Africans were so blinded to see showcased, for the greater glory of the leaders of the ANC, who respectfully called ‘Madiba’. Some denounced the contradictions of those same leaders, who had imposed a total silence to the press during the recent hospitalization of Mandela, refusing even to disclose the name of the hospital, in order to “preserve the privacy” of the president.
For about 15 seconds, saw the former president sitting in a chair, his legs covered with a blanket. His face looked waxen and expressed no emotion.
These images contrasted sharply with statements by President Jacob Zuma at the end of the visit: “He seems fine, is in good condition, talk to him, he shook hands, smiled,” the head of state.
“The ANC and the government never ceased to lecture the media to respect the privacy and dignity of Madiba. now see how to treat it,” said Patrick Conroy, director of NCA private channel information, in a post on the Twitter network.
“After everything this man has done for us, here’s how you treat it. Like an animal at the zoo What a shame!” said for his part Marius van der Walt, journalist Jacaranda FM radio.
ANC spokesman Jackson Mthembu, came to the defense of their leaders on Tuesday morning. “We wanted to share a ‘Madiba’ in its fragility (…) to show the South Africans and the world that is still with us. Already not a boy. Shortly meet 95 years and is listed as a person of your age “he said. AFP
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