Mandela’s eldest daughter South Africa’s ambassador to Buenos Aires

Tuesday, July 3rd 2012 - 02:50 UTC

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Argentina has handed Nelson Mandela’s eldest daughter, Zenani Mandela-Dlamini, credentials as South Africa’s ambassador to Buenos Aires, the foreign ministry said on Monday. Read full article

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Think
Welcome sister............
Amandla.
Jul 03rd, 2012 - 04:08 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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xbarilox
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Jul 03rd, 2012 - 06:02 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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ernest shackleton
Cant find any mention of this on the SA Embassy to Argentina site - this is the page where you would expect to find such an announcement - http://www.sudafrica.org.ar/ingles/home/home/announcement.php

Tony Leon - former opposition leader - is the current ambassador and from his record I'm sure a very impressive one. Mandela's daughter???? what qualifications does she have aside from being Mandela's daughter? I suspect none except loyalty to the Stalinist ANC heirarchy. A big retrograde step.
Jul 03rd, 2012 - 12:14 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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British_Kirchnerist
Mandela's daughter working with Cristina, simply marvelous =)
Jul 03rd, 2012 - 12:20 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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JohnN
3: There is something unseemly about this appointment - and the apparent trashing of Tony Leon in the process. As reported in SA news The Sunday Independent, Leon really has apparently been kept out of the loop on his being taken from the Argentine diplo position (“reportedly asked to come home ahead of his scheduled return”) and on this appointment of Zenani Mandela-Dlamini.

Ironic that with RSA being a republic (but again a Commonwealth member), Mandela-Dlamini gets to keep her honorific HRH, although now divorced from Swazi Prince Thumbumuzi Dlamini.

Noted also is how many of the ANC-related princelings have become RSA diplos.

Reference:
http://www.iol.co.za/sundayindependent/mandela-set-for-diplomatic-posting-to-argentina-1.1316779
Jul 03rd, 2012 - 01:15 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Ozgood
This is probably part of Zuma's game plan to win reelection at Magaung at the end of the year. He is deeply unpopular among certain sections of the black population as well as many others.

By choosing Mandela's daughter as the ambassador he will gain favour with other ethnic groups including the Xhosas.

There is something called Karma. What goes around comes around.
Jul 03rd, 2012 - 02:36 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Truth_Telling_Troll
I hope not, because if that is the case then Europe right now is BOOMING in prosperity.

5 years of crisis down, 345 years to go (1600-1950 colonial age Europe must and WILL repay). If not willingly, unwillingly.
Jul 03rd, 2012 - 02:46 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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briton
Perhaps,
The day Africa gets over its in fighting,
And replaces its guns for prosperity and export more creating, economic growth, instead of conflict,
Then she will stand and take her place in the real world, and grow.

She is but the oldest of peoples, yet among the poorest.
Just a thought .
Jul 03rd, 2012 - 02:56 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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cornishair
5 years of crisis down, 345 years to go (1600-1950 colonial age Europe must and WILL repay). If not willingly, unwillingly.?

202 years of Argentinian colonialism (Agentina must and will repay) :p
Jul 03rd, 2012 - 05:08 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Conor
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Dont bother MR cornishair, I made the point about Argentines colonial situation to him many times and he ignored it.
Jul 06th, 2012 - 06:19 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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