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JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Nelson Mandela was a master of forgiveness. South Africa's first black president spent nearly one-third of his life as a prisoner of apartheid, the system of white racist rule that...
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JOHANNESBURG Nelson Mandela was a master of forgiveness. South Africa's first black president spent nearly one-third of his life as a prisoner of apartheid, the system of white racist rule that he...
View ArticleNelson Mandela -- The Liberator of South Africa
Nelson Rohlihlahla Mandela, anti-apartheid activist, joint winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993, and the first President of South Africa to be elected by a truly democratic election, died...
View ArticleThe Man, The Myth, The Reading List: Nelson Mandela
Growing up in apartheid South Africa with widespread state censorship, it was hard to get to know our political leaders. The first time I actually saw a photograph of Nelson Mandela was in high school...
View ArticleNelson Mandela (1918-2013) (Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament...
(Source: Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House) The Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House mourns the passing of Nelson Mandela: 'Madiba', the father of South African...
View ArticleNelson Mandela: A timeline
Former South African president Nelson Mandela has died at the age of 95. Here are some of the major events in his life. July 18, 1918: Born to Hendry Mphakanyiswa, a Thembu chief, and Nosekeni Qunu in...
View ArticleMajor events in the life of Nelson Mandela
July 18, 1918 — Born to Hendry Mphakanyiswa, a Thembu chief, and Nosekeni Qunu in the Umtata district of the Transkei, at a time when virtually all of Africa was under European colonial rule. 1940 —...
View ArticleMandela: A healer of divisions, an advocate of equal opportunity
Nelson Mandela began his 27-year prison term in 1962, when he was convicted of illegally leaving the country and inciting workers to strike. He was brought back from his Robben Island imprisonment to...
View ArticleHumble till the end
Nelson Mandela guided South Africa from the oppression of apartheid to non-racial democracy as an icon of peace and reconciliation who came to embody the worldwide struggle for justice. Imprisoned for...
View ArticleSongs to listen to as you reflect on Madiba's life today
President Jacob Zuma has declared Sunday a National Day of Prayer and Reflection for the life of Nelson Mandela. "We should, while mourning, also sing at the top of our voices, dance and do whatever...
View ArticleAn icon of peace, harmony
Nelson Mandela guided South Africa from the oppression of apartheid to non-racial democracy as an icon of peace and reconciliation who came to embody the worldwide struggle for justice. Imprisoned for...
View ArticleNobel winner Nelson Mandela, South Africa's hero in apartheid struggle, dead...
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA — Nelson Mandela, whose successful struggle against South Africa's apartheid system of racial segregation and discrimination made him a global symbol for the cause of human...
View ArticleNelson Mandela: A Timeline of his life
July 18, 1918 Rolihlahla Mandela is born in Mvezo, a small village in the Transkei, a former British protectorate in the south. His father, Gadla Henry Mphakanyiswa, was a chief of the Thembu people,...
View ArticleApartheid History Timeline: On Nelson Mandela's Death, A Look Back At South...
Nelson Mandela died today at the age of 95. The former President of South Africa left an indelible mark on both his country and the world, becoming an international symbol of the fight against...
View ArticleAs a leader, Nelson Mandela was willing to use violence
JOHANNESBURG -- JOHANNESBURG _ Nelson Mandela, South Africa's first black president, is a giant in the world of liberation heroes, up there with Mohandas Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. But unlike...
View ArticleSouth African leader Nelson Mandela dies at 95
JOHANNESBURG -- JOHANNESBURG _ Nelson Mandela, who emerged from more than a quarter of a century in prison to steer a troubled African nation to its first multiracial democracy, uniting the country by...
View ArticleGeorge Bizos: Mandela's trial and tribulations
Nelson Mandela's commitment to the struggle for freedom started more than 15 years before he and many others decided, towards the end of 1961, that peaceful resistance was no longer the only option...
View ArticleNegotiator who outmanoeuvred PW
The announcement must have come while I was on the phone to my ageing mother. We had chatted at length about international events. “And how is Mandela?” she queried. “No real change since the last...
View ArticleThe Media and Mandela
I Nelson Mandela is dead, and the media pullulates with blazing adulation. Much of it is justified: we must, after all, extol Madiba’s courageous opposition to a barbarous system, and to the barbarous...
View ArticleNelson Mandela's address to a rally in Cape Town after his release from prison
11 February 1990 Friends, comrades and fellow South Africans. I greet you all in the name of peace, democracy and freedom for all. I stand here before you not as a prophet but as a humble servant of...
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