Nelson Mandela, the first black president of South Africa who played a crucial role in that country's dismantling of apartheid, died on Thursday, December 5, 2013 at the age of 95. 
Nelson Mandela, rais wa kwanza mweusi wa Afrika Kusini aliyehusika kwa kiasi kikubwa katika mapambano ya kuubomoa ukaburu, alifanriki Alhamisi, Decemba 5, 2013 akiwa na umri wa miaka 95.