News
Multimedia

Mandela: SA's greatest son laid to rest (slideshow)
The world watched as Nelson Mandela was finally laid to rest in his hometown of Qunu following a dignified and moving funeral ceremony on Sunday.

SA says goodbye to Tata (video)
Thousands of South Africans lined the streets of Pretoria to get a chance to pay their final respects to Nelson Mandela at the Union Buildings.

Reflecting on Mandela's state memorial (video)
We take a look at some of the high and low points of Mandela's memorial, including Barack Obama's speech, booing crowds and Desmond Tutu's reprimand.

Mandela: The sacrificial man (podcast)
On the final instalment of M&G Newsroom for 2013, Mandela family spokesperson General Themba Matanzima tells us about Madiba the family man.

Prayer and worship for Madiba (slideshow)
South Africans of all denominations have been gathering to remember Madiba since Friday evening.

The world pays tribute to Mandela (slideshow)
As South Africans come to terms with the loss of former president Nelson Mandela, the rest of the world bids farewell to Madiba.
Headlines
Former president FW de Klerk on Tuesday celebrated the 20th anniversary of his historic speech at the opening of Parliament in 1990.
Twenty years after announcing Nelson Mandela's release from prison, former SA president FW de Klerk commemorated the speech.

A child shows messages she and her classmates made for Nelson Mandela at a school near Milpark Hospital in Johannesburg on January 27 2011. (Sapa)
The Nelson Mandela Foundation broke its silence over its handling of former president Nelson Mandela's hospitalisation on Monday.

Hilda Ndude, who appeared in an iconic photograph the day Mandela was freed, remains loyal to him -- but fears that his legacy has been squandered.

Clicking on down to Qunu
International actors need some serious training to pick up our local ways of speaking, and even then, there are limits.

Oscar-winning star Morgan Freeman said on Tuesday he felt he did "a good job" portraying Nelson Mandela in Clint Eastwood's Invictus.

A police officer admires an image of Nelson Mandela made up by hundreds of children's hand prints in St George's Mall opposite Mandela Rhodes Place in Cape Town, July 16 2009. Mandela's 91st birthday takes place on Saturday July 18 when the world will celebrate the remarkable life of one of the legendary icons of modern time as Nelson Mandela Day. On this historic day, citizens will be encouraged to dedicate 67 minutes of their time to do community work, , signifying the 67 years that Mandela spent serving humanity.
The UN General Assembly on Tuesday declared July 18 "Nelson Mandela International Day" to mark the anti-apartheid leader's contribution to peace.

That it is a book not yet assembled did not deter almost every major book-publishing territory from bidding for Conversations with Myself.

Although the three calculations jotted on the back of a piece of paper do not look like much, the neat rows of black figures offer a brutal precis.


Pages: ‹ First  < 29 30 31 32 33 (34) 35 36 37 38 39 >  Last ›