President Obama and the First Lady along with their daughters, Malia and
Sasha, arrive in Cape Town on Air Force One.
On this, his second day in South
Africa, President
Obama is scheduled to announce a new initiative to double access to
electric power in sub-Saharan Africa, part of his effort to build on the
legacy of equality and opportunity forged by his personal hero, Nelson
Mandela
The President and his family will also be visiting Robben Island, where the
anti-apartheid leader spent 18 years confined to a tiny cell, including a
stop of the lime quarry where Mr Mandela toiled and developed the lung
problems that are ailing him today.
The White House said Obama's guide during his tour of the island will be 83-year-old South African politician Ahmed Kathrada, who was also in captivity at the prison for nearly two decades and guided Obama on his 2006 visit to the prison as a US senator.
The president will also view the prison courtyard where Mandela planted grapevines that remain today, and where he and others in the dissident leadership would discuss politics, sneak notes to one another and hide writings.
The former South African president has been hospitalized in critical condition for three weeks.
Source: The Telegraph
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