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One leading political analyst says many South Africans continue to back the ANC simply because of the party’s former leader and liberation legend, Nelson Mandela

Mandela / Archive Photo w Wife

South Africa's President Jacob Zuma holds up a banknote bearing the face of former president Nelson Mandela in Pretoria February 11, 2012.

Mandela / 2012

Members from the South African correctional service repair a wall at a school where former South African President Nelson Mandela went as a child as they celebrate his birthday in Qunu, South Africa, Wednesday, July 18, 2012.

In this Feb. 11, 1990, file photo Nelson Mandela and wife Winnie, walking hand in hand, raise clenched fists upon his release from prison in Cape Town, South Africa.

June 21: US First Lady Michelle Obama sits with former South African President Nelson Mandela, at this home, in Houghton, South Africa. (AP Photo/ Nelson Mandela Foundation)

Mandela / Grandson

Mandela / Grace Machel Live 8 Concert

Nelson Mandela waves to supporters shortly before being inaugurated as South Africa’s first democratic president … He’s wearing his very first ‘Madiba shirt,’ given to him by Cape Town fashion designer Desre Buirski

Children sing happy birthday in honor of former South African President Nelson Mandela during celebrations for Mandela's birthday in Mvezo, South Africa, July 18, 2012.

School children read the history of former South African President Nelson Mandela written on a chalkboard, ahead of the opening of a container library by the Bill Clinton foundation in celebration of Mandela day, at a school in Qunu, July 17, 2012.