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Mandela notes show 'grave error'

The former South African president's archive shows him chiding himself over a "grave error of judgement" when he proposed lowering the voting age to 14.

He also talks about how he was "not a very bright student" at university.

The Nelson Mandela Foundation (NMF) is selling the rights to the 100,000-word archive of notes, diaries and letters at the Frankfurt Book Fair.

Read entire article at BBC