Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (Madiba)

uMkhonto we Sizwe was founded by Nelson Mandela and a group within the ANC in 1961...

Neither will the party use its former leader Nelson Mandela as its symbol as it has done whenever it was in trouble in the past...

As the youngest Director-General in Nelson Mandela's first cabinet Jardine is seen as a trusted comrade within anti-apartheid circles...

During the presidency of Nelson Mandela he was South Africa's Consul-General in Munich...

It was the biggest international gathering in South Africa since the inauguration of Nelson Mandela as the country's first democratically elected leader in 1994 but the 22-24 August summit of the BRICS grouping marked a critical change – western countries were entirely absent from the feast...

His self-glorifying talk about the risks to his person exasperates many Senegalese who draw unfavourable comparisons with the calm dignity of Nelson Mandela who was subjected to far worse tribulations...

Many were born after Nelson Mandela walked out of jail in 1990 and they have no time for the corruption and mismanagement of public resources that has plagued the last two decades of ANC rule...

Nelson Mandela established the precedent by appointing Thabo Mbeki as Deputy President of the country after he was elected Deputy President of the ANC...

Following the first free elections in 1994 there was an exchange of state visits during the terms of former presidents Nelson Mandela and Thabo Mbeki...

'This is a profound strategic moment ' says Zibi who wears a badge of Nelson Mandela on his left lapel...