US EditionMbalula Praises NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani for Drawing on Mandela
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Mbalula praises NYC mayor Zohran Mamdani for drawing on Mandela
African National Congress (ANC) Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula has praised New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani for referencing South Africa’s first democratically elected president, Nelson Mandela, and the Freedom Charter during his inauguration speech. Mamdani, who was elected mayor in November 2025, has personal ties to South Africa. He spent part of his childhood in Cape Town in the post-apartheid period before relocating to New York at the …
“Thanks to my parents, mom and drool, for raising me, for teaching me how to be in this world and for bringing me to this city.” With these words in their inaugural speech Zohran Mamdani thanked his parents for the education he had received. A few meters from him, the political scientist Mahmood Mamdani and filmmaker Mira Nair, could not hide his emotion: Zohran, his only son, has become the mayor of the city to which they emigrated in 1998.Keep…
Address of investiture of Mayor Zohran Mamdani, delivered from the steps of the City Hall of New York on the afternoon of January 1, 2026:Dear New Yorkers: Today begins a new era.I stand before you moved by the privilege of taking this sacred oath, with humility for the faith you have placed in me and honored to serve as mayor your number 111 or 112 of New York City.But I am not alone.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani references Nelson Mandela in inaugural address
By Marcus Moloko Zohran Mamdani, the newly sworn-in mayor of New York City, made history on 1 January when he delivered his inaugural address on the steps of City Hall. At just 34 years old, Mamdani is the city’s youngest mayor in generations and its first Muslim mayor. His speech, which emphasised unity and bold governance, included a striking reference to South Africa’s former President Nelson Mandela and the Freedom Charter, resonating far be…
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