Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (Madiba)

The monument’s inauguration has also been delayed by refusals to attend from Barack Obama Nicolas Sarkozy Moammar el Gadaffi and Nelson Mandela...

Twenty years after Nelson Mandela walked free South Africa has another opportunity to make its – and indeed Africa’s – mark on the international stage in 2010 by hosting a successful tournament...

In 2010 South Africans will celebrate the two decades since the release of Nelson Mandela from gaol on 11 February 1990...

' Mcebisi Ndletyana a political analyst at the Human Sciences Research Council says Zuma has effectively addressed the gap created by the 'cold and aloof' style of his presidential predecessor Thabo Mbeki and compares him tentatively to former President Nelson Mandela...

Cape Town and Nelson Mandela Bay Metro are preparing a similar service...

Strident interventionist comments from the party's hardliners have revealed a hurried casting aside of the cautious approach to governance practised under former Presidents Nelson Mandela and Thabo Mbeki...

Zuma benefits from the ANC’s bedrock support; the carefully choreographed appearance of former President Nelson Mandela at an ANC rally (although he did not speak) reinforced the message that Zuma is the embodiment and heir of the liberation struggle – and that those who have left the ANC such as Lekota and Shilowa have betrayed the cause...

Born-frees: This is the generation that has grown up in the 19 years since Nelson Mandela walked out of gaol and the African National Congress was unbanned – and the 15 years since South Africa’s first post-apartheid elections...

Stormy weather for the ANC A storm has raged within the ANC and the Mandela family since Zuma paraded former President Nelson Mandela at an election rally in the Eastern Cape...

The Nelson Mandela Foundation criticised Zuma and his allies for undermining Mandela's health and security for political purposes; through the Foundation Mandela had a few months ago said that he would not get involved in party campaigning...

In South Africa the Dalai Lama was to have attended a peace conference with a footballing theme at the invitation of three fellow Nobel Peace Prize laureates former Presidents Nelson Mandela and F...

Both sides will probably claim to be the heirs of Nelson Mandela whose Spokesman Jakes Gerwel said he has met Zuma Mbeki and Motlanthe but is not going to pronounce on the crisis...