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HUMAN SOLIDARITY more pertinent now than ever

Former president Nelson Mandela’s call for “human solidarity” is vitally important given “the vast inequalities that have been brought to the fore by the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic”, said to UN secretary-general António Guterres, who yesterday delivered the 2020 Mandela Day lecture.

While the lecture was dedicated to Mandela, who would have turned 102 this year, Guterres also paid tribute to Mandela’s daughter, Zindzi, who died this week.

Guterres said: “The world is in

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