Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (Madiba)

Nelson Mandela may have been an icon of the 20th century but the world isn't doing South Africa any favours...

Rebel militias are stepping up the pressure as Burundi mediator Nelson Mandela drives the peace talks forward...

He appealed over Mbeki's head to ex-President Nelson Mandela for reinstatement...

A former colleague of Amissah's on the Botswana appeal bench better known as Nelson Mandela's lawyer George Bizos described Amissah as "…a zealous guardian of judicial independence; a patient helpful and understanding colleague; he avoided prejudgment of any cause and strove to reach a just decision in every case after giving counsel on both sides and his brethren on the bench every opportunity to persuade him what was the right thing to do"...

Buyoya is under growing pressure to make peace from Nelson Mandela mediator in the Burundi war and from the United Nations...

He claims that whereas ex-President Nelson Mandela tried to reach across the racial divide Mbeki has 'a much more Africanist perspective'...

The six new big cities controlled by metro councils are mostly expected to be given African names: Greater Johannesburg (Egoli Zulu for gold) Greater Pretoria (Tshwane 'We are the same') Greater Durban (eThekwini horns of the bull) Port Elizabeth (Nelson Mandela Metropole) Cape Town and East Rand...

Governments and leaders usually experience a mid-term drop in popularity and Mbeki was bound to suffer by comparison with the beloved Nelson Mandela who was favoured by 85 per cent of people two months before he retired in June last year...

But a 15-year-old daughter called Hana was pictured with Nelson Mandela and Graca Machel in South Africa in June 1999 along with the other Gadaffi women...

Police statistics show that between 1994 (when the African National Congress came to power) and 1999 (when Thabo Mbeki succeeded Nelson Mandela as President) reported car-jackings increased by 20 per cent rapes by 21 per cent assaults by 22 per cent burglaries by 25 per cent and common robberies by an astonishing 121 per cent...