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Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (; born 18 July 1918) is a South African politician who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999, the first ever to be elected in a fully representative democratic election.
Read More at Wikipedia ›Former South African President Nelson Mandela is leaving Johannesburg on Tuesday to take up residence in his eastern home village of Qunu, the country's current leader said Monday.
In a statement Monday, President Jacob Zuma said Mandela will stay in Qunu indefinitely.Mandela "is in good health and we constantly assure him of the love, support and good wishes of millions of South Africans and people around the world," Zuma added.In February, Mandela was hospitalized for a test to determine the cause of an undisclosed stomach ailment.Mandela, who turns 94 on July 18, has homes in Johannesburg and Qunu. In recent years, he has spent more and more time in Qunu.Mandela, a Nobel peace laureate who spent 27 years in prison for fighting racist white rule, has retired from public life. He became South Africa's first black president in 1994 and served one five-year term....A new Nelson Mandela book, slim, bound in black and set in eye-straining type, looks a bit like a bible or a prayer book.That's fitting, because the editors of "Nels...
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Former U.S. President Bill Clinton paid a visit to South Africa's Former President Nelson Mandela on the sidelines of the World Cup tournament.Af...
The central Johannesburg building where Nelson Mandela and Oliver Tambo had a historic law office was on the verge of collapse. Now, city officials hope it will anch...
JOHANNESBURG -- South Africa's ruling party called for calm Thursday after former president Nelson Mandela was admitted to the hospital for what his foundation descr...
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Nelson Mandela charity says it didn't receive diamonds Naomi Campbell said she gave ex-head.
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Nelson Mandela appears at closing ceremony at World Cup.
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Nelson Mandela will greet fans ahead of Sunday's World Cup final at Soccer City, his grandson says.The 91-year-old anti-apartheid icon will then ...
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Nelson Mandela will likely greet fans and players for 10 to 15 minutes at the World Cup opening ceremony before watching the rest of the game fro...
Nelson Mandela is doing well, a spokesman for South Africa's deputy president said Saturday, a day after the former president and international icon was discharged f...
South Africa's surgeon general says Nelson Mandela has been discharged from the hospital .
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African soccer fans are split whether Nelson Mandela should attend the opening ceremony of the World Cup.Mandela, who emerged from 27 years...
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — John Travolta and wife Kelly Preston donated 70,000 rand (about $10,000) to the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund on Saturday, during their visit to...
Nelson Mandela's African National Congress brought its centenary celebrations to his home village in rural eastern South Africa Wednesday.State television released i...
Sport, like so many other aspects of life, was divided along racial lines in apartheid South Africa.White rugby fans in the Johannesburg area are trying to close the...
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A lifetime ago, a young black South African student was on trial with 21 other suspects accused by the white racist government of treason, terrorism and working for ...
Struggling but deserving designers will get a chance to show work inspired by the creativity and history of South Africa's most famous township in Soweto's first fas...
Playwright, director and actor John Ledwaba gave up theater during South Africa's turbulent 1980s and left his Soweto home to train to be an anti-apartheid guerrilla...
Former South African President Nelson Mandela has been hospitalized with a stomach ailment, according to a government statement issued Saturday about the 93-year-old...
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