M&G and Madiba Archive
The Mail & Guardian and the Weekly Mail have reported on Nelson Mandela since the 1980s. Many of those stories have now been digitised for the first time, and can be read in our archive. Use the arrows and blocks below to scroll through 25 years of Madiba history.
M&G Madiba Archives
July 05 1985
The move "will send a clear message to the world that those of us in the nation's capital fully support the efforts to free Mandela..."
August 02 1985
The 10-week boycott of the Daily Dispatch has ended after a front-page apology by the newspaper's management.
August 02 1985
A fact-finding delegation of Liberal International Parliamentarians has asked permission for a second time to visit imprisoned ANC leader Mandela.
August 09 1985
Winnie Mandela has not returned to her house because of her lawyers fears for her safety.
August 30 1985
The State President quotes him to prove a point... People risk detention to demand his release. Patrick Laurence on the Mandela mystique.
September 27 1985
Letter to the Editor:Weekly Mail September 27 to October 3 1985.
November 22 1985
After her visit yesterday, Mrs Mandela spoke briefly to the press. She is banned and cannot be quoted, but she had nothing to add to the speculation.
November 29 1985
Howard Barrell tells how he went off in search of Nelson Mandela's freedom and nearly lost his life.
December 06 1985
Three things emerge from the recent flurry of rumours that Nelson Mandela was about to be released from prison.
December 13 1985
The London borough of Southwark joined a growing list of towns and cities by naming a new road "Mandela Way".
February 07 1986
That Nelson Mandela will soon be released from prison is common cause. Less certain is what effect this will have on the country. Anton Harber reports
February 14 1986
Senior Advocate George Bizos was due to fly to Cape Town late yesterday for further consultations with Nelson Mandela in Pollsmoor Prison.
June 06 1986
Everyone knows his name and what he stands for. But almost no-one knows what Nelson Mandela looks like.
July 11 1986
Howe said he did not yet know if a meeting with Mandela would be possible, but this was "one of the objectives" of his trip to South Africa.
August 22 1986
A polemic on behalf of the jailed black leader by the eminent American writer Susan Sontag.
January 16 1987
Makaziwe Mandela was nine when her father was sentenced to life imprisonment. Benjamin Pogrund speaks to Nelson Mandela's daughter.
August 07 1987
As told by a colleague who spent three years with him. Journalist recently released after seven years in prison.
September 11 1987
In January 1985 PW Botha told parliament that he would consider releasing Mandela if the ANC leader renounced violence.
October 30 1987
It was raining in London on the day they released Mandela.
November 20 1987
Winnie Mandela has cautioned against "over-optimistic expectations" following the release of African National Congress leader Govan Mbeki.
November 27 1987
Recognise the sporting man? His seldom-seen face appears in a remarkable collection of historic pictures, published this week.
January 29 1988
Situated in Soweto's Industrial Park, the Mandela Family's Office has on its letterhead a photograph of Nelson Mandela.
July 08 1988
Mandela will celebrate his birthday on July 18 behind bars despite repeated calls for his release from the international community ...
April 14 1989
Nelson Mandela has sent his “very best wishes" to Margaret Thatcher -- but has not praised her for her work on the South African issue.
July 14 1989
An artist's portrait of the man who came to tea with PW.
August 04 1989
Nelson Mandela, has been involved in "serious dialogue" with senior members of the government for almost three years.
October 13 1989
Mandela's words as he watched the releases on TV: 'I want to go home'.
December 15 1989
The MDM had prior knowledge that jailed African National Congress leader Nelson Mandela was about to meet State President FW de Klerk.
January 19 1990
Lusaka to discuss the plan Nelson Mandela presented to FW de Klerk.
January 26 1990
An edited version of Nelson Mandela's first letter to then State President PW Botha.
January 26 1990
This is a letter from Nelson Mandela confirming the ANC's commitment to the nationalisation of mines, banks and monopoly industries.
January 26 1990
First details of how the ANC leader slowly broke through to Pretoria.
February 02 1990
Intense in-fighting is developing behind the scenes for control of the "Nelson Mandela story".
February 02 1990
President George Bush will invite Nelson Mandela to visit the White House as soon as he is freed.
February 08 1990
ls it Winnie Mandela who is on trial or has her case expanded to become state versus African National Congress? Emma Gilbey reports.
February 12 1990
Mandela's speech can be viewed as an opening thrust, a consolidating speech which was carefully prepared and delivered strictly according to the text.
February 12 1990
An edited version of Nelson Mandela 's first speech delivered from the steps of the Cape Town City Hall.
February 16 1990
An edited version of Nelson Mandela's famous four-and-a-half hour speech from the dock during the Rivonia Trial.
February 16 1990
In his first interview, the ANC leader talks about the need for flexibility.
February 16 1990
Mandela's birthplace -- It all began in the little village of Qunu in the Transkei...
February 23 1990
Holland has said in an interview that The Struggle is intended for South African whites; her aim is to “de-demonise" the ANC.
February 23 1990
Book Review: Mandela: Echoes of an Era by Alf Khumalo and Es'kia Mphahlele.
February 23 1990
Nelson Mandela is to meet Anglo-American Corporation chief Gavin Relly and former Premier Group chairman Tony Bloom.
February 23 1990
According to Fatima Meer, Nelson Mandela wrote an autobiography in the late 1970s.
May 03 1991
This week a large group of Afrikaans rightwingers forced ANC deputy president Nelson Mandela to abandon his address to a student meeting at Tukkies.
May 10 1991
Mandela: An angry man, taking a harder line than before. De Klerk: Under heavy pressure from abroad to get talks moving.
May 17 1991
Nelson Mandela yesterday delivered his toughest speech since his release from prison 15 months ago.
April 16 1992
On Monday African National Congress president Nelson Mandela opened the primary school, which bears his middle name -- Rolihlahla.
July 10 1992
In his television address FW de Klerk presented himself as the reasonable man. But beneath the benign tone lay a much harsher message.
July 10 1992
The battle between the government and the ANC is now on the centre court but no one appears to be serving up the aces.
July 17 1992
In an interview here this week, African National Congress president Nelson Mandela dwelt at some length on the pressure exerted by mass action.
August 07 1992
If this week's mass action was Nelson Mandela's "referendum" he has clearly won a handsome mandate.
August 27 1993
Disgruntled Umkhonto weSizwe soldiers in southern Natal ended their 10-day sit-in at the African National Congress's regional offices in Durban.
September 24 1993
Nelson Mandela is expected to call for an end to sanctions when he addressed the UN general assembly later today.
February 04 1994
Nelson Mandela's security has been upgraded with the inclusion of an armour-plated Mercedes Benz in the ANC's fleet.
April 29 1994
As he turned toward the polling station, Mandela was asked how he was gong to vote. He smiled broadly. "I've been agonising over that question...".
May 13 1994
Over the moon! Guardian reporter Gary Younge witnesses South Africa beating Zambia at football and finds there really is a place for politics in sport
May 13 1994
The presidential inauguration ... The world's leaders came to honour Nelson Mandela, the former convict who is now commander in chief.
May 13 1994
Nelson Mandela is that rare phenomenon -- an honest politician equally at home with world leaders and ordinary people.
July 29 1994
The president throws a thank you party for 'struggle' veterans and over 1 000 guests from around the world turn up, writes Sibusiso Nxumalo
August 12 1994
By what measure does one judge Mandela's successes or failures?
August 19 1994
PROMINENT European anti-apartheid activists are angry over President Nelson Mandela's failure to condemn human rights abuses in Indonesia.
August 26 1994
A FILM crew who followed Nelson Mandela to Oslo last year found him, on the morning he was to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, making his own bed.
December 23 1994
The government is still basking in the afterglow of the elections. It has delivered many bold ideas -- but nothing concrete yet. Anton Harber reports
December 23 1994
NELSON MANDELA has nominated businessman and leader of the senate Dr Sam Motsuenyane for the post of treasurer general.
December 23 1994
PRESIDENT Nelson Mandela threw out a challenge in his opening speech at the ANC's national conference in Bloemfontein this week.
January 27 1995
A select few have been offered the chance to take part in an exclusive, and expensive, tour of Robben Island, reports Justin Pierce
February 03 1995
FOUR black-and-white images of Nelson Mandela in his autobiography are at the centre of the row between Jim Bailey and a former Drum photographer.
February 10 1995
TWO South African leaders dropped in from the sky into a heaving throng of Transkei peasants.
February 17 1995
President Nelson Mandela confronted his former wife and troublesome deputy minister Winnie Mandela this week. But what a strange way he chose to do it
May 05 1995
NELSON Mandela interceded on behalf of Dr Allan Boesak which had been ripped off in the Indonesia bank loan bungle
May 05 1995
As the sun rose over shell-shocked Umlazi township on Tuesday morning, the political fall-out from a bloody weekend in KwaZulu/Natal was clear.
May 05 1995
DR ALLAN Boesak's embattled FPJ suffered huge losses in a $40-million bungled bank loan that lead to the doorstep of Indonesia's President.
May 12 1995
President Nelson Mandela is considering the early release of former Cabinet minister Pietie du Plessis. It would be a mistake for him to grant it.
May 12 1995
Moments after the six o'clock news on May 1, Jakes Gerwel's phone rang.
May 19 1995
Mandela added to the discomfort of mine owners when he announced that he was giving his own money to the fund for the victims of a mine disaster.
May 26 1995
PRESIDENT Nelson Mandela this week revealed the ANC had received large donations from Indonesia
May 26 1995
IN The Island, two political prisoners on Robben Island perform a version of Antigone to their cellmates and their warders.
May 26 1995
SOUTH AFRICA'S book of the year has to be Nelson Mandela's autobiography, Long Walk to Freedom.
May 22 1997
The West owes the region a debt of support "not as a question of charity, but because we are entitled to it," says Mandela.
May 27 1997
Two South Africans held by Zimbabwean police on suspicion an assassination attempt of Mandela were innocent, sources say.
July 04 1997
PRESIDENT Nelson Mandela brought joy and excitement to the lives of 1 200 children with life-threatening diseases on Friday when they joined him at a party in Cape Town to
July 17 1997
PRESIDENT Nelson Mandela continued his South-East Asian tour on Thursday by receiving an honorary doctorate from Thailand's Chulalongkorn University, where students sang "Happy Birthday" to him ahead of his 79th
July 18 1997
As Nelson Mandela turns 79 on July 18, Gaye Davis looks back on his past three-and-a- half years at the helm of the government
July 18 1997
PRESIDENT Nelson Mandela chose to speak at the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies during his brief visit last week to the United Kingdom in order to make good his debt
July 24 1997
PRESIDENT Nelson Mandela will meet exiled East Timorese activist Jose Ramos-Horta for talks on Friday, presidential spokesman Parks Mankahlana confirmed on Thursday.
July 25 1997
The meeting between President Nelson Mandela and East Timorese Nobel peace laureate Jose Ramos-Horta has been shrouded in secrecy.
July 28 1997
PRESIDENT Nelson Mandela and Nigerian military dictator General Sani Abacha will personally resolve the latest diplomatic row between the two countries, presidential spokesman Parks Mankahlana said on Monday.
July 30 1997
PORTUGUESE president Jorge Sampaio met Nelson Mandela in South Africa on Wednesday, and thanked him for his role as mediator in the East Timor controversy.
August 04 1997
The diplomatic rumpus over President Nelson Mandela's "lost" letter to the Indonesian government took a new turn.
August 15 1997
Armscor and the defence industry want to tap the Mandela magic abroad, and are putting pressure on the government to teach politicians the arms trade.
August 15 1997
Electing a premier for Gauteng is dividing ANC members, writes Wally Mbhele
August 15 1997
Ronald Suresh Roberts argues that those lawyers who subordinated their moral obligations to an apartheid legislature should be held accountable.
August 15 1997
Mystery surrounds an alleged meeting early last year between Iran's Deputy Minister of Atomic Affairs and the head of SA's Atomic Energy Corporation.
August 22 1997
William Onyango reports on how a new portrait of Nelson Mandela was discovered, and its journey from Kenya.
August 28 1997
Foreign Minister Ali Alatas on Thursday declined an offer from South African President Nelson Mandela to host talks between East Timorese factions.
August 29 1997
Cape Town's chances are looking good, especially on the betting books, writes Julian Drew.
September 05 1997
CAPE TOWN'S noisy street party came to a stunned halt shortly before 7.00PM as the city learnt that it had lost the Olympic Games for 2004 to Athens.
September 12 1997
Nelson Mandela's attempts at negotiating a peaceful settlement of the worlds longest civil war are fraught with difficulties, writes Richard Cornwell.
September 12 1997
President Nelson Mandela may receive acclaim and affection throughout the world, but Olympic Committee members were not impressed.
September 17 1997
PRESIDENT Nelson Mandela came under fire at the start of the Congress of SA Trade Unions congress yesterday.
September 19 1997
Cosatus battle with government over economic policy reached a head this week. Compromise seems unlikely, writes Sechaba kaNkosi.
September 24 1997
President Nelson Mandela on Wednesday declared Robben Island a national monument and museum to mark the country's first Heritage Day holiday.
November 18 1997
South Africa and Saudi Arabia have signed a "memorandum of understanding" to boost oil exports to South Africa and build an oil refinery.
July 17 1998
Nelson Mandela is worth a fortune. The world's most beloved statesman and most famous ex-con is an obvious target for merchandising.
July 17 1998
President Nelson Mandela has celebrated his 80th birthday by marrying his sweetheart, Graça Machel, in a private civil ceremony at his Houghton home on Saturday.
September 21 1998
THE current global financial crisis calls for a complete rethink of the world's economic systems, President Nelson Mandela said.
September 22 1998
President Nelson Mandela has vowed to support United States President Bill Clinton even if everybody else deserts him.
September 23 1998
President Nelson Mandela was on Wednesday awarded the United States' Congressional medal of honour, the highest civilian recognition awarded by the US, in a ceremony in Washington.
October 13 1998
President Nelson Mandela said in Durban on Tuesday that he is optimistic a solution will be reached to end the policital crisis in Lesotho.
October 16 1998
With the approach of Nelson Mandela's retirement commentators will soon be offering their epitaphs on the political career of a president who will no doubt be long remembered as South
October 20 1998
President Nelson Mandela has expressed satisfaction with discussions he had with Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni.
October 22 1998
President Nelson Mandela on Thursday held talks with Rwandan vice-president Paul Kagame in Pretoria.
October 27 1998
President Nelson Mandela is to meet the chairman of the Congolese Democratic Coalition, Ernest Wamba dia Wamba.
December 06 1998
President Nelson Mandela, in an interview published on Sunday, categorically ruled out a blanket amnesty for human right crimes committed during the apartheid era.
January 13 1999
President Nelson Mandela will unveil a memorial to Mozambican President Samora Machel on January 19.
January 14 1999
President Nelson Mandela is expected to discuss the Angolan war and whether Southern African Development Conference troops may be sent.
January 20 1999
President Nelson Mandela on Tuesday unveiled a memorial at the site where former Mozambican president Samora Machel was killed.
January 24 1999
PRESIDENT Nelson Mandela is to make a state visit to the Netherlands.
January 27 1999
President Nelson Mandela left Pretoria late on Wednesday for a brief visit to Germany and Switzerland.
January 28 1999
President Nelson Mandela arrived in Baden Baden, Germany.
January 29 1999
A compromise offer to review the use of bar-coded identity documents in the election was quashed by the ANC.
January 31 1999
South Africa's President Nelson Mandela made a brief stopover in Nigeria early Sunday on his way home from the World Economic Forum meeting.
February 04 1999
Visiting Austrian Chancellor Viktor Klima held talks on Thursday with President Nelson Mandela.
February 05 1999
President Nelson Mandela's former home in Soweto was among 29 edifices declared national monuments on Thursday.
February 09 1999
President Nelson Mandela has paid homage to King Hussein of Jordan.
February 11 1999
President Nelson Mandela and his wife Graa Machel will visit Sweden next month.
February 16 1999
President Nelson Mandela will hold talks with visiting Zambian President Frederick Chiluba on Wednesday.
February 24 1999
President Nelson Mandela met South Africa's "Rain Queen", Modjadji V.
March 11 1999
President Nelson Mandela, first lady Graa Machel and Foreign Minister Alfred Nzo left for state visit to the Netherlands.
March 12 1999
President Nelson Mandela and first lady Graca Machel left the Netherlands on Friday for Finland.
March 15 1999
President Nelson Mandela will meet Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat for talks in the Finnish capital.
March 15 1999
President Nelson Mandela said while visiting Finland that he is confident South Africa and the European Union will reach a deal on a free trade pact.
March 16 1999
President Nelson Mandela on Monday thanked Denmark for its help in the struggle against apartheid.
March 16 1999
President Nelson Mandela will meet Libyan leader Moammar Gadaffi in the capital Tripoli.
March 17 1999
President Nelson Mandela will meet Libyan leader Moammar Gadaffi in the capital Tripoli on Friday.
March 26 1999
President Nelson Mandela has been named joint winner of a Nigerian honour recognising exemplary leadership in Africa.
March 31 1999
President Nelson Mandela on Wednesday urged parties involved in the faltering Northern Ireland peace talks to seek agreement.
April 13 1999
President Nelson Mandela will formally proclaim June 2 as the election date by the end of the week.
April 21 1999
President Nelson Mandela will pay a state visit to China from May 5 to 7 at the invitation of President Jiang Zemin.
April 25 1999
President Nelson Mandela will pay state visits to the Russian Federation, Hungary, Pakistan and the People's Republic of China.
May 08 1999
President Nelson Mandela was welcomed by his Chinese counterpart Jiang Zemin in Beijing on Wednesday.
June 04 1999
He walked free and, with him, a nation began the walk to freedom. He became head of state, and it seemed as if patience and justice had created a new
June 11 1999
With South Africa's second democratic elections concluded, it is clear that the country has reached the end of an era.
June 18 1999
At the end of 1994, I took a film crew to nine countries on the African continent to make a documentary called Africa Salutes Mandela.
June 20 1999
Former president Nelson Mandela flew to Mocambique on Thursday morning to fulfil a last engagement before beginning a well-deserved holiday in the west African country of Gabon.
June 27 1999
Former African presidents Nelson Mandela, Julius Nyerere and Sir Ketumile Masire are likely to be called on regularly to promote the cause of Africa.
June 28 1999
The African National Congress on Saturday night bade farewell to its retired leader and former South African president Nelson Mandela.
June 30 1999
The Standard Bank National Arts Festival had a proud history of turning South Africa's division and conflict into a celebration of unity and diversity
July 06 1999
Retirement from the presidency is like being "out of jail for the second time.
July 17 1999
Retired president Nelson Mandela will have a quiet 81st birthday on Sunday.
August 06 1999
One of the legacies of Machel's present husband, Nelson Mandela, will be a huge forest of indigenous trees.
August 20 1999
The codes used by African National Congress political prisoners on Robben Island have been disclosed for the first time by Ahmed Kathrada in a new boo
August 25 1999
Nepal is honouring former president Nelson Mandela with an award dedicated to the memory of a Nepalese revolutionary.
September 09 1999
Former president Nelson Mandela on Tuesday received a transcript of the original judgment in his 1961 treason trial.
September 09 1999
Former South African president Nelson Mandela met former German chancellor Helmut Kohl in Berlin on Thursday.
September 09 1999
Former president Nelson Mandela left South Africa on Wednesday for a visit to Germany, Tunisia, Libya and the United States.
September 23 1999
When you're tired of reports of crime, rape, murder and general mayhem, put Nelson Mandela: The Symbol of a Nation CD in your computer.
September 23 1999
Former president Nelson Mandela's Houghton, Johannesburg, office was flooded with 20000 postcards and letters.
September 24 1999
The Springboks got a warm send off to the Rugby World Cup in Wales when their most famous fan, former president Nelson Mandela, made a surprise visit.
September 28 1999
The former Transkei parliament, Umtata's Bunga building, will be converted to house all the gifts received by Mandela during his term of office.
October 16 1999
Former South African president Nelson Mandela called for greater world cooperation in Tehran on Saturday as he arrived for a three-day visit with Iranian leaders.
October 18 1999
Former president Nelson Mandela arrived in Jerusalem on Monday on his first visit to the Jewish state.
October 31 1999
Former South African leader Nelson Mandela has claimed the backing of key Arab leaders for a three-point Middle East peace plan.
November 08 1999
Former president Nelson Mandela on Sunday said his predecessor F.W. de Klerk deserved a place in history and he had no regrets about sharing the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize with
November 12 1999
Bill Gates's embattled Microsoft was highly praised on Thursday by none other than former president Nelson Mandela.
November 16 1999
Former president Nelson Mandela persuaded striker Philemon Masinga to face Sweden on November 27 in Pretoria.
November 16 1999
Australian Prime Minister John Howard bestowed his country's highest honour, on former President Nelson Mandela.
November 28 1999
Former president Nelson Mandela on Friday flew to Tanzania to pay his respects to the Nyerere family following the death of former president Julius Nyerere on October 14.
November 30 1999
The Nelson Mandela Museum in the old Transkei parliament buildings in Umtata will be opened on February 11 next year.
December 01 1999
African leaders on Wednesday appointed former South African President Nelson Mandela as the new mediator for Burundi's fragile peace process.
December 02 1999
The United States said it supports the appointment of former president Nelson Mandela to be the new mediator in Burundi.
December 02 1999
Robben Island have been declared world heritage sites by the United Nations' culture and science body.
December 03 1999
As the new mediator in the Burundi crisis, Nelson Mandela will have to work hard to convince the key players in the strife that they can benefit from peace.
December 15 1999
Former president Nelson Mandela will leave South Africa for Berlin, Germany, on Wednesday night to launch the "Cities without Slums" initiative.
December 15 1999
Former president Nelson Mandela was the VIP victim of a BBC television show in which experts spring a surprise garden makeover.
January 06 2000
EthnicTutsis in Burundi opposed to talks aimed at bringing an end to more than six years of civil war have called on newly appointed mediator Nelson Mandela to visit the
January 19 2000
Burundi's main rebel group said on Tuesday that former president Nelson Mandela has already brought peace closer.
February 11 2000
It seems to be well on the way to becoming a shrine, this room, judging by the numbers of pilgrims gathering at its iron door every day.
February 11 2000
Former president Nelson Mandela will mark the 10th anniversary on Friday of his release from 27 years in apartheid jails by opening a museum.
February 28 2000
Former president Nelson Mandela arrived in Dubai on Sunday for a visit that will include a conference on Emirati economic development.
April 17 2000
Former president Nelson Mandela is to appear in a new telecoms advertisement to be aired in Italy.
April 28 2000
Former South African President Nelson Mandela met Burundi's army chiefs on Friday.
April 29 2000
Former president Nelson Mandela on Saturday visited the survivors of last month's nightclub stampede and their families.
April 30 2000
Former president Nelson Mandela on Saturday visited the survivors of last month's nightclub stampede and their families
May 03 2000
Former president Nelson Mandela is to be created a queen's counsel by the House of Lords in London.
May 26 2000
Former President Nelson Mandela says a landmark draft agreement has been worked out between rebels and the government that could finally end the long-running Burundi civil war.
June 06 2000
Former president Nelson Mandela, chief mediator in Burundi's peace process, is to meet Burundian President Pierre Buyoya and Defence Minister Cyrille Ndayirukiye on Wednesday.
June 07 2000
Former president Nelson Mandela will meet Burundi military strongman Pierre Buyoya.
June 08 2000
Former president Nelson Mandela said he believes his successor Thabo Mbeki has done a good job during his first year as president.
June 13 2000
President Nelson Mandela said on Monday while visiting Finland that he is confident that South Africa and the European Union will reach a deal on a fr
June 14 2000
Former President Nelson Mandela is due to visit one of Burundi's controversial "regroupment camps" as he continues his mission to try to bring peace to the troubled country.
July 05 2000
Former president Nelson Mandela, mediator in the peace process for Burundi, said on Tuesday he was "confident we will have a breakthrough" when talks resume this month in Arusha, Tanzania.
July 28 2000
Nelson Mandela, who is mediating the Burundi peace process, failed to secure an agreement last week, but now says a deal will be signed on August 28.
August 04 2000
Former president Nelson Mandela has been asked to mediate in the Middle East peace process.
August 06 2000
The president of Burundi, Pierre Buyoya arrived in South Africa on Thursday for talks with former President Nelson Mandela aimed at resolving problems over a proposed peace plan for Burundi.
September 14 2000
Three Tutsi parties from Burundi agreed to sign a peace accord, mediator Nelson Mandela said after talks.
September 20 2000
Former South African president Nelson Mandela and regional African leaders have begun arriving in Kenya for a summit aimed at consolidating a fragile peace accord in the tiny nation of
September 29 2000
Nelson Mandela is to appear in a R2-billion advertising campaign for the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) to be directed by Steven Spielberg.
October 02 2000
Former South African president Nelson Mandela is among the first winners of the new Pan-African Broadcast Heritage.
October 14 2000
Shock waves from the Middle-East have now spread to South Africa with violent protests in Pretoria that left two policemen injured - and former president Nelson Mandela has offered to
November 03 2000
Former South African President Nelson Mandela said this week he was prepared to help Middle East peace efforts if possible.
November 05 2000
Former President Nelson Mandela will be interviewed by television talk show host Oprah Winfrey.
November 07 2000
Burundi's peace process facilitator, South African former president Nelson Mandela, has expressed concern over the slow progress on ceasefire talks in Burundi.
November 26 2000
Former South African President Nelson Mandela has received the International Freedom Award from a museum at the site where US civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in
February 04 2001
Former South African President Nelson Mandela has called for the United Nations to lift sanctions against Libya.
February 11 2001
A court recording of former president Nelson Mandela's last speech before he was sentenced to life imprisonment will on Sunday be released.
February 12 2001
A court recording of former president Nelson Mandela's last speech before he was sentenced to life imprisonment has been released.
February 19 2001
President Pierre Buyoya of Burundi has flown to South Africa for a week of talks with peace mediator Nelson Mandela and Vice President Jacob Zuma.
February 25 2001
Former president Nelson Mandela received the Life Time Award from the first Soweto Awards in Johannesburg on Saturday night.
February 27 2001
urundian parties have failed to reach consensus on the shape of their future transitional government, despite pressure from African states.
March 02 2001
Former president Nelson Mandela spent an hour on Wednesday morning talking to Mail &Guardian editor Howard Barrell and associate editor Sipho Seepe.
March 23 2001
If a country lives by its myths, then the myth of post-apartheid South Africa must be that it had become "the rainbow nation".
April 08 2001
Former South African President Nelson Mandela will be guest of honour at a spectacular rock concert in London.
May 08 2001
Former South African president Nelson Mandela is writing a second autobiography as a follow-up to his first book, "Long Walk to Freedom".
May 08 2001
Former president Nelson Mandela is to write a second, and potentially more controversial, autobiography.
May 25 2001
Former South African president Nelson Mandela has arrived in Sharjah for a visit of several days to the United Arab Emirates.
May 31 2001
Local business leaders want to build a gigantic statue of Nelson Mandela - bigger even than the Statue of Liberty .
June 01 2001
Nelson Mandela stopped to shake the hand of a young boy and asked what he wanted to be when he grew up.
June 22 2001
Former South African president Nelson Mandela is to share a stage with Mick Jagger, U2 and a bevy of models in a charity concert in Barcelona.
July 18 2001
South Africans, both black and white, heaped praise on revered African statesman Nelson Mandela on Wednesday.
July 24 2001
Former South African President Nelson Mandela (83) has prostate cancer and will receive radio therapy for seven weeks.
September 09 2001
Former president Nelson Mandela paid a moving tribute Saturday to Govan Mbeki.
September 16 2001
Former president Nelson Mandela on Friday gave jailed student Andrew Babeile R20 000 to further his studies while in the Kimberley Prison, the African National Congress Youth League said.
September 18 2001
South African former president Nelson Mandela left South Africa on Monday to take a well-deserved two-week holiday at a secret location with his wife.
October 12 2001
"If I succumb to cancer and go to the next world, the first thing I will do there is look for the ANC branch.
October 29 2001
Chief mediator in the Burundi peace process, Nelson Mandela, has called on international donors to double to $880-million the amount of aid they pledged to Burundi.
November 01 2001
Former president Nelson Mandela made a strong plea for world peace after receiving the Newsmaker of the Decade award.
November 13 2001
Former South African president Nelson Mandela made a brief visit to Tripoli on Sunday during which he met Libyan leader Muammer Gaddafi.
November 30 2001
The voice of Nelson Mandela, imprisoned in 1964 and sworn in as South Africa's president 30 years later, was preserved forever on Thursday.
December 02 2001
Former South African President Nelson Mandela on Saturday praised world leaders who actively sought to combat Aids, particularly African presidents.
December 17 2001
Former president Nelson Mandela on Sunday appealed to the Gauteng African National Congress to keep up with changes after provincial supporters failed to sing the entire national anthem.
January 01 2002
The Greek government has extended an invitation to Nelson Mandela to officiate at an Olympic Truce event at the Athens Concert Hall.
January 01 2002
Libyan leader Moammer Gaddafi and former South African president and Nobel peace prize winner Nelson Mandela spoke by phone on Saturday on the possible US military strike on Iraq.
January 01 2002
Former president Nelson Mandela was his old humorous self as he welcomed one head of state after another at his Houghton, Johannesburg home on Tuesday morning.
January 01 2002
Say what you like about Nelson Mandela, but he is not a man known to bear a grudge or lose his temper easily.
January 01 2002
Former president Nelson Mandela has invited a group of the world's wealthiest people to travel to South Africa in April next year as part to raise funds for disadvantaged students
January 01 2002
South Africans should do more to care for mentally disabled children in society said former president Nelson Mandela at his brithday.
January 01 2002
On Monday Mandela will return to his final place of captivity to mark the conversion into a museum of a jail.
January 01 2002
Former presidents Nelson Mandela of South Africa and Bill Clinton of the United States attended a ceremony on in support of the loveLife initiative.
January 01 2002
It was a role reversal of sorts for sixty kwaito stars at Gold Reef City in Johannesburg on Wednesday -- a conservative looking grandfather with a walking stick.
February 17 2002
Nelson Mandela has called for an end to the debate on HIV/Aids, saying South Africans should focus on fighting the syndrome.
February 19 2002
Parliament's joint ethics committee has objected to an apparently contemptuous letter from African National Congress MP Winnie Madikizela-Mandela.
February 22 2002
Minister of Health Manto Tshabalala-Msimang had the approval of the ANC's top leadership in repudiating Gauteng's announcement of a rollout of drugs.
March 01 2002
Nelson Mandela refused to make a public plea for the safety of the Wall Street Journal correspondent Daniel Pearl.
March 04 2002
Former president Nelson Mandela on Sunday proposed a radical challenge to South Africa's Aids policy.
March 07 2002
Former president Nelson Mandela on Thursday praised Gauteng premier Mbhazima Shilowa for his stance on the provision of an anti-Aids drug.
March 08 2002
Former President Nelson Mandela is being careful not to offend the Thabo Mbeki with his comments on Aids.
March 22 2002
The late presidential spokesperson Parks Mankahlana did die of an Aids-related ailment, says a document that is being sent out by the ANC.
April 04 2002
SA was still faced with the problem of an unpatriotic press whose focus on the crime problem was deterring investors, according to Nelson Mandela.
April 10 2002
Former president Nelson Mandela,capped, gowned and glowing, with his Rhodes University honorary doctorate in hand.
June 05 2002
Former President Nelson Mandela is to visit the Libyan man imprisoned for the Lockerbie bombing, his representative Zelda la Grange confirmed on Wednesday.
July 18 2002
Nelson Mandela turned 84 on Thursday and will celebrate on Saturday by hosting a sports fixture for children with mental and physical disabilities in Polokwane.
September 18 2002
Nelson Mandela is engaged in a campaign to open up space for debate in the ANC ahead of the party's national conference in December.
September 30 2002
Say what you like about Nelson Mandela, but he is not a man known to bear a grudge or lose his temper easily.
September 30 2002
Former South African President Nelson Mandela on Monday intensified his criticism of US policy on Iraq, and alleged that race was a factor in countries questioning the United Nations.
January 29 2003
A South African producer is turn the story of Nelson Mandela into a big screen epic capturing his life from childhood, to political awareness, 10 000 days of imprisonment and
February 06 2003
A R4-million school will be built in an informal settlement, Marokolong, near Hammanskraal, north of Pretoria after a successful partnership was brokered between the Nelson Mandela Foundation, the North West
February 07 2003
A set of 20 lithographs will go on sale today. Costing between R36 000 and R42 000 per copy, they may seem a little expensive for simple line drawings shaded
May 08 2003
Nelson Mandela was lauded on Wednesday for his work to improve the physical and emotional lot of children and for his contribution to their literary world.
June 27 2003
Former president Nelson Mandela once again condemned the United States for the war on Iraq saying "anybody, especially a leader of a super state country to work outside the United
July 04 2003
Former South African president Nelson Mandela could act as a "facilitator" between India and Pakistan to resolve their dragging dispute over Kashmir, the state's former chief minister said on Friday.
July 06 2003
Anthony Sampson, who has known Nelson Mandela for 50 years, pays a birthday tribute to the statesman and world icon.
July 11 2003
Nelson Mandela unveiled a plaque to two anti-apartheid activists in London.
July 14 2003
Noisy demonstrators demanding funds for HIV drugs in the developing world disrupted a major conference on Aids here on Monday but in doing so gained the beaming support of former
July 15 2003
South Africa's living legend Nelson Mandela turns 85 on Friday and organisers are planning to give the elderly statesman a three-day birthday bash.
July 15 2003
The world's best-loved statesman, Nelson Mandela, turns 85 on Friday and well-wishers can now send their personal congratulations to him on the internet.
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July 15 2003
Former South African president Nelson Mandela seduces audiences with his wit, then often bludgeons them with his observations.
July 15 2003
When Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela turns 85 on July 18, one of his well-wishers will be the long-time Irish chaplain to the prison where he spent 18 years.
July 15 2003
Former South African President Nelson Mandela is being honoured online ahead of his 85th birthday -- on Friday July 18.
July 17 2003
For what shall we thank Nelson Mandela? Shall we thank him for all those months he spent on the run criss-crossing the country and, like an elusive rabbit, dashing into
July 17 2003
He added a postscript: “Must find Madiba a job, because old men get up to mischief.” That, too, has proved not entirely flippant.
July 17 2003
One of the most recognised public figures today, Mandela origins were far from auspicious. Here we outline a brief chronology of his multi-faceted life.
July 17 2003
The universe is fixated on Nelson Mandela because he is a man of the future and not the past.
July 17 2003
South Africa's semi-privatised telephone utility Telkom is facilitating a quest for a world record for the most birthday wishes ever received by an individual on one day.
July 17 2003
In celebration of former president Nelson Mandela's 85th birthday on Friday, he was handed a book highlighting his speeches and tributes paid to him by world leaders.
July 18 2003
Officially it is a time of joy. Nelson Mandela turns 85 today and South Africa will party into the weekend in a blaze of banquets and celebrations attended by pop
July 18 2003
More than 5 000 birthday messages including 523 from overseas were conveyed to telephone numbers for former president Nelson Mandela before 7am on Friday, Telkom SA reported.
July 18 2003
South Africa's Jewish community added its voice to the millions wishing former president Nelson Mandela happy birthday on his 85th on Friday.
July 18 2003
Former president Nelson Mandela's 85th birthday brought a golden sunny day to his Houghton, Johannesburg, home on Friday.
July 18 2003
Local songbirds and international divas are billed to perform at Nelson Mandela's 85th birthday bash in Sandton on Saturday.
July 18 2003
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was born during the First World War on July 18, 1918, at Mvezo on the banks of the winding Mbashe River, also known as the Bashee.
July 18 2003
Congratulatory messages continued to pour in to the special Telkom lines set up for a world-record-breaking attempt in honour of the iconic former South African president, Nelson Mandela.
July 20 2003
It took 2 000 people to put together 1 600 people for Nelson Mandela's birthday party in Sandton on Saturday night.
August 25 2003
Former president Nelson Mandela has criticised apartheid lawsuits against South African companies in foreign courts, saying South Africans do not need "outside interference".
August 25 2003
Former president Nelson Mandela on Monday almost became a victim of Cape Town's latest bout of stormy weather.
August 26 2003
On Monday morning the seemingly tireless Nelson Mandela (85) attended two meetings in Cape Town.
September 22 2003
The youth have to take the lead in a social revolution against HIV/Aids in a similar way to the revolution against apartheid.
October 21 2003
Former president Nelson Mandela has joined forces with famous musicians and called on the globe's citizens to join a global campaign.
November 06 2003
A surprise meeting with Nelson Mandela on Robben Island made a moving finale on Wednesday for the visit of the Fifa technical team weighing up South Africa's 2010 world cup
November 10 2003
Former president Nelson Mandela was his usual humorous self on Sunday when he went to a voting station in Johannesburg.
April 02 2004
A spree to baptise roads, bridges, public places and universities after South Africa's anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela continues unabated..
April 14 2004
Voting came to a temporary stop at the Transvaal Automobile Club in Houghton, Johannesburg, when South Africa's favourite pensioner cast his vote.
May 03 2004
Nelson Mandela is to begin a gradual withdrawal from public life it was reported on Sunday amid fears for the former South African president's health. He turns 86 in July,
May 10 2004
Former South African President Nelson Mandela said it was his wish that South Africans never gave up on the belief in goodness.
June 01 2004
Former South African president Nelson Mandela announced his retirement from public life on Tuesday.
July 01 2004
Nelson Mandela's birthplace in Mveso and the Egazini battlefield near Grahamstown could be proclaimed national heritage sites.
July 07 2004
Former South African president Nelson Mandela is to address a major international Aids conference in Bangkok, Thailand, next week.
July 16 2004
South African elder statesman Nelson Mandela, who turns 86 on Sunday.
July 17 2004
Birthday tributes have started pouring in for former president Nelson Mandela who turns 86 on Sunday.
July 18 2004
Birthday wishes poured in on Sunday for former president Nelson Mandela, who turned 86.
July 23 2004
The city of Johannesburg bestowed its highest honour on former president Nelson Mandela on Friday.
July 26 2004
What a week. That grand figure, Rolihlahla Nelson Mandela, celebrated his 86th birthday.
September 09 2004
Nelson Mandela is neither a god nor a saint, he's got vices and virtues like any other person, says his personal assistant Zelda la Grange.
September 21 2004
South African anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela was reunited on Tuesday with two notebooks that were confiscated from him while in prison.
September 24 2004
For three decades the notebooks gathered dust in a cupboard, unknown to the world, forgotten even by their author.
December 06 2004
Private letters handwritten by anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela while imprisoned at Robben Island off Cape Town have revealed touching details.
April 14 2005
An academic has come forward with what appears to be the first Mandela art fraud.
June 10 2005
South Africa's anti-apartheid struggle hero Nelson Mandela will be joined by pop superstars Peter Gabriel and Annie Lennox at charity concert.
July 02 2005
Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity but an act of justice, former president and freedom icon Nelson Mandela said.
July 07 2005
Former president Nelson Mandela will not have a high-profile birthday -- on July 18 -- this year, the Nelson Mandela Foundation said on Thursday.
July 09 2005
South Africa's first black president, Nelson Mandela, is to become a comic-strip hero in a new project aimed at encouraging young people to read.
July 11 2005
People should use condoms and not have sex too young, said former president Nelson Mandela on Monday.
July 13 2005
Former president Nelson Mandela is an inspiration to the youth to strive for greatness rather than material success.
July 14 2005
New information and pictures of former president Nelson Mandela, his life and his time in prison will be available to South Africa from November.
July 15 2005
The Springbok rugby team joined former president Nelson Mandela to see off the 46664 vehicle.
July 18 2005
The African National Congress on Sunday extended its "warmest wishes and congratulations" to former president Nelson Mandela on his 87th birthday.
July 18 2005
Tributes poured in for South Africa's former president Nelson Mandela who turned 87 on Monday.
July 20 2005
"iNantsoke [there you are]," exclaimed Nelson Mandela in Johannesburg on Wednesday as he cut his huge white birthday cake at the children's party.
August 05 2005
Poor Ismail Ayob. Even if he wins, he loses -- because his opponent is Nelson Mandela. And so Mandela's court case against his former lawyer Ayob, who he accuses of
September 01 2005
The Nelson Mandela Children's Fund donated R1-million on Thursday to the Children's Hospital Trust for the refurbishment of the Red Cross War Memorial
September 21 2005
West Indian cricketing legend Brian Lara on Tuesday met another hero, former South African president Nelson Mandela.
October 26 2005
Old allies in the human rights struggle, former president Nelson Mandela and United States civil rights activist Jesse Jackson, meet again.
October 28 2005
One of the world's most popular men, Nelson Mandela, has been immortalised in a comic-book series covering his life.
February 14 2006
South Africa's relationship with Britain is strong, British Prime Minister Tony Blair said in Soweto on Monday. "I want to see it even stronger still," said Blair, who came to
February 14 2006
Former president Nelson Mandela on Tuesday commended South African Football Association Vice-President Irvin Khoza for being honest about the fact that his daughter Zodwa had died of an HIV-related illness.
March 01 2006
Nelson Mandela, the country's first democratically elected president, voted in Houghton, Johannesburg, on Wednesday.
March 16 2006
Identifying with the lead character in the Oscar-winning local film 'Tsotsi', former president Nelson Mandela proved a masterful storyteller.
March 18 2006
South Africa's last white president, FW de Klerk, threw a 70th birthday party on Friday attended by fellow Nobel laureate Nelson Mandela, the man he freed from prison as apartheid
June 14 2006
A statuette depicting the famous photograph of a wounded Hector Pieterson cradled in a friend's arms was presented to former president Nelson Mandela.
June 23 2006
An historian is leading a search for a handgun that Nelson Mandela buried at a farm outside Johannesburg before his arrest by apartheid police in 1962, the owner of the
June 30 2006
Music and storytelling marked the celebrations of former president Nelson Mandela's birthday in Johannesburg on Tuesday.
July 09 2006
I don't want to see folks satisfied when they talk about Nelson Mandela. He constitutes such a challenge to us -- an intellectual challenge..
July 12 2006
Nelson Mandela's legacy of tolerance was celebrated in Johannesburg on Wednesday. "For me, the meaning of Mandela is the idea of plurality and tolerance of ideas. That's the biggest challenge
July 13 2006
As the anti-apartheid icon turns 88 and increasingly shuns the limelight.
July 13 2006
Nelson Mandela and former United States president Bill Clinton teamed up on Thursday to raise funds for African children with heart problems.
July 17 2006
Anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela turns 88 on Tuesday.
July 17 2006
Congratulations and well wishes from local political parties and labour organisations are streaming in for former president Nelson Mandela.
July 18 2006
Former South African president Nelson Mandela said on Monday he "never imagined" reaching the age of 88.
July 31 2006
Adekeye Adebajo argues that the formation of the Mandela Rhodes Foundation is a dubious attempt to rehabilitate the legacy of Rhodes and bemoans Mandela’s association with this attempt. However, his
August 30 2006
It's the 'Lord of the Rings' of music concerts. The cast is stellar, the sets dramatic and the costumes fancy, and it carries on for hours.
September 19 2006
Anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela will be awarded Amnesty International's "Ambassador of Conscience" award.
October 03 2006
Former president Nelson Mandela has thanked India for its immense influence on South Africa's struggle for freedom from the oppression of apartheid.
October 10 2006
The new biography of Nelson Mandela is not just another book on the former president, but conveys his values, Minister of Finance Trevor Manuel said on Monday. "Perhaps the strongest
October 20 2006
When she was offered the opportunity to attend the launch of Mandela: The Authorised Portrait and meet the man himself, Kabuika Kamunga jumped at the chance.
October 26 2006
Africa's political leaders are being offered a $5-million prize and a stipend for life if they do not plunder the national coffers or rig elections.
November 01 2006
We're all familiar with the saying “nothing sells quite as well as success”. Except that is, when it comes to selling images of Nelson Mandela, South Africa's most famous media
November 01 2006
Amnesty International bestowed its most prestigious honour -- the Ambassador of Conscience Award 2006 -- on former president Nelson Mandela.
November 16 2006
Former president Nelson Mandela will become the first recipient of the Ubuntu Award for his contribution to South Africa's heritage.
December 14 2006
Christmas starts early for the world's favourite elder statesman, Nelson Mandela. Staff members of the flagship Nelson Mandela Foundation are busy listing and storing the latest batch of goodies flooding
January 29 2007
Anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela joined top leaders, Nobel laureates and elder statesmen in calling on the world to reinvent non-violent approach to solving conflicts.
January 30 2007
Champion United States female boxer Laila Ali said on Tuesday that 88-year-old anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela reminded her of her father Muhammad Ali, one of the greatest boxers of all
February 12 2007
Oscar-winning director Bille August has brought the memoirs of one of Nelson Mandela's jailers to the screen, with Dennis Haysbert playing the famous prisoner -- a part that he said
February 13 2007
Former president Nelson Mandela met Princess Caroline of Monaco at the Nelson Mandela Foundation in Johannesburg on Tuesday.
February 20 2007
Nelson Mandela's office on Tuesday dismissed an e-mail alleging that the former South African president had suffered a stroke as a hoax. "It is a hoax e-mail that has been
February 20 2007
Police have lashed out at a message campaign warning white people that black people will attack them when former president Nelson Mandela dies, saying they are without substance. A spokesperson
February 22 2007
Cabinet has rejected speculation about former president Nelson Mandela's health and called on the media not to give undue prominence to such "malicious messages". Government communications head Themba Maseko on
February 25 2007
Lawyers for former President Nelson Mandela will take Ismail Ayob to court over R2,2-million missing from the Nelson Mandela Trust, the Sunday Times reported in its early edition. They accuse
February 25 2007
Afrikaners better start packing and head out to the Heilbron Spar. Because old president Nelson Mandela is dead and the night of the long knives is coming. That is if
February 27 2007
Ismael Ayob, former lawyer to Nelson Mandela, will repay R700 000 to the Nelson Mandela Trust Fund.
March 02 2007
Police are investigating possible links between the Boeremag, 23 of whose members are standing trial in Pretoria, and a far right-wing group called the "Suidlanders" (South landers). The Suidlanders shot
March 04 2007
Nelson Mandela's former lawyer Ismail Ayob said that he agreed to repay money to the Nelson Mandela Trust because he does not have the money for a court battle, weekend
March 28 2007
Twenty undergraduate students who received the Mandela Rhodes Scholarship last year were congratulated by former president Nelson Mandela in Houghton, Johannesburg, on Wednesday.
April 02 2007
If China steps into America's hegemonic shoes, how will it affect our continent, asks Kelly Rosenthal.
April 12 2007
Former president Nelson Mandela's grandson Mandla has dedicated his graduation from Grahamstown's Rhodes University to his grandfather and late father Makgatho Mandela, who died in 2005. The graduation ceremony comes
April 16 2007
Former South African president Nelson Mandela beamed on Monday as he watched his grandson reclaim a traditional leadership post that Mandela had renounced decades ago to become a lawyer and
April 20 2007
A London council has decided where to place a statue of former South African president Nelson Mandela, after five years of wrangling, it announced late on Thursday. The sculpture will
April 25 2007
The Nelson Mandela Foundation has threatened legal action against those illegally exploiting the former president's name and image. "We wish to reiterate Mr Mandela's own words: his image and name
May 30 2007
Four women who played major roles in the anti-apartheid struggle shared their memories with former president Nelson Mandela and an audience of about 50 people at the Nelson Mandela Foundation
May 31 2007
Former president Nelson Mandela has told outgoing British Prime Minister Tony Blair he looks forward to welcoming "a young man like you" to the club of retired presidents when Blair
June 15 2007
The Springboks will draw on inspiration from former president Nelson Mandela when they meet Australia at Newlands on Saturday. The sides meet in a Mandela Challenge Plate match which doubles
June 20 2007
Records from the trial of Nelson Mandela, a medieval French tapestry, a millennium-old Iranian epic and the Hollywood movie The Wizard of Oz are among 38 new items on a
June 23 2007
Veteran United States actor Morgan Freeman is to play former South African president Nelson Mandela in a drama based around the leader's appearance at the 1995 Rugby World Cup, it
June 26 2007
A little-known organisation has taken offence to the Potchefstroom city council blaming "racist anarchists" for the vandalisation of new street signs. The Zabalaza Anarchist Communist Federation said its reputation had
July 12 2007
Pele and Samuel Eto'o headed the list of international stars on Thursday when Fifa announced the line-ups for a match to honour Nelson Mandela's 89th birthday. More than 50 players
July 16 2007
Soccer's ruling body, Fifa, is preparing to send out a powerful message against racism this week through a string of events to mark the 89th birthday of South Africa's anti-apartheid
July 17 2007
Nelson Mandela's July 18 birthday is annual cause for celebration in South Africa and draws attention from his many local and international admirers. This year, theJuly 17 2007
Former British prime minister Tony Blair is one of hundreds of well-wishers across the globe who have sent gifts to anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela for hisJuly 17 2007
Brazilian soccer great Pele and three-time African player of the year Samuel Eto'o of Cameroon delivered a special birthday gift on Tuesday to former South AfricanJuly 18 2007
Playing soccer, often clandestinely and using rolled-up rags for balls, raised the spirits of South African political activists jailed on Robben Island over three decades ago.July 18 2007
President Thabo Mbeki has wished his predecessor Nelson Mandela, who turns 89 on Wednesday, a happy birthday. Mbeki on Tuesday said the celebration of Mandela's birthdayJuly 18 2007
South Africa marked Nelson Mandela's 89th birthday on Wednesday with tributes and congratulations as the anti-apartheid icon prepared to launch a new international group to helpJuly 18 2007
Nelson Mandela, the icon of South Africa's struggle against apartheid, marked his 89th birthday on Wednesday by launching his fellow elder statesmen on a new ventureJuly 18 2007
Football legends past and present gathered on Wednesday at the former South African prison colony that housed Nelson Mandela for 18 years to honour the statesmanJuly 19 2007
Nelson Mandela's 89th birthday was celebrated on Wednesday with a charity match in which an African XI drew 3-3 with a Rest of the World team.July 19 2007
The most important part of former president Nelson Mandela's legacy is that our common humanity matters more than our differences, former United States president Bill ClintonJuly 19 2007
Former president Nelson Mandela will share a birthday cake with youngsters in Johannesburg on Tuesday at his annual children's party. Nelson Mandela Children's Fund spokesperson TumiJuly 24 2007
Nelson Mandela once took out his wallet at his annual childrens' party so that a child could buy his grandmother some cake. The story goes thatJuly 24 2007
A beaming Nelson Mandela cut birthday cake, gave hugs and received gifts at his annual children's party in Johannesburg on Tuesday. The children sang Happy BirthdayJuly 27 2007
Why have not very many people heard of Nanda Soobben? Niren Tolsi reports.
August 03 2007
Riason Naidoo reviews Gandhi My Father, which is based on the private and troubled relationship between the public figure of the Mahatma and his anonymous son Harilal.
August 28 2007
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Tuesday held private talks in London with former South African president Nelson Mandela, whom he hailed as "the greatest and most courageous leader of
August 29 2007
Former South African president Nelson Mandela on Wednesday announced a giant benefit concert in London next June to promote his 46664 campaign against HIV/Aids. The gig will take place in
August 31 2007
South African feminist writer Stephanie Vermeulen argues that men too are the victims of cultural forces that distort their lives. Her book Stitched-Up: Who Fashions Women's Lives? will be published
September 02 2007
Businessman Cyril Ramaphosa has joined the African National Congress (ANC) presidential succession race, according to weekend media reports. The ANC's powerful OR Tambo district in the Eastern Cape has formally
September 03 2007
The leader of South Africa's main opposition party on Monday said floor-crossing would not change the balance of power in Cape Town, the only major city not controlled by the
September 04 2007
Representatives from Sunni and Shia groups in Iraq agreed on a road map to peace based on the experience in Northern Ireland after four days of secret talks in Finland.
September 04 2007
The notion of having both a president and a prime minister is intriguing. It is also gathering some traction behind the scenes. The question, however, is whether it is attractive
September 05 2007
Former South African president Nelson Mandela, in Paris on a private visit, met French President Nicolas Sarkozy for dinner at the Élysée Palace on Tuesday, Sarkozy's spokesperson said. Sarkozy presented
September 05 2007
Former French president Jacques Chirac on Wednesday discussed his plans to set up a foundation with Nelson Mandela, who is on a private visit to France to raise funds for
September 06 2007
Former South African president Nelson Mandela met the Springboks in Paris on Thursday, his office announced. "Mr Mandela wished the Springboks well after receiving a SpringbokSeptember 12 2007
Thirty years after dying in prison in apartheid South Africa, Steve Biko remains a historical icon, even if his black consciousness movement no longer carries political weight. A fervent anti-apartheid
September 13 2007
South Africa on Wednesday marked the 30th anniversary of Steve Biko's murder as the country's current leaders face accusations they have neglected the poor masses. His legacy is a rallying
September 15 2007
Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang on Friday paid tribute to former president Nelson Mandela and the late Steve Biko at a South African Medical Association award ceremony. Tshabalala-Msimang said Mandela highlighted
September 16 2007
Businessman Tokyo Sexwale has reiterated that infighting within the African National Congress (ANC) would destroy the party, South African Broadcasting Corporation news reported on Sunday. Sexwale was addressing the Umkhonto
September 17 2007
Violence is increasing in camps for displaced people in Darfur, where nearly a quarter million people have been displaced so far this year, a United Nations report said on Monday.
September 17 2007
A council of peacemaking world leaders and Nobel laureates launched by former South African president Nelson Mandela is taking up Darfur as its first mission, with a trip to Sudan
September 19 2007
Some of South Africa's most famous artists, including singer Johnny Clegg, have accused the country's public broadcaster of demanding bribes if they want to be heard on air. "It's a
September 21 2007
Former South African president Nelson Mandela is alive and well after comments on Iraq by United States President George Bush appear to have been misunderstood, the Nelson Mandela Foundation said
September 23 2007
"Mugabe stands very tall and black," boasted Herald columnist Nathaniel Manheru in Zimbabwe on Saturday. "Brown stands white and colonial." It was a reminder of the intensity of the diplomatic
September 25 2007
South Africa is placed fifth on the latest Mo Ibrahim Foundation Index of African Governance with a score of 71,2 while top-ranking Mauritius scored 86,2. The index rated the performance
September 25 2007
Clint Eastwood may direct an upcoming Hollywood film based on former South African president Nelson Mandela and his appearance at the 1995 Rugby World Cup final,September 27 2007
As you enter the gates of Soweto's biggest shopping mall, you are welcomed by a majestic statue of an elephant. The elephant is seen to represent Richard Maponya as being
October 01 2007
Johannesburg will stage a 46664 HIV/Aids awareness concert on World Aids Day for the first time, former president Nelson Mandela announced on Monday. Mandela said the concert, which will take
October 02 2007
A group of elder statesmen, including former US president Jimmy Carter and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Desmond Tutu, urged all sides in Darfur's bloodshed to reach a peace deal as
October 02 2007
Chancellor Angela Merkel travels to Africa on Wednesday with the message that Germany is keen to step up cooperation with the continent to help combat poverty and disease. The chancellor's
October 03 2007
The Mo Ibrahim Foundation was launched in October 2006 to promote good governance in Africa with the support of world leaders, including Nelson Mandela, Alpha Konaré, Bill Clinton and Tony
October 06 2007
Legendary golfer Gary Player has come under fire in South Africa over his company's business ties with Burma, where a golf course he designed is allegedly used by members of
October 07 2007
Climate change is already happening in South Africa, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Saturday during a visit to a biodiversity centre in Cape Town. "You can see that climate
October 07 2007
The battle for the leadership of the African National Congress (ANC) is becoming ever dirtier and fuelled by paranoia in the final weeks before delegates vote for the as-yet undeclared
October 09 2007
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela has apparently thrown her weight behind leading businessman Tokyo Sexwale for the African National Congress presidency. Meanwhile, audited ANC membership figures have confirmed the Eastern Cape as the
October 11 2007
Polokwane will be a busy town come December with an expected 4Â 500 delegates, both voting and non-voting, attending the African National Congress's (ANC) 52nd national conference. Smuts Ngonyama, head of
October 11 2007
President Thabo Mbeki's chances of staying on as leader of South Africa's ruling party improved on Thursday when the party said the biggest share of regionalOctober 12 2007
Three doors down from the old home of anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela, make-up artists apply the finishing touches to the presenters of Soweto TV as they prepare to host a
October 12 2007
Prominent human rights lawyer George Bizos (79) is in a stable condition at the Wits University Donald Gordon Medical Centre, the facility said on Friday. Client services manager Vernon Kinnear
October 12 2007
Renowned golfer Gary Player reiterated on Friday his company was only involved in the design of a golf course in Burma and had no links with the controversial Burma regime.
October 13 2007
The value the African National Congress (ANC) government places on a free, independent and outspoken press in democratic South Africa cannot be overstated, Arts and Culture Minister Pallo Jordan said
October 14 2007
They roamed the savannahs and open plains for thousands of years, but the hunter-gatherer lifestyle of Southern Africa's San tribes is slowly being squeezed towards extinction. About 30 000 San remain
October 15 2007
South Africa may have reached the World Cup final, but they will have achieved nothing if they don't beat England in Saturday's showdown, said coach JakeOctober 15 2007
International superstars Peter Gabriel and Annie Lennox will again top the bill at the 46664 concert in Johannesburg in December, it was announced on Monday. They will be joined on
October 15 2007
Former South African president Nelson Mandela has been invited to attend next weekend's World Cup final between the Springboks and England. South Africa coach Jake WhiteOctober 15 2007
Investigations into fraud, corruption and maladministration in South Africa's social-grant system have saved the government about R7,7-billion since inception, Social Development Minister Zola Skweyiya said on Monday. "There has been
October 16 2007
Former president Nelson Mandela will give the Rugby World Cup final in France a miss on Saturday, his spokesperson Zelda la Grange said. "Because of hisOctober 17 2007
The wife of President Thabo Mbeki on Wednesday unveiled a new statue of anti-apartheid leader Oliver Tambo in the north London suburb where he was exiled for 30 years. Zanele
October 18 2007
President George Bush gave the Dalai Lama one of the highest United States honours on Wednesday and called on China to open talks with the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader whom
October 18 2007
Nelson Mandela urged the Springboks on Thursday to emulate their 1995 World Cup victory when his appearance in a gold and green jersey became one ofOctober 19 2007
There have been many times during the past 12 years when the idea of South Africa ever winning the World Cup again seemed utterly ludicrous. RememberOctober 19 2007
South Africa's politicians are not immune to Rugby World Cup fever, with a fair number already in or on their way to Paris for Saturday's finalOctober 19 2007
South Africa captain John Smit will seek to emulate Francois Pienaar on Saturday in lifting the Rugby World Cup in the final and admits he isOctober 19 2007
As a wax model of English rugby star Jonny Wilkinson joined the statue of national hero Horatio Nelson in London's Trafalgar Square, attention in both EnglandOctober 21 2007
Pride and politics mixed on Sunday as South Africans celebrated their Rugby World Cup final win over England. Festivities continued through the night as South AfricansOctober 21 2007
We can all agree that through our collective efforts, South Africa has been transforming for 13 years. A country seemingly bent on self-destruction changed course, achievedOctober 24 2007
SA Rugby has confirmed details of the Springboks' victory tour, starting on Friday, to honour the team's World Cup-winning performance in France. South African Rugby UnionOctober 25 2007
Minister of Sport and Recreation Makhenkhesi Stofile has said South Africans would be given an opportunity to take part in a national debate regarding the Springbok emblem. He said the
October 26 2007
Hardly a month after Finance Minister Trevor Manuel cast aspersions on the integrity of local football administrators, the Premier Soccer League (PSL) has suffered another setback with the finding that
October 26 2007
Young and old braved the cold and rainy weather in Johannesburg on Friday to gather singing and screaming outside Sasol's head office in Rosebank to cheerOctober 26 2007
"Hot Beans" is one of the many names suggested by readers of a daily newspaper for Bafana Bafana after President Thabo Mbeki this week questioned the distinction of the national
October 27 2007
South Africa's nationwide Rugby World Cup tour continued on Saturday with a visit to Soweto followed by an audience with former president Nelson Mandela. The NobelOctober 28 2007
The African National Congress (ANC) is not divided on the issue of leadership, the organisation's deputy president, Jacob Zuma, said on Saturday. Delivering a tribute toOctober 29 2007
Former president Nelson Mandela was at the Ellis Park stadium on Monday to greet the South African artists who had agreed to perform in his fifth 46664 concert aimed at
October 29 2007
Capetonians turned out in their tens of thousands on Monday to salute the victorious Springboks on the final leg of their national victory tour. There wereOctober 29 2007
Former president Nelson Mandela was at the Ellis Park stadium on Monday to greet the South African artists who had agreed to perform in his fifth 46664 concert aimed at
October 29 2007
Senior African National Congress (ANC) member Kader Asmal on Monday called on hundreds of the ruling party's influential branches to back business tycoon Cyril Ramaphosa asOctober 30 2007
Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi's statement that President Thabo Mbeki's re-election to the African National Congress (ANC) presidency would divideOctober 30 2007
Conjoined twin Mpho Mathibela was glad to meet former president Nelson Mandela in Johannesburg on Tuesday. Mpho is the surviving twin of the famous Mathibela conjoined twins, Mpho and Mphonyana.
October 31 2007
Businessman Cyril Ramaphosa refused to be drawn on his nomination as African National Congress president on Wednesday night at the launch of a fund-raising campaign forNovember 02 2007
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe is ignoring approaches from former South African president Nelson Mandela to step down, reports said on Friday. The Zimbabwe Independent, quoting unnamed sources, also said that
November 04 2007
After eight years at the helm of Africa's economic powerhouse, Thabo Mbeki cuts an increasingly lonely figure as the battle for the reins of the AfricanNovember 06 2007
The only fixed-line telephone for the first community television station in South Africa to get a year-long broadcasting licence is hidden away in an outdoor broadcasting van for fear of
November 06 2007
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and President Thabo Mbeki were meeting on Tuesday for talks expected to focus on tensions in southern Sudan and the deteriorating situation in Darfur. South Africa
November 06 2007
President Thabo Mbeki remains an "Aids dissident" who has told a biographer that he regrets bowing to pressure from his Cabinet to "withdraw from the debate" over the disease ravaging
November 10 2007
Benazir Bhutto was going nowhere. A phalanx of riot police stood at the end of her leafy street, tapping their shields and manning a barbed-wire barricade. Armoured vehicles rolled in.
November 11 2007
Forty years after Robben Island detainees formed the Makana Football Association inside the island fortress, the club was officially recognised by Fifa, the sport's international governing body. Now the little-known
November 13 2007
A hot model is South Africa's idea of the perfect neighbour, according to research by South Africa's largest online search portal, Propertygenie.co.za, which lists more than 125Â 000 properties nationwide. The
November 18 2007
Former president Nelson Mandela has pulled a South African Broadcasting Corporation advert in which he appears with President Thabo Mbeki, fearing that he would be seenNovember 19 2007
The battle to lead the ruling African National Congress (ANC) has boiled down to President Thabo Mbeki and his former deputy, Jacob Zuma, in a clashNovember 20 2007
The United States government is afraid of ideas. At least it seems that way at the border. Over the past six years, numerous scholars, writers and human rights activists have
November 21 2007
The battle for the leadership of the African National Congress (ANC) enters a climactic phase this week with the party's two leagues and nine provincial branchesNovember 23 2007
While sporting attention is turned to the draw for the preliminary round of the 2010 Soccer World Cup this weekend, a different view of soccer in South Africa is being
November 28 2007
Oprah Winfrey has met with the family of the first pupil to complain of abuse at her elite school for disadvantaged South African girls, and invited the girl to return
November 28 2007
A plant found only in the Eastern Cape has been hailed as a new miracle cure for diabetes, the Herald Online reported on Wednesday. Researchers said "astounding results" had been
November 30 2007
Scottish singer and one-time Eurythmics member Annie Lennox is launching a new charity single titled Sing on Saturday, World Aids Day. The singer -- who is a global ambassador for
December 02 2007
Activists and global leaders used World Aids Day on Saturday to warn against complacency in fighting the disease and called on governments to fill a multibillion-dollar funding gap. "We have
December 02 2007
Slowing new HIV infections is the key to combating the Aids pandemic, Nelson Mandela told the tens of thousands gathered for his 46664 benefit concert to mark World Aids Day
December 02 2007
Tens of thousands of people filed into Ellis Park Stadium on Saturday for a 10-hour music extravaganza beamed to millions around the globe for World Aids Day. The concert at
December 02 2007
Having two presidents -- of the country and the African National Congress (ANC) -- could cause tensions and instigate reactions unless properly managed, the ANC YouthDecember 04 2007
A delegation of the world's elder statesmen on Tuesday called for an immediate ceasefire in Sudan's Darfur and for the international community to urgently honour its pledge to send in
December 04 2007
Jacob Zuma is hounded by corruption allegations and his rape trial often overshadows his status as a hero of the anti-apartheid struggle. Yet the burly ZuluDecember 06 2007
Holding the reigns of the ox-wagon that is pulling his father's coffin, Nkosinathi Biko sits alone and solemnly among the masses of people. Surrounded by a throng of supporters, angry
December 07 2007
Aides of Jacob Zuma have drawn up contingency plans to try to force his rival President Thabo Mbeki out of office early, the Financial Times (FT)December 13 2007
President Thabo Mbeki risks being cast aside by his party next week in favour of an arch rival who may yet be charged with corruption. MbekiDecember 13 2007
The Public Service Accountability Monitor (PSAM) has expressed "dismay" at the African National Congress's (ANC) succession debate focusing on the personalities of President Thabo Mbeki andDecember 14 2007
In an eleventh-hour appeal before the African National Congress's (ANC) national conference starts on Sunday, President Thabo Mbeki on Friday urged delegates to remain faithful toDecember 15 2007
Sara Kadi, a volunteer Aids worker who lives in a shack without electricity in an impoverished part of Soweto, wants a better life. That is whyDecember 16 2007
Ministers and aides in President Thabo Mbeki's government were heckled by delegates on Sunday when the African National Congress opened a conference that could see MbekiDecember 18 2007
Jacob Zuma is the new president of the African National Congress. The announcement was greeted by an outpouring of joy and ecstatic cheering by ANC delegatesDecember 18 2007
This morning, facing too many deadlines, I found my brain blocked. I have been reading all three fat Mandela books, trying to find something to say for a commissioned article.
December 23 2007
Former president Nelson Mandela has praised Jacob Zuma, the new leader of the African National Congress (ANC), as a man who could unify the divided party.December 31 2007
The state has identified a list of 218 witnesses it intends calling to testify in its case against African National Congress (ANC) president Jacob Zuma. AttachedJanuary 05 2008
African National Congress president Jacob Zuma's innocence or guilt should be decided by the courts and not through rhetorical statements from his detractors or supporters, retiredJanuary 06 2008
The corruption charge against Jacob Zuma, the new head of the African National Congress (ANC), is on the agenda of the first meeting since his electionJanuary 07 2008
The African National Congress's national executive committee will meet for the first time on Monday since being elected at the party's national conference in Polokwane. ItemsJanuary 08 2008
The African National Congress (ANC) will appoint an ad-hoc committee to draw up a "detailed factual report" on the arms deal, the party announced in Johannesburg on Tuesday. "We are
January 11 2008
South Africa head for Ghana desperate to arrest a slide in African Nations Cup fortunes. Since that amazing day in February 1996 when Nelson Mandela presented the trophy to Neil
January 14 2008
Former Springbok coach Jake White and his World Cup-winning side have been named Newsmaker of the Year for 2007, the National Press Club said on Monday. "This award is made
January 18 2008
Opposition street protests over the disputed re-election of Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki will end after demonstrations planned for Friday, a spokesperson said. At least eight people have been shot dead
January 18 2008
It was unclear on Friday whether President Thabo Mbeki will attend the African National Congress's (ANC) three-day national executive committee lekgotla (meeting) in Midrand. Presidential spokesperson Mukoni Ratshitanga said he
January 18 2008
Former United Nations secretary general Kofi Annan will go to Kenya on Tuesday to help mediate in the country's violent political crisis, the UN said on Friday. A statement said
January 22 2008
Thousands of kilometres separate Tamale Stadium in northern Ghana from Old Trafford in England. But as Angola striker Mateus "Manucho" Goncalves prepares for an Africa Cup of Nations Group D
January 22 2008
South Africa's government said on Tuesday it remained firmly under the control of President Thabo Mbeki, dismissing concerns that his defeat in the battle to lead the party had made
January 22 2008
The mother of three of the Boeremag treason-trial accused, whose husband is also on trial, on Tuesday told the Pretoria High Court she knew nothing about evidence that one of
January 25 2008
High-profile criminal cases involving senior South African officials have renewed fears among opposition parties and the legal community that judicial independence may be at risk. President Thabo Mbeki's government has
January 25 2008
Boeremag accused Kobus Pretorius was a changed man after "meeting Christ" while being held in jail, the Pretoria High Court heard on Friday. Counsel for Pretorius, Annelie Van der Walt,
January 27 2008
Jacob Zuma, who survived rape and corruption charges to become the president-in-waiting, has harsh words for Kenya and Nigeria, where recent elections were marred by allegedJanuary 31 2008
The African National Congress Youth League should act to stop the possibility of an ANC president running for a third term, ANC president Jacob Zuma said on Thursday. Zuma, speaking
February 01 2008
Prominent South African businessman Cyril Ramaphosa was expected in Kenya later on Friday to help mediate in talks between the government and the opposition aimed at ending a month of
February 03 2008
Marguerite Sabamahoro, a survivor of the Rwandan genocide, remembers the moment she was woken at her home in Kigali on April 7 1994 by the sound of gunfire and bombing
February 06 2008
The new leader of the African National Congress, Jacob Zuma, will be one of the principal dignitaries at the opening of Parliament on Friday, when his predecessor Thabo Mbeki will
February 07 2008
Liliesleaf Farm in Rivionia, north of Johannesburg, will reopen in June 2008 for people wanting to tour the former secret headquarters of the African National Congress's Umkhonto we Sizwe. The
February 12 2008
After a five year contract that kept her in Las Vegas, pop diva Celine Dion is keeping a promise she made to former South African president Nelson Mandela by kicking
February 13 2008
South Africa has been plunged into a fresh debate over the racial make-up of its sports teams 14 years after the country emerged from apartheid. As the cricket squad prepared
February 13 2008
The creation of a power-sharing government in Kenya appeared imminent on Tuesday after a parliamentary briefing in which former United Nations secretary general Kofi Annan spoke of a possible "grand
February 18 2008
Members of the ANC Youth League can't claim they didn't anticipate the reaction they got when they announced their campaign to ban the selling of liquor on Sunday. Religious groups,
February 19 2008
The Spice Girls would love to perform for former South African president Nelson Mandela, but said on Monday they had not yet been formally asked to be part of his
February 23 2008
The doctor was in an operating theatre when the call came through from his wife: "He's gone, he's no longer there." "We always call him 'he'. 'He who shall not
February 24 2008
The poverty of understanding racism in South Africa was recently exposed by the Skielik killings. The four murders were depicted by the media as being caused by the temporary insanity
February 26 2008
French President Nicholas Sarkozy will be accompanied by 40 key French business chief executives during his visit to South Africa, director general in the Department of Foreign Affairs, Gert Grobler,
February 26 2008
Argentina have been invited to play world champions South Africa in a Test match in August to mark former president Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday, the Argentine union (UAR) said. The