Mandela on life support, faces 'impending death'

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abul 10 years ago

we wish him all the best

we wish him all the best
Nicholas J Bedzo 10 years ago

Papa, hard to depart with you but noting we can do than to say GOODBYE
we shall meet again,bye.

Papa, hard to depart with you but noting we can do than to say GOODBYE
we shall meet again,bye.
Nyansasem 10 years ago

The reason why Madiba would be the greatest African is, he symbolizes- PATRIOTISM, PATIENCE, TOLERANCE, HONESTY, INTEGRITY, UNITY, PEACE and FREEDOM, in a continent where leaders see their opponents as enemies and can't sit ...
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The reason why Madiba would be the greatest African is, he symbolizes- PATRIOTISM, PATIENCE, TOLERANCE, HONESTY, INTEGRITY, UNITY, PEACE and FREEDOM, in a continent where leaders see their opponents as enemies and can't sit down and share meal together to bring peace and prosperity in their countries.

When he crosses the last path, may he ask God to CLONE him and send him to Ghana, because with Nkrumah aside, we have had idiots and heartless leaders till now.

Madiba, your legacy will live on.
SARPONG 10 years ago

I think they are doing this mainly for Mandela to reach his 95th birthday which is about two weeks away. I don't see any other reason why he should be kept on life support when Doctors have practically declared him dead.

I think they are doing this mainly for Mandela to reach his 95th birthday which is about two weeks away. I don't see any other reason why he should be kept on life support when Doctors have practically declared him dead.
Nyansasem 10 years ago

My sentiments exactly, and that of the palaver of his burial place. Since his burial place has been settled, I see no reason why they should keep him till his birthday which he can't celebrate. And more importantly, this is a ...
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My sentiments exactly, and that of the palaver of his burial place. Since his burial place has been settled, I see no reason why they should keep him till his birthday which he can't celebrate. And more importantly, this is a person who wants people to work on his birthday.

I know the daughters, grandsons/daughters and great-grandsons/daughters will milk his name dry after he has gone, but his legacy will live forever, not only in Africa but everywhere.
AKASI MARTHA NZEMA 10 years ago

EWUSI ARE YOU FROM AFTER AKOBRA? ELLEMBELE.

EWUSI ARE YOU FROM AFTER AKOBRA? ELLEMBELE.
JAMES ACQUAH 10 years ago

GREAT ONE

GREAT ONE
Ewusi 10 years ago

It is time to go home righteous one

It is time to go home righteous one
Ewusi 10 years ago

Why Mandela is Africa? greatest ,Kwame Nkrumah could have sent all whites to detention.

Why Mandela is Africa? greatest ,Kwame Nkrumah could have sent all whites to detention.
Coco 10 years ago

Only God knows best. Whatever happens in the
end, you are a great inspiration to the whole
world and we love you.

Only God knows best. Whatever happens in the
end, you are a great inspiration to the whole
world and we love you.
Kojo T 10 years ago

Madiba all progressives are with you. We will never forget you

Madiba all progressives are with you. We will never forget you
nick 10 years ago

Hmmmm! Papa God will keep u in a safe place

Hmmmm! Papa God will keep u in a safe place
LYDIA 10 years ago

Father, we love to the end.God be with you

Father, we love to the end.God be with you
TESANO NIGGA ONE 10 years ago

HMMMM U SEE DID HE TAKE ANY THING WITH HIM? MAHAMA AND CO THINK VERY WELL BECAUSE WHEN U DIE U WILL NOT TAKE ALL THE MONEY U GUYS ARE STEAL WITH U, TAKE GOD.WHEN U HAVE FOOD, WATER, SOME WHERE TO SLEEP THANKS GOD AND THINK TO ...
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HMMMM U SEE DID HE TAKE ANY THING WITH HIM? MAHAMA AND CO THINK VERY WELL BECAUSE WHEN U DIE U WILL NOT TAKE ALL THE MONEY U GUYS ARE STEAL WITH U, TAKE GOD.WHEN U HAVE FOOD, WATER, SOME WHERE TO SLEEP THANKS GOD AND THINK TO HELP OTHERS WHO DONN,T....
ANDY BABANAWO 10 years ago

WE WISH YOU WELL IN YOUR JOURNEY TO YOUR MAKER. MAY HIS ANGELS MEET YOU ON THE WAY AND CARRY YOU TO YOUR MAKER.YOU HAVE FOUGHT A GOOD FIGHT, YOU LIBERATED YOUR PEOPLE FROM SLAVERY, YOU HAVE KEPT THE FAITH.SAFE JOURNEY.

WE WISH YOU WELL IN YOUR JOURNEY TO YOUR MAKER. MAY HIS ANGELS MEET YOU ON THE WAY AND CARRY YOU TO YOUR MAKER.YOU HAVE FOUGHT A GOOD FIGHT, YOU LIBERATED YOUR PEOPLE FROM SLAVERY, YOU HAVE KEPT THE FAITH.SAFE JOURNEY.
MenayeAFUAforiwa 10 years ago

Let the Wishes of the good Lord happen,He gave and He can take it back without any questions from anyone.His name be Praised for His works are Supreme.

Let the Wishes of the good Lord happen,He gave and He can take it back without any questions from anyone.His name be Praised for His works are Supreme.
KWABENA OHEMENG,LONDON. 10 years ago

It is sad that Nelson Mandela is going through a very painful death which has come about as a result of the family and the ANC's belief that they have the magic wand to extend his life.Or do they think that he is immortal.No ...
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It is sad that Nelson Mandela is going through a very painful death which has come about as a result of the family and the ANC's belief that they have the magic wand to extend his life.Or do they think that he is immortal.No human lives forever on earth and certainly Mandela's life on earth has come to an end.He should no more be made to go through the torture he has been going through.Enough is enough.He should be allowed to join his ancestors and three children who are also in in the other world.Let sanity prevail,please.
SARPONG 10 years ago

Kwabena, I think they are doing this mainly for Mandela to reach his 95th birthday which is about two weeks away. I don't see any other reason why he should be kept on life support when Doctors have practically declared him d ...
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Kwabena, I think they are doing this mainly for Mandela to reach his 95th birthday which is about two weeks away. I don't see any other reason why he should be kept on life support when Doctors have practically declared him dead.
KWABENA OHEMENG,LONDON. 10 years ago

Sarpong,i have just burst into an uncontrollable laughing. A man on a life support to celebrate his birthday?Is he aware of what is going on around him? Will he be able to cut his birthday cake?Anyway some africans believe in ...
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Sarpong,i have just burst into an uncontrollable laughing. A man on a life support to celebrate his birthday?Is he aware of what is going on around him? Will he be able to cut his birthday cake?Anyway some africans believe in life after death and in some cases even feed the dead.
Kwesi Mensah 10 years ago

Indeed,there were rumours that Mandela was already dead but Zuma was keeping on life support till after the visit of Obama. I know a South African academic who is furious that Zuma took a picture with Mandela when he visited ...
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Indeed,there were rumours that Mandela was already dead but Zuma was keeping on life support till after the visit of Obama. I know a South African academic who is furious that Zuma took a picture with Mandela when he visited him earlier on before his condition worsened. He thought it was undignified for the picture to have been published and also said Zuma was lieing about Mandela's condition improving just to keep the masses calm and to seek political capital out of the notion that the government was providing first-class care to Mandela.

From my knowledge of elderly people in our culture, they always prefer to die peacefully at home in familiar surroundings and with their loved ones. Madiba loves being in Qunu - his childhood village where he wants to be buried - and the ANC government should just have provided hospice care for him at his home in Qunu. It is really a shame that Madiba was taken to far-away Pretoria. This reveals the terrible job the corrupt ANC government has done. There is simply no decent hospital anywhere near Qunu. Not even a provincial hospital in the province Qunu is located in. Madiba should have been allowed to die peacefully with dignity in his beloved Qunu.

P.S. Mandela is certainly dying of old age but the complications and apparent collapse of his lungs are due to the terrible, wicked, evil punishment of breaking stones in a quarry that the racist apartheid system subjected him to. Madiba, like Osagyefo, has literally given his life for his country in the most painful way!
SARPONG 10 years ago

Well said Mr Mensah

Well said Mr Mensah
KWABENA OHEMENG,LONDON. 10 years ago

The former ANC youth leader Julius Malema refers to Jacob Zuma as an illterate.I do not think he is far from right.The problem with the ANC right now is that it has failed to be a viable political party worth ruling South Afr ...
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The former ANC youth leader Julius Malema refers to Jacob Zuma as an illterate.I do not think he is far from right.The problem with the ANC right now is that it has failed to be a viable political party worth ruling South Africa.It did well as a liberation movement but has failed miserably as a political party.The ANC at the moment lacks a visionary,charismatic leader and has not done much to change the plight of blacks in South Africa.No wonder former anglican bishop Desmond Tutu says he is not going to vote for the ANC again.This is a big blow the ANC's credibility.
Tsoo Hami 10 years ago

Stop the sensationalism, Ghanaweb. We all know his departure is imminent but dont harp on it to promote readership. Why should we rush such a hero to the grave? It smacks of complicity, Ghanaweb.

Stop the sensationalism, Ghanaweb. We all know his departure is imminent but dont harp on it to promote readership. Why should we rush such a hero to the grave? It smacks of complicity, Ghanaweb.
Palava 10 years ago

Well said bro. The heading is just annoying and stupid. Like you said, we all know that he's not well which is due to his age. How can you say that he faces an impending death. Your heading makes me sick ghanaweb!

Well said bro. The heading is just annoying and stupid. Like you said, we all know that he's not well which is due to his age. How can you say that he faces an impending death. Your heading makes me sick ghanaweb!
DAN 10 years ago

Hmmmmm, it is amazing how some people treat the people who sacrificed their lives for their nation to come very far and how we as GHANAIANS KILL OUR LEADERS WITH OUR EVIL TONGUES AND ALWAYS WISH THEIR DEATH. I am not surprise ...
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Hmmmmm, it is amazing how some people treat the people who sacrificed their lives for their nation to come very far and how we as GHANAIANS KILL OUR LEADERS WITH OUR EVIL TONGUES AND ALWAYS WISH THEIR DEATH. I am not surprised we are always retrogressing in your journey as a nation. Even when the man is suffering with breathing they give a life support machine, i am just wondering what the case would be had he been a Ghanaian! They will just sing all the bad sides evil people have created for the person and pretend to love the person when he dies. WHAT A COUNTRY AND ITS PEOPLE.
appiah, Nkoranza 10 years ago

He is really a selfless man of God. I pray that Ghanaian leaders and Ghanaians as a whole will learn the selflessness of this man if we really want our nation to develop. Hon. Martin Amidu is another shining example.

He is really a selfless man of God. I pray that Ghanaian leaders and Ghanaians as a whole will learn the selflessness of this man if we really want our nation to develop. Hon. Martin Amidu is another shining example.
Komla 10 years ago

Mr. Nelson Mandela has finished his work here on earth and we should let him go peacefully.

Mr. Nelson Mandela has finished his work here on earth and we should let him go peacefully.
K''DUA FLOWERS (fr) 10 years ago

NO MATTER WHAT CONDITIONS OUR NELSON IS IN,WE CONSIDER HIM ALIVE THEREFORE, WE WISH HIM A VERY SPEEDY RECOVERY.

NO MATTER WHAT CONDITIONS OUR NELSON IS IN,WE CONSIDER HIM ALIVE THEREFORE, WE WISH HIM A VERY SPEEDY RECOVERY.
conny 10 years ago

People like selfless Mandela will be in heaven and not our own good for nothing late atta mills who allowed the greedy bastards to loot and share state monies. I believe he is in hell for the lies and pain he caused Ghanaian ...
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People like selfless Mandela will be in heaven and not our own good for nothing late atta mills who allowed the greedy bastards to loot and share state monies. I believe he is in hell for the lies and pain he caused Ghanaians which is still on going.
Noble 10 years ago

The world loves you

The world loves you
Noble 10 years ago

You have fought the good fight, Run the race, kept the faith and i hope the righteous Man will give you a peaceful rest. RIP Mendela, we love you but God's love surpasses all.Bye bye byeeeeeeee till we meet again

You have fought the good fight, Run the race, kept the faith and i hope the righteous Man will give you a peaceful rest. RIP Mendela, we love you but God's love surpasses all.Bye bye byeeeeeeee till we meet again
asanka 10 years ago

HE LIVED A GREAT LIFE.A LIFE OF SACRIFICE FOR HIS COUNTRY,HIS PEOPLE AND THE WORLD AT LARGE.HIS NAME WOULD BE ETCHED IN GOLD IN HISTORY AND HE WOULD BE FOREVER REMEMBERED BY ALL AND GENERATIONS UNBORN.HE IS ONE OF A KIND OF A ...
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HE LIVED A GREAT LIFE.A LIFE OF SACRIFICE FOR HIS COUNTRY,HIS PEOPLE AND THE WORLD AT LARGE.HIS NAME WOULD BE ETCHED IN GOLD IN HISTORY AND HE WOULD BE FOREVER REMEMBERED BY ALL AND GENERATIONS UNBORN.HE IS ONE OF A KIND OF AFRICAN LEADERS SO FAR.SUCH SELFLESS CHARACTER IS WHAT AFRICA NEEDS TO LIFT THE CONTINENT FROM POVERTY AND HUNGER.MAY GOD RICHLY BLESS HIM
GOD BLESS MANDELLA 10 years ago

Thank God for your LIFE.
You have been an INSPIRATION to your GENERATION.

God bless you.
Amen.

Thank God for your LIFE.
You have been an INSPIRATION to your GENERATION.

God bless you.
Amen.
GREAT NANA ANTWI 10 years ago

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Daavi 10 years ago

Leave the old man alone. He has lived a very worthy life. The Authorities should just leave him to go in peace.

Leave the old man alone. He has lived a very worthy life. The Authorities should just leave him to go in peace.
Haruna Clifford Nabia 10 years ago

Infact, Ghana has also got someone similar to Mandela. That is Kofi Anane. May almighty God bless all of them with excellent breezes of heaven when they die.

Infact, Ghana has also got someone similar to Mandela. That is Kofi Anane. May almighty God bless all of them with excellent breezes of heaven when they die.
nhyiraba 10 years ago

He could have refused to have peacefully hand over power but a man of discretion and or a higher dignity was even givig all forms support to the growth and development of his country and beyound.A real Father of the South Afr ...
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He could have refused to have peacefully hand over power but a man of discretion and or a higher dignity was even givig all forms support to the growth and development of his country and beyound.A real Father of the South Africans,AFRICAN and the WORLD.PATROITIC MANDELA;You are the world's hero,steps to be followed,life to be emulated,a book to be learnt, a lesson to be taught.himmmm!!!!! but no more can you be found yet your patroitism would forever remain with the WORLD.Your resume would could cause nostagia in all AFRICANS WHEN THEY TRAVEL ABROAD.Oh!!! SUCH WAS A GREAT AFRICAN LEADER... MAY YOU REST IN PERFECT PEACE.
Ibn Batuta 10 years ago

Publishing court document charges as facts is lazy journalism. These are mere speculations.

Publishing court document charges as facts is lazy journalism. These are mere speculations.
Nana Adjei 10 years ago

The man ha already died long time ago before Obama visited his relatives in South Africa and you are lying to us as if he is not dead. Just get on with his funeral and burry the body

The man ha already died long time ago before Obama visited his relatives in South Africa and you are lying to us as if he is not dead. Just get on with his funeral and burry the body
Abe 10 years ago

Here we go again with gonzo journalism.How would you feel if he was your father in this state and his health was being discussed in such terms? Kindly leave this honorable man ALONE! That is the least he deserves instead of s ...
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Here we go again with gonzo journalism.How would you feel if he was your father in this state and his health was being discussed in such terms? Kindly leave this honorable man ALONE! That is the least he deserves instead of speculating on the kind of treatment he is being given. Or better still pray for him
yaw-columbus oh 10 years ago

In fact, I give a -0.00000000----------to this publication.It should be noted that the highest respect has to be accorded to this World class icon.He is not yet dead although everybody know that he is seriously ill.I read a ...
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In fact, I give a -0.00000000----------to this publication.It should be noted that the highest respect has to be accorded to this World class icon.He is not yet dead although everybody know that he is seriously ill.I read and watched other promonent international news such as CNN,BBC,CCTV etc,etc and none of them have reported this as Ghanaweb and other African news have portrayed.PLEASE AFRICAN JOURNALISTS LEAN TO RESPECT AND DO YOUR BUSINESS ACCORDING TO THE ETHICS AND NORMS OF JOURNALISM.Even our chiefs are respected how much more an icon like MANDELA.
Natural Mystic 10 years ago

It is rather sad that Madiba's children are busy fighting amongst themselves because of money while the old man is in intensive care. It is alleged that money is the root cause of the tsunami-like feud. Chief Mandla Mandela ( ...
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It is rather sad that Madiba's children are busy fighting amongst themselves because of money while the old man is in intensive care. It is alleged that money is the root cause of the tsunami-like feud. Chief Mandla Mandela (a chief and grandson of Madiba)has torn into her aunt Makhaziwe Mandela ( a feisty lady who is married to a Ghanaian) and his half-brothers Ndaba and Mbezo. Mandla has accused Mbezo of impregnating his (Mandla's) wife. Too sad. There's no need to wash one's family dirty linen in public. Anyway, Madiba' is a fighter! He will stoically fight his way back to life.
Givemore 10 years ago

We have u at heart the great

We have u at heart the great

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