South Africa's overriding power was decently veiled: President Nelson Mandela had on 14 February held a prearranged meeting with President Joaquim Chissano of Mozambique...
The late President François Mitterrand was the first foreign head of state to visit newly-elected President Nelson Mandela...
Its neighbours led by South Africa's President Nelson Mandela barely concealed their frustration as they tried to persuade King Mswati to move faster on constitutional reform; the African National Congress and Confederation of South African Trade Unions unambiguously supported the striking workers...
Vol 38 No 6 |
- COMMONWEALTH
South African President Nelson Mandela rushing from a crisis meeting on Zaïre told off his colleagues for being late for meetings...
Vol 38 No 5 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
After just over a thousand days in office President Nelson Mandela and his ministers have a spring in their step...
In South Africa in January President Nelson Mandela apparently convinced him he would do better working inside the government than outside...
Savimbi met President Nelson Mandela in January...
Vol 38 No 4 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
President Nelson Mandela and Deputy President Thabo Mbeki are said to have backed him so far but neither will be keen to feed the perception of a sell-out among party supporters in the run-up to the 1999 general elections...
Khartoum is trying to involve President Nelson Mandela in negotiations with Uganda (which backs the SPLA); Federal Minister Ali el Haj flew to South Africa on 26 January...
Yet Gore will have to offer Pretoria something substantial if Nelson Mandela's government is to avoid both a loss of profit from potentially the most lucrative post-apartheid arms deal and a loss of face after Clinton Administration spokesmen threatened to cut aid to South Africa running at about US$90 million this year...