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Obama's Speech at Mandela Memorial Ceremony

Thousands of South Africans and visitors gathered at the FNB stadium to pay tribute to former president Nelson Mandela,.Attendees included 91 heads of state, 10 former heads of state, 75 dignitaries and 86 delegations from various organisations. Obama gave an incredible moving speech, while President Jacob Zuma got booed. An editorial on the Times Live website says: "It is a pity that, on the day the world came together to pay homage to Nelson Mandela, large sections of the crowd at the official memorial service heckled and booed President Jacob Zuma. Not because our scandal-prone, often bumbling, president doesn't deserve it - he manifestly does… Yesterday was a day to celebrate a giant - and our president paid the price for failing to measure up."

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