President Nelson Mandela stopped over in Tripoli in October 1997 on his way to and then from the Edinburgh Commonwealth summit showing he would not bow to US pressure...
Anyway there is no love lost between President Robert Mugabe and President Nelson Mandela despite a SADC attempt to make peace between them...
Vol 39 No 19 |
- LESOTHO
- ESWATINI
Despite pressure from trades unions and from democracies abroad (led by President Nelson Mandela) Mswati III remains an absolute monarch...
Vol 39 No 18 |
- CONGO-KINSHASA
To please President Nelson Mandela they will insist on the opening up of Congolese politics...
Vol 39 No 17 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
' Mbeki backed by President Nelson Mandela has committed himself unequivocally to the ANC's macro-economic policy document GEAR (Growth Employment and Redistribution)...
The release followed Pretoria's eleventh-hour postponement of a state visit by President Nelson Mandela even though Zambia had indicated Kaunda would be released during the visit...
But it was South Africa's President Nelson Mandela who had the toughest and most eloquent words on the OAU's future for the 29 heads of state or government attending...
Vol 39 No 11 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
President Nelson Mandela then insisted that if ANC ministers were found to have spied he would consider firing them...
Vol 39 No 8 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
President Nelson Mandela has spoken about a ‘merger' and says the deputy presidency is a firm offer...
Above all President Bill Clinton's 23 March - 2 April trip to Africa is an attempt to change the American perception of Africa: that the world's poorest continent - albeit the home of Nelson Mandela and some of the best musicians and soccer players in the world - should be accorded the same respect as Asia and Latin America...