Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (Madiba)

South African President Nelson Mandela rushing from a crisis meeting on Zaïre told off his colleagues for being late for meetings...

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...

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...

Deputy President Thabo Mbeki the anointed successor to President Nelson Mandela is set to further consolidate his power-base in the ruling African National Congress prior to the party's national conference this December...

Mahathir was one of the first heads of government to visit Nelson Mandela after his release from gaol in February 1990 after which Malaysia-South Africa trade boomed...

Mbeki has four main worries: stamping his authority on the ANC as he gradually takes over the leadership from President Nelson Mandela; managing leftist dissent in the ANC and its alliance partners; cracking down on personal power battles in the provinces; and containing the Inkatha Freedom Party' s political ambitions in kwaZulu/Natal...