Mandela News

He travels the globe speaking to young people about his vision for the world, one where there are no boundaries.

The United Nations General Assembly has declared 18 July Mandela Day, to mark the contribution of Nelson Mandela to world freedom.

November 9, 2009 Mandela Endures as South Africa's Ideal By CELIA W. DUGGER New York Times JOHANNESBURG - The icon is a very old man now.

Nobel Peace Prize winners Nelson Mandela of South Africa and Muhammad Yunus of Bangladesh have been invited to attend the 29th World Peace Day commemoration ceremony in the scenic eastern Indonesian city of Ambon this month.

A FORMER militia leader serving five consecutive life sentences in an Israeli prison for a bombing in Tel Aviv has emerged as the likely successor to Mahmoud Abbas, the moderate Palestinian leader who plans to stand down.

The CEO of the Sun City security company involved in a race row in which Nelson Mandela was called a "k*****" has resigned in an attempt to "stabilise" the company, which has come under fire from trade union federation Cosatu.

An arms dealer who holds the local franchise for the Build-a-Bear Workshop has bought the "black empowerment" shares in military aviation company Aerosud, one of South Africa's two "risk partners" in the manufacturing of Europe's A400M Airbus.

WASHINGTON POST: DOCUMENT ON CORRUPTION IN CONGRESS : Confidential House report reveals details of investigations into lawmakers, aides House ethics investigators have scrutinized the activities of more than 30 lawmakers and several aides in inquiries about issues including defense lobbying and corporate influence peddling, according to a ...

Delegates dressed in traditional Ndebele outfits stand against a wall ahead of the Institute of African Royalty launch in Johannesburg, South Africa, Thursday Nov.

As the world prepares for the historic climate change negotiations in Copenhagen, Denmark in December, The Elders, a group of eminent global leaders brought together by former South African president, Nelson Mandela, have told world leaders that nothing short of a decisive, ambitious, binding and effective deal would be expected from the meeting.

Nelson Mandela Museum Council chairperson and ANC veteran, Professor Kadar Asmal, says the exhibition at the Nelson Mandela Museum is an expression of love for Madiba.

Protesting Cosatu members broke through a steel barrier at Sun City near Rustenburg on Saturday.

Nelson Mandela: In recent years Mr Mandela has fully withdrawn from public life after a lifetime as a freedom fighter, political prisoner and politician Photo: EPA Professor GJ Gerwel, chairman of the Nelson Mandela Foundation, said the 91-year-old anti-apartheid legend was "as well as anyone can expect" despite rumours he was suffering from ...

It's that time of year again - you know, when Clint Eastwood releases a trailer for a movie that looks fascinating and completely different from the last thing he did, and your trio of reactions run something like this: 1) Hmmm, Clint's got a movie coming out - didn't we just see - Gran Torino' five minutes ago? 2) Hmmm, it's got Morgan Freeman ...

As with the other day , I can't seem to make Quicktime happy at my workstation here.

Last week we brought you a new poster for Clint Eastwood 's upcoming drama Invictus , and now we've got the film's first trailer.

Falcon Security has suspended a manager at Sun City while it investigates the public playing of a CD containing lyrics insulting former president Nelson Mandela , the company's CEO said on Wednesday.

The Oscar-winning South African-born actress Charlize Theron auctioned off a meeting with Nelson Mandela without getting permission from the Nelson Mandela Foundation, Beeld reports.

Warner Bros has released the first trailer for Clint Eastwood 's new film Invictus , which tells the "inspiring true story of how Nelson Mandela joined forces with the captain of South Africaa s rugby team, Francois Pienaar, to help unite their country." Matt Damon plays Pienaar, and Morgan Freeman plays Mandela.

A man has appeared in court for allegedly insulting former president Nelson Mandela during a Potjiekos competition at Sun City near Rustenburg, North West police said today.