Zwelivelile Mandela thanks President Tebboune, Algerian people

 
President Tebboune receives Zwelivelile Mandela
 
ALGIERS- President of the Republic Abdelmadjid Tebboune receives Thursday, in Algiers, Zwelivelile Mandela, the grandson of late South African leader Nelson Mandela.
 
In a statement following the audience, Zwelivelile Mandela said he is “very pleased” to participate in the inauguration of Baraki stadium, named after Nelson Mandela who “considered Algeria as his second country.”
 
 
“This is recognition not only to South Africa but to all Africa to name this sports facility after late Mandela. It is an honor to the Mandela family to be here in Algeria. We will continue struggling for the African causes, notably that of the people of Western Sahara, Africa’s last colony,” affirmed the grandson of late Mandela.
 
“We must combine our efforts so that the Sahrawi people could restore their independence and sovereignty. I talked with the President of the Republic about the strengthening of the bilateral relations with South Africa as part of the African Parliament, the African Union and the United Nations, in order to continue the work initiated by late Mandela,” he added.
 
Mandela’s grandson said he wishes that Algeria will succeed in organizing the African Nations Championship which will start on Friday evening with an opening match between Algeria and Libya at 8.00 p.m. at Nelson Mandela Stadium, in Baraki (Algiers).
 
Zwelivelile Mandela thanks President Tebboune, Algerian people
 
ALGIERS- Zwelivelile Mandela, the grandson of late South African leader Nelson Mandela, extended a message of thanks to president of the Republic Abdelmadjid Tebboune and to the Algerian people for naming the new stadium of Baraki after Nelson Mandela.
“We thank President of the Republic Abdelmadjid Tebboune, the Algerian government and people for the inauguration of the new stadium Nelson Mandela and we wish them good luck for the African Nations Championship (CHAN 2022),” wrote Zwelivelile Mandela in his message.
“It is a timely reminder of the high esteem that President Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela enjoys in Algeria, African continent and in the world. He considered Algeria as his second home and the home of all the revolutionaries in Africa. We commend this gesture by continuing the struggle for a united Africa and a better world,” he added.
 
Zwelivelile Mandela saluted “the Algerian leaders and people for their contribution to our freedom and for their continued solidarity on issues of strategic importance, notably the support to the Palestinian struggle and to the right of the Sahrawi people to self-determination.”
“We wish good luck to Algeria for CHAN 2022 and call on the South African government to honor the icons of the Algerian and African struggle against the colonialist occupation,” he added.