Nelson Mandela

Zindzi Mandela, the daughter of South African anti-apartheid leaders Nelson Mandela and Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, has died aged 59. State television South African Broadcasting Corporation has reported that Mandela died at a Johannesburg hospital early Monday morning. The cause of her death has not been announced. She had been South Africa’s ambassador to Denmark since 2015. […]

A statue of former South African president Nelson Mandela has been unveiled at the United Nations to honour the 100th anniversary of the late South African leader’s birth. Over 150 speakers from around the world will take part, and a statue of South Africa’s first democratically-elected president Nelson Mandela will be unveiled. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio […]

South African anti-apartheid campaigner Winnie Mandela has died aged 81, her personal assistant says. Winnie Madikizela Mandela was the former wife of South Africa’s first black president, Nelson Mandela. The couple – famously pictured hand-in-hand as Mr Mandela walked free from prison after 27 years – were a symbol of the anti-apartheid struggle for nearly […]

On Sunday, South Africa will mark 28 years since Nelson Mandela walked free from prison. A large celebration is due to be held in Cape Town – a nod to the fact that this year, 2018, would have been Mandela’s 100th birthday. But it is at risk of being overshadowed by the battle within the […]

“What was the most important thing for Mandela was his release from prison and nothing else. He cherished that freedom more than anything else and forgot why he was put in jail,” the Zimbabwean dictator reportedly said. These words prompted ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe to lodge a complaint with his counterpart in the ZANU […]

Washington – Twitter says President Barack Obama’s tweet in response to the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, over the weekend, has taken the crown as the platform’s most-liked post ever. Twitter spokesman Nick Pacilo says Obama’s tweet quoting former South African president Nelson Mandela has now passed Ariana Grande’s tweet following a deadly bombing in May […]

Former South African president Nelson Mandela’s widow, Graca Machel, has slammed the newly-released book, Mandela’s Last Years, by his doctor Vejay Ramlakan, and is considering suing. “I condemn the book in the strongest terms,” Machel said in a statement released by her foundation on Friday. Ramlakan is the country’s former surgeon general and headed Mandela’s […]