On that lovely autumn day I was accompanied by my daughter Zenani. On the podium, Mr de Klerk was first sworn in as second Deputy President. Then Thabo Mbeki was sworn in as first Deputy President. When it was my turn, I pledged to obey and uphold the Constitution and to devote myself to the well-being of the republic and its people.
(a) Who accompanied Nelson Mandela on the inauguration? (b) Who took the oath before Mandela? For what? (c) Find out the word from the passage that has the same meaning as ‘maintain’. (d) ……. means a small platform that a person stands on when giving a speech etc.
Answers
Explanation:
a. daughter Zenani
b. Mr de klerk
c. uphold
d. podium
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After reading the passage, the correct answers we get for the given questions are as the following:
(a) Nelson Mandela was accompanied by his daughter Zenani on the inauguration.
(b) Before Mandela, Mr de klerk took the oath.
(c) The word from the passage that has the same meaning as ‘maintain’ is 'uphold'.
(d) Podium means a small platform that a person stands on when giving a speech etc.
What is the source of this extract about 'Nelson Mandela'?
- The given extract is taken from the chapter 'Nelson Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom', an autobiography credited to South African President Nelson Mandela.
- It was first released in 1994 by Little Brown & Co. and was ghostwritten by Richard Stengel.
- His early years, coming of age, education, and 27 years in prison are all covered in the book.
- Due to his leadership of the then-illegal African National Congress (ANC) and its armed branch, the Umkhonto We Sizwe, Mandela was labelled a terrorist by the apartheid government and imprisoned on the notorious Robben Island.
- Later, he received respect on a global scale for his role as president in reestablishing the nation's formerly segregated society.
- His rise to political prominence and his conviction that the fight against apartheid in South Africa was still going on are described in the book's final chapters.
Therefore, an excerpt from Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela's autobiography titled "Nelson Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom" depicts the battle for black people's freedom in South Africa. Mandela wrote in his book that he dedicated it to "my six children, Madiba and Makaziwe (my first daughter), who are now deceased, as well as to Makgatho, Makaziwe, Zenani, and Zindzi, whose love and support I treasure; to my twenty-one grandchildren and three great-grandchildren, who bring me great joy; and to all my comrades, friends, and fellow South Africans whom I serve and whose courage, determination, and paiotism remain my source of inspiration."
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