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Happy birthday, Mr Mandela!
Here are your birthday messages for Nelson Mandela, who turned 88 on 18 July 2006.
Thank you all for your support!
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Dear Mr Mandela: |
South Africa could never thank you enough. All the best, Madiba.
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The SAinfo team
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Johannesburg, South Africa
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Dear Mr Mandela: |
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABUMANDELA WE LOVE FOR THE GOODTHIGS YOU HAVE AND STILL DO FOR US UBE NOSUKU OLUHLE
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NHLAKANIPHPO
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UMLAZI KWANDOSI
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Dear Mr Mandela: |
you have been an icon and inspiration to the world.
May you remain healthy, grow more gracious and remain with us forever
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Thomas Thale
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Roodepoort
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Dear Mr Mandela: |
Happy 88th birthday Madiba. God bless you.
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Ndaba
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Johannesburg
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Dear Mr Mandela: |
Your strength, belief and hope have put me where I am today... in a free country where a black man is no longer oppressed for what they cannot change... the colour of their skin. May the Good Lord shine his light upon you and shower you with Heavenly blessings!
Happy Birthday Tata!
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Keneilwe Tlholoe
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Soweto
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Dear Mr Mandela: |
To an inspirational man, who has shown the power of love to be the strongest and most unifying factor of all, Happy Birthday!
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Brad Morgan
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Pietermaritzburg
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Dear Mr Mandela: |
Happy birhday to you madiba & i wish you many years to come and God bless you.
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Vincent Molatana
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Bolobedu
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Dear Mr Mandela: |
I hope that you have a fantastic birthday, may it be a peaceful and joyful day for you
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Anish
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Johannesburg
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Dear Mr Mandela: |
Tata Mandela Happy 88th birthday. May god be with and you see many years to come.
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Ntshengedzeni Singo
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Johannesburg
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Dear Mr Mandela: |
You are a giant amoung men and have made me feel privilidged to be a South African during this period in our history. Happy birthday and many, many more to come.
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SallyAnn Niven
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Johannesburg, South Africa
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Dear Mr Mandela: |
Tata
If it were up to me, I would make sure that you do not depart from thid world, because I cannot imagine the world without an inspiration like you. Thank you for touching our lives in a special way that you have.
May your 88th birthday bring you peace, joy,and the love that you so richly deserve. Yours is the life well lived, the one that a lot of people can do well to emulate!
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Mirriam Moagi
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Houghton
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Dear Mr Mandela: |
Happy birthday Tata, may you see many more
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Daniel Ramarumo
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Ridgeway, Southgate
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Dear Mr Mandela: |
Ukhule ukhokhobe tata ulingane namagagasi olwandle
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Phumzile Ngwenya
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IMC Houghton
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Dear Mr Mandela: |
A birthday means you could stop a little and look down where you from and up to where you are going...85 aaahhh, you still have a long way to go. Let me invite you to my 22nd birthday in August 13..so you could tell me all about your day.Hope it goes well...
Lotso' love Rose Setshoge.
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Rose Setshoge
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Cape Town
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Dear Mr Mandela: |
hi mandela ,
happy birth to you, may you live long , according to your destiny, for the greate work you have done for south africa and africa africa are still sufering becuase of bad leaders , if we can have 10 leaders of you in africa , africa would be better than this . ones more again happy birth day to you ,
please continue your work god will be with you, amen.
from mr,bobbybabatunde.
from nigeria.
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bobbybabatunde
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nigeria
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Dear Mr Mandela: |
We wish you a very happy birthday and we sincerely hope that you still have many many more days like these!!
Thank you for everything you have done for every in South Africa, and elsewhere, but we would like you to take it easy now, rest and enjoy your retirement.
With great admiration, and love from all of here at Onrus Manor retirement village, Hermanus
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Deon L Pheiffer
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Hermanus
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Dear Mr Mandela: |
DEAR MR.NELSON MANDELA,
Congratulations from Bulgaria on your 88th birthday. This comes to you with me and my family's very best wishes to have you many more healthy, happy years ahead! Thank you for being the kind of leader and human being the world can look up to. You are a star who is here to brighten the dark life of poor little children, the lives of South Africans, lives of Africans, and the lives of everyone who is living on this planet. The world will be a peaceful place with leaders li
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Vassil,Zoya,Mario& Vyara Kirilov
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Sofia,Bulgaria
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Dear Mr Mandela: |
HAPPY B-DAY MADIBA, YOU ROCK, YOU ARE THE GREATEST. I AM CURRENTLY UB THE UK, BUT YOU ARE STILL MY HERO AND ROLE MODEL. HOPE YOU HAVE MANY MORE. MANY, MANY BLESSINGS.
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Ashley Draai
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London, England
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Dear Mr Mandela: |
You are an inspiration to so many people around the world.
We South Africans are not the only ones that are proud of you. I am working in Saudi Arabia and when the Arabs hear that we are from SA -the first words they express is " MANDELA -a good and fair man". You are my inspiration and I am proud of you.
Happy Birthday from all the expatriates in the Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia.
Lorraine
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Lorraine
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Dhahran Saudi Arabia
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Dear Mr Mandela: |
Happy 88th birthday Mr. Mandela. I really, really hope that you live to see the 2010 World Cup in your country. You have sacrificed a lot for South Africa. May you live a long, healthy and prosperous life. God blesss!
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Shivjit Singh Sandhu
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Surrey, BC, Canada
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Dear Mr Mandela: |
ATTN.MR NELSON MANDELA DEAR SIR WRITE NOWI OPEN RSA SITE AND LOOK UR BIRTH DAY IS COMINNG. IT IS GREAT CHANCE FOR ME TO WISH U A HAPPY BIRTH DAY.I ALSO PRAY FOR UR LONG LIFE AND GOOD HEALTH.IKNOW NOW U R NOT TOO YOUNG BUT UR WILL POWER IS TO MUCH BETTER THAN THE YOUNGER,S . SIR I ALSO READ UR BOOK PARTLY. SIR HOW CAN I CALL U OR MEET U. MY WISH TO TALK WITH U AND C U. SIR IF POSSIBLE MAY U REPLY ME WITH UR POSTEL ADDRESS AND PHONE NOS.WAITING FOR UR REPLY. WISH U A HAPPY BIRTH DAY AGAIN. MY NAME
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MAHMOOD AHMAD SALEEM
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PAKISTAN
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Dear Mr Mandela: |
Dear Madiba,
Enjoy the fruits of your labours, you have more than deserved it.
Many Happy returns on your Birthday.
Lol Janel, Tara, Kady & Mark
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Janel, Tara, Kady, Mark
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Vienna, Austria
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Dear Mr Mandela: |
HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY ! THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR YOUR LOYAL SERVICE TO SOUTH .YOU ARE INDEED A TRUE INSPERATION .
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DAPHNE MANGADI
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Dear Mr Mandela: |
Happy Birthday for Tuesday. You are a really great inspiration for the rest of the world. May you have many more birthdays. My wife and I are coming to South Africa next year, it is the first time I have been back since 1969 when I was with the Royal Navy.
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Derek Male
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Bodmin, Cornwall, England
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Dear Mr Mandela: |
HAPPY 88TH BIRTHDAY MR MANDELA!!! HOPE U HAVE A WONDERFUL YEAR ;)
FIGHT FOR WHAT U BELIEVED IN!
LOVE! LOVE!
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21-year-old girl
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Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Dear Mr Mandela: |
Thank you for our democracy. Thank you for making me proud to be South African. Happy birthday to you.
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Samuel Alexander-Ancer (12)
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Parkview, Joburg
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Dear Mr Mandela: |
Your wisdom, energy and sacrifice has changed and saved lives across the world. You've made us all wake up to the fact that Africa can and does produce great men of kindness. Now kick back, relax, and have the birthday you deserve. Happy 88th birthday, Mr Mandela.
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Mary Alexander
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Joburg
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Dear Mr Mandela: |
I send my greatings from Hungary. I like your country so much. I were there few times. I read your book Long wolk to freedom. I gradueted in theology and I'd like to go to the township and help the people there one day. Happy birthday to you. I'm so happy about you, our planet needs people like you, I wish you long life, and I hope one day I will meet with you :)
Victoria
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Victoria Nagy
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Hungary
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Dear Mr Mandela: |
Happy birthday, sir. You are an inspiration to me and many others.
From a "fellow-Canadian" and expat South African.
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Enver Millar
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Vancouver, CANADA.
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Dear Mr Mandela: |
Happy birthday tata
madiba youare the role model of all south africans we are very greatefull to have you as our father.you have shown us the power of love may you remain healthy and grow more gracious remain with us forever.
wish you many years to come.
as south africans we love you and proud to be south africans.
whereas i'm in the usa for now but never forget my home because i'm coming back as soon as i finished my studies
god bless you
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lulama,ntshulana
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New jersey(USA)
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Dear Mr Mandela: |
Dear Mr. Mandela,
You have been a great political leader and have endured much hardship but have come through it all triumphantly. I live in Australia and am 13 years old but admire your work against apartheid and that is why i did a biography of you in English. Happy Birthday for the 18th
of July
From, Arthur
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Arthur billingham
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Gunnedah, NSW, Australia
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Dear Mr Mandela: |
happy birthday. God bless your heart and even though I'm in the U.S, I'm still glad you have made africa a better place than ever before. I hope you don't depart from this world until a great leader like you comes in place. Africa and the world couldn't thank you more.
Michelle Lu
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Michelle Lu
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U.S.A, GA
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Dear Mr Mandela: |
Happy birthday Tata
I guess it may sound unfitting but in an African way"Ukhule ungakhokhobi nonwele olude Madiba".
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Thabani
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Woodhaven-Durban
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Dear Mr Mandela: |
enkosi ngokuzinikela ukuba ube lidini ngenxa yelizwe lakho tata. sakuhlala sikubulela ngenxa yoko. ngabe ndithi ukhule kodwa ungakhokhobi, nto nje iyakube ngamanyal'enyoka lawo. khula tata, usikeleleke ngokuba sifuna ukubhiyoza kunye nawe xa ugqiba iminyaka elikhulu. mini emnandi! obebhala, phumza.
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Phumza Sokana
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Auckland Park, Johannesburg
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Dear Mr Mandela: |
When a lot of us shied as far away as possible from the problem our country was facing, you tata soldiered on. you braved all odds to see this country through those dark days. that is precisely the reason God has protected you until you are 88. He is still going to abide with you until you turn 100, for you are a true hero. ulubhiyozele ngoxolo usuku lwakho lokuzalwa tata, you derseve the best.
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Phumza Sokana
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Auckland Park, Johannesburg
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Dear Mr Mandela: |
as a south african, i have been working for four years in south korea now. not many people here know about our country but they all know about you. you have made me proud to be in this part of the world and to be a proud south african. i wish for you a wonderful birthday and also that God can safe you for us for many more years to come. God bless you Madiba
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george boucher
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suncheon city, south korea
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Dear Mr Mandela: |
Happy birthday to a true living hero!
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Richard Zemry Johnson, Jr.
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Mansfield, La., USA
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Dear Mr Mandela: |
THE MESSIAH OF ALL AFRICANS MAY GOD BLESS YOU IN ABUNDANCE THE SYMBOL OF HOPE AND LIGHT IF WISHES WERE HORSES I WOULD HAVE REQUESTED THE ALMIGHTY TO DOUBLE YOU,RE YEARS TO 176 AND LET ALL OUR OFFSPRINGS SEE THE GREATMAN WHO DELIVERED US FROM THE CHAINS OF THIS WORLD.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MADIBA SIYABULELA UKUBA NO TATA OFANA NAWE EMHLABENI.
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VUSUMZI MASELANA
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GAUTENG
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Dear Mr Mandela: |
A BIRTHDAY to you TATA MADIBA from a proudly South African current working and living in the USA. South Africa will always be home and you will always be my HERO. "You're the worlds greatest". May God bless you and your family abundantly and may there be many more to come. Thank you for what you have done for our country. I will alway love, admire, respect and be gratefull to you.
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Muriel Jacobs
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California, USA
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Dear Mr Mandela: |
Happy Birthday!!! No politics...!!!
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Andi + Lesley
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Vancouver, Canada
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Dear Mr Mandela: |
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY GOD BLESS YOU MANNY MORE YEARS TO COME
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SERGAL FISHER
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NEWLANDS GAUTENG
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Dear Mr Mandela: |
happy birth day.
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Abebaw Kemaw
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Addis Ababa,Ethiopia
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Dear Mr Mandela: |
Happy Birthday and we all love you.
May God Bless You.
Years ago i had bitterness in my heart for many things we suffered during apartheid. Looking through windows to watch a movie at the town hall in Port St Johns, buying items through the window, 2nd beach cafe etc, etc. You have shown us we can still love our neighbours.
Coloured and proudly S A
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Kevin Lundall
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Iran ( working )
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Dear Mr Mandela: |
HI MANDELA,
I AM SO PROUD TO SHARE A BIRTHDAY WITH YOU!YOU ARE INDEED AN INSPIRATION TO ALL,I WISH ALL WORLD LEADERS WOULD FOLLOW IN YOUR FOOTSTEPS.MAY GOD BLESS AND PROTECT YOU ALWAYS.MAY YOU LIVE TO BLOW 1001 CANDLES!HAPPY BIRTH DAY,MADIBA!!!
LOTS OF LOVE.
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BERNICE WANJIRU
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DUBAI,UAE.
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Dear Mr Mandela: |
I would like to wish you a happy 88th Birthday on 18 July 2006. Have rewarding and prosperious days ahead.
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Mandla Ndlovu
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Milnerton, Cape Town
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Dear Mr Mandela: |
DEAR OUR BELOVED FORMER PRESIDENT,
To start with. i am so happy for you to be one of the famous african leader known in the world.
i am a nigerian (student) schooling in Bayero Universitry Kano. Best wishes to have you many more healthy, happy years ahead! Thank you for being the kind of leader and human being the world can look up to.
You are a star who is here to brighten the dark life of poor little children, the lives of South Africans, lives of Africans, and the lives of everyo
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Name: |
ibrahim mustapha (balwaz)
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Kano - Nigeria.
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Dear Mr Mandela: |
many happy returns from all your friends and well wishers in Leicester United Kingdom
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Abdul Haq
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Leicester United Kingdom
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Dear Mr Mandela: |
Happy Birthday, and many more of them.
We will be arriving in South Africa for the first time on the 18th.
Thanks for all you have done not just for your country, but to give hope to every country
Best wishes
Peter and Jacqui Kerr
from Scotland
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Peter and Jacqui Kerr
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Orkney, Scotland
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Dear Mr Mandela: |
madiba,
happy birthday long life and prosperity.This is one of the moments i feel really good ie being able to send a birthday prayer to someone i really respect and see as the madiba of africa a true symbol/icon of leadership in africa africans proposing to be leaders should not only do a thorough study on u but meet with you to learn true leadership which is selfless andaccomodating. I'm a nigerian but i love and hold u in really high esteem and pray GOD WILL DO EXCEEDINGLY ABUNDANTLY ABOVE A
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tunmise okufuwa
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nigeria
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Dear Mr Mandela: |
You have always been a hero to many, including me. and your message of peaceful reconciliation will be carried through the ages. happy birthday!
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Stephen Dragun
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California
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