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JOHANNESBURG – Former South African President Nelson Mandela had a restful day in a hospital Sunday and is improving following treatment for a recurrence of pneumonia, the government said. The office of President Jacob Zuma thanked South Africans who prayed … read more »
IndepthAfrica – Former South African president Nelson Mandela is said to be in good spirits and making steady progress during hospital treatment for a recurring lung infection. President Zuma said Thursday that Mandela is doing “very well,” telling the BBC … read more »
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When a 23-year-old woman was raped and tortured to death in Delhi, the case captured the attention of the world. Two months later, a 17-year-old girl was raped and tortured to death near Cape Town in an eerily similar case, … read more »
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After spending Christmas in hospital, former South African president Nelson Mandela has been discharged from hospital. The anti-apartheid hero and Nobel Peace laureate was admitted to a Pretoria hospital on December 8 with a lung infection. Since then he has … read more »
Durban – Former president Nelson Mandela, who is recovering in a Pretoria hospital after undergoing a surgical procedure to remove gallstones and receiving treatment for a chronic lung infection, will probably spend Christmas in a hospital bed. The 94-year-old statesman’s … read more »
South Africa’s first black president, Nelson Mandela, has had an operation to remove gallstones, according to a government statement. The operation was successful and Mr Mandela is recovering. Mr Mandela, who is 94, was admitted to hospital last Saturday after … read more »
It is insulting to Madiba and everything he has worked for to suggest that the country will fall apart when he dies Madiba is in hospital. Spokespeople assure us he is doing well. That he is old, sick and likely … read more »
President Jacob Zuma has met with South Africa’s former president Nelson Mandela, who is in hospital. A statement from the presidency said that Mr Zuma found Mr Mandela “comfortable and in good care”. It offered no other details about why … read more »
An arrest warrant was issued for a grandson of Nelson Mandela on Monday after he failed to appear in court for not paying maintenance to his first wife, local media reported. Mandla Mandela, an ANC member of parliament and head … read more »
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton visited with Nelson Mandela at his home on Monday to pay her respects to the aging South African icon. Clinton and a small group flew to the 94-year-old Mandela’s home village of Qunu, … read more »
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Former president Nelson Mandela’s sculpture was unveiled in Howick in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands on Saturday. “The front of the sculpture is a portrait of Mandela, it has vertical bars which represent his imprisonment,” designer Marco Cianfanelli said. He came up … read more »
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South Africa unveiled its latest monument to Nelson Mandela on Saturday, a new statue along a rural highway marking the spot where he was arrested 50 years ago for his struggle against apartheid. Mandela, now 94, was arrested as a … read more »
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While it may obviously be too early to talk about Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai being likened to Madiba (Nelson Mandela), considering that the GNU is yet to realise its fruits, the President’s recent assertion about what should constitute heroism cannot … read more »
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Tiisetso Maloma I’m sure most of you saw an article on Mandela’s birthday; titled “Mandela sold blacks out” Read it HERE. I could feel the pain the fella was spilling into the post. Either you sympathized with it; were disgusted … read more »
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The leader of a 2002 plot to assassinate Nelson Mandela and push blacks out of South Africa has been found guilty of treason. Mike du Toit, a former university lecturer who headed a militia known as the Boeremag, was convicted … read more »
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Since it is Nelson R Mandela birthday today 18 July 2012, it is only befitting to write a letter to him as he and the world celebrates his birthday. This is an open letter to Mandela. Dear Former President Nelson … read more »
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Today, July 18, marks the fourth annual Nelson Mandela International Day. Below, read the statement from President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama honoring the day, and Mandela’s life and work. On behalf of the people of the United States, we … read more »
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Dar es Salaam. The South African high commission in association with the United Nations (UN) yesterday offered community service at Tandale Primary School to commemorate the Nelson Mandela International Day. The purpose was to create awareness among Tanzanians and the … read more »
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The Sowetan reported on Thursday that the former wife of Nelson Mandela told Malema in Nqgeleni in the Eastern Cape that his efforts to economically liberate the country had been noticed. She was accompanied by Malema, suspended ANCYL spokesperson Floyd … read more »
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South Africa’s Nelson Mandela turns 94 on Wednesday, but he is unlikely to attend a host of celebrations as the frail anti-apartheid icon has increasingly vanished from the public eye. He once partied lavishly with the likes of American talk-show … read more »
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The struggle veteran, in a letter addressed to party spokesman Jackson Mthembu, blasted the ANC, saying: “We [the Mandela family] only matter when we have to be used for some agenda.” A clearly hurt and livid Madikizela-Mandela wrote the letter … read more »
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Johannesburg: South Africa will this year celebrate the birthday of the country’s first black president and Nobel laureate Nelson Mandela in great style with a birthday song sung by hundreds of people. The anti-apartheid hero turns 94 this year. Mandela, … read more »
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Jared Sacks On the 27 April, Freedom Day (a South African national holiday) was marked throughout the country with political party rallies, NGO commemorations and thousands of now customary non-political braais (BBQs). It is a holiday that has come to … read more »
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Thousands of documents, photographs and videos of Nelson Mandela have been placed online in a mass digital archive. The database was created by the Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory and Google, which transformed the documents into a searchable collection that … read more »
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By Dr. Michael J.K. Bokor It is pathetic that despite all the good work that Rawlings has done for the country, he is the very person staining his own image many years after leaving office. By constantly erring on the … read more »
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February 26, 2012 by benim
Former South African President Nelson Mandela has been discharged from hospital after a diagnostic procedure for an abdominal problem, the government says. President Jacob Zuma’s office said he was sent home after the checks “did not indicate anything seriously wrong”. … read more »
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Tagged Abdomen, Government, Jacob Zuma, Lindiwe Sisulu, Mandela, Nelson Mandela, South Africa, South Africa under apartheid
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BuaNews (Tshwane) Pretoria — Former President Nelson Mandela will become the first person to appear on the country’s banknotes since the dawn of democracy, President Jacob Zuma has announced. “On behalf of Government and the people of South Africa, it … read more »
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Johannesburg – The ANC in the Eastern Cape has called for an urgent meeting with the Mandela family to discuss Mandla Mandela’s personal life, a newspaper reported on Thursday. The high profile delegation, which will be led by ANC secretary … read more »
by Emeka Chiakwelu As racism and oppression against Black Africans gained momentum in the newly established Union of South African, Pixley ka Isaka Seme a visionary leader in 1911 appeal to all non- European ethnic groups in South Africa to … read more »
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East London – Guests began arriving on Saturday afternoon to the Eastern Cape venue where former president Nelson Mandela‘s grandson, Mandla – despite a court interdict – is set to wed for the third time. Curious onlookers from the village … read more »
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