Jakes Gerwel, friend and aide to Mandela, dies
Officials say Jakes Gerwel, a longtime friend and aide to former South African President Nelson Mandela died early Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012.
The Black Panther leader Elmer ``Geronimo'' Pratt, who spent 27 years in prison for a murder of which he was later exonerated, died yesterday at his home in Tanzania at the age of 63.