Government wishes Madiba a happy birthday
Government joins all South Africans and the international community in wishing our Founding President Nelson Mandela a happy 94th birthday, and in celebrating his life and legacy.
``On behalf of the United States, I wish Nelson Mandela a very happy 92nd birthday,'' Obama said in White House statement, referring to the former South African president who spent 27 years in prison before leading his country from white-minority rule to all-race democratic elections.