Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (Madiba)

Thai's rivals include Prime Minister Luisa Diogo Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly Veronica Macamo and Graça Machel the widow of the late President Samora Machel who is as keen on fighting corruption as her current husband South Africa's ex-President Nelson Mandela...

Mbeki's core objectives have been clear enough since he took over the presidency from President Nelson Mandela: integrating South Africa into its region through SADC; promoting better governance peace and stability across Africa; claiming a larger voice for poorer countries in multilateral institutions such as the United Nations; and making international trade and finance more equitable...

He also publicly praises Usama bin Laden comparing him to Nelson Mandela...

Ex-President Nelson Mandela Mbeki and other party luminaries are from the country's second-largest group the Xhosa...

Passing the editorship on after 1963 he was delighted that among the paper's more recent admirers are Nelson Mandela and Kofi Annan...

Zuma's supporters organised big demonstrations during the trial in Johannesburg and Durban; no other politician save Mbeki and former President Nelson Mandela could come close to that...

In its 94-year history this has happened only twice to Mbeki and to Oliver Tambo ANC President-in-Exile while Nelson Mandela was in gaol...

One potential countervailing influence is Graça Machel former first lady of both Mozambique and South Africa as the widow of the late President Samora Machel and the wife of ex-President Nelson Mandela...

Nelson Mandela (so the story continues) tried to persuade Zuma to resign...