Moment in the struggle against apartheid, and look behind one of the most famous photos of mandela, taken the day he was released from prison. Good evening, from soweto on the streets where so much blood was shed in a long and bitter battle against apartheid. Streets tonight have been a place of celebration for the life of Nelson Mandela. Much more on that in a few moments. But our top story tonight comes from california, where an 85yearold american man is home after a sevenweek ordeal as a prisoner in north korea. The end of a tense standoff came suddenly, the north korean government saying Merrill Newman, a korean war vet with a heart condition was released for humanitarian reasons. Nbcs mike taibbi is in palo alto with more porous. Good evening. Reporter good evening, lester. The north korean officers say they deported Merrill Newman, others say he was freed after a detention that never should have happened. The exmarine for a trip that lasted much longer than it should have is home
Good evening, from soweto on the streets where so much blood was shed in a long and bitter battle against apartheid. Streets tonight have been a place of celebration for the life of Nelson Mandela. Much more on that in a few moments. But our top story tonight comes from california, where an 85yearold american man is home after a sevenweek ordeal as a prisoner in north korea. The end of a tense standoff came suddenly, the north korean government saying Merrill Newman, a korean war vet with a heart condition was released for humanitarian reasons. Nbcs mike taibbi is in palo alto with more for us. Good evening. Reporter good evening, lester. The north korean officers say they deported Merrill Newman, others say he was freed after a detention that never should have happened. Bottom line, the 85yearold the exmarine for a trip that lasted much longer than it should have is home. It happened quickly without any prior announcement, the flight from pyongyang to beijing, and Merrill Newman final
Democratic Alliance (DA) leader John Steenhuisen said that the future of South Africa s youth looked bleak and the freedom won in 1994 had not translated into economic transformation.
a point of no return. i wish to god that i am wrong. basicallyjust saying to him that if the government doesn t show, by some dramatic, symbolic act, that they are taking seriously ouranguish and our expression of it, that i had a nightmarish fear that we were going to have an explosion. and this was 1976, may. and he dismissed my letter contemptuously and, of course, something like a few weeks later, june the 16th happened, when violence, in fact, did erupt. the uprising that began among soweto high school students soon swept across the country. the fight against apartheid was now on the streets seemingly unstoppable. and for many white south africans, desmond tutu quickly became