Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (Madiba)

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...

He arranged a one-party triumph by refusing (despite pleas from President Nelson Mandela and ex-President Jimmy Carter) to allow his main opponent ex-President Kenneth Kaunda to stand against him...

It was picked by President Nelson Mandela for a visit as Francophone Africa' s democratic example...

From the province emerged Nelson Mandela Walter Sisulu Oliver Tambo Govan Mbeki and his son Thabo – all Xhosas an ethnic fact which the ANC is keen to underemphasise...

To lose support next time in its own heartland would be a severe blow to a party which by then will no longer be led by its chief vote-gatherer Nelson Mandela...

The first recipient was Nelson Mandela...

Kaunda left for South Africa on 29 October to try to persuade President Nelson Mandela to revive his offer of facilitating all- party talks...

The rapturous applause that greeted South African President Nelson Mandela and his newly confirmed companion Graça Machel widow of President Samora Machel of Mozambique distracted somewhat from the main event...

Pretoria has moved in a similar direction despite President Nelson Mandela's call on BBC radio for the removal of the Abacha regime after the hanging of Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight other people...