Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (Madiba)

His diplomatic and negotiating skills won him friends on both sides; and he is one of the few men in South Africa aside from Nelson Mandela who can be said to have saved thousands of lives...

After meeting with a dozen African finance ministers in Pretoria Brown's proposals won an accolade from Nelson Mandela: 'My first impression is that it is a good scheme I wish more people would have a Marshall Plan for Africa...

Bizos who defended Nelson Mandela in an apartheid-era treason trial was an inspired choice as Tsvangirai's advocate...

When he died he was still on the boards of the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund and the University of Cape Town Fund...

A son of a High Court judge a convert to Islam and an admirer of both Usama bin Laden and Nelson Mandela Alhaji Asari is a central figure in the web...

Congo is unlikely to accept the kind of bullying dished up by ex-President Nelson Mandela to Burundian politicians while mediating their conflict...

A decade ago President Nelson Mandela intoned that: 'South Africa's foreign policy will be based on our belief that human rights should be the core concern of foreign policy'...

Amongst those blocking the move were the respected SWAPO veteran Andimba Toivo ya Toivo who did time on Robben Island with former South African President Nelson Mandela...

His nomination by Prisons Minister Andimba Toivo ya Toivo ­ a party veteran who served time on Robben Island with Nelson Mandela ­ will carry a lot of weight...

It is an odd choice of tactics: Mbeki is not a natural campaigner especially when compared to his predecessor Nelson Mandela...

An odd couple the last white President Frederik Willem de Klerk and the first black President Nelson Mandela woo voters for these odd partners...