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Malala Yousafzai to deliver Nelson Mandela annual lecture

Pakistan’s Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai will deliver the 21st Nelson Mandela annual lecture on December 5 in Johannesburg. The Nelson Mandela Foundation said...

US intelligence documents on Nelson Mandela made public

JOHANNESBURG: Thousands of pages of US intelligence documents on Nelson Mandela were made public on Wednesday, revealing that Washington continued to monitor the South...

Prince Harry and Meghan visit Nelson Mandela tribute in London

Prince Harry and his wife Meghan visited an exhibition marking 100 years since the birth of former South African President Nelson Mandela.

Obama to lead celebrations 100 years after Mandela’s birth

South Africa celebrates the 100th anniversary of Nelson Mandela's birth this week with a flagship speech by former US president Barack Obama.

Nelson Mandela’s ex-wife Winnie Mandela dies at 81

JOHANNESBURG: Winnie Mandela, the former wife of South African anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela, died on Monday at the age of 81, her spokesman said. She...

Nelson Mandela funeral fund lost $22 million to corruption, family ‘shocked’

JOHANNESBURG: Nelson Mandela 's family has expressed "indignation and dismay" at allegations that officials stole and misspent $22 million intended for the anti-apartheid icon's...

Sequel launched to Mandela’s ‘Long Walk’ autobiography

JOHANNESBURG: The sequel to Nelson Mandela's celebrated autobiography "Long Walk to Freedom" will be released on Thursday after his unfinished draft was completed by...

Nelson Mandela book withdrawn after outrage from widow

JOHANNESBURG: A new book detailing Nelson Mandela's last days has been withdrawn after it was condemned by his outraged widow, publisher Penguin Random House...

Gifts to Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II go on display

LONDON: Britain's Queen Elizabeth II is putting gifts received from world leaders on display at Buckingham Palace, with the eclectic collection including presents from...

South African anti-apartheid icon Ahmed Kathrada dead at 87

JOHANNESBURG: Leading South African anti-apartheid activist Ahmed Kathrada, one of Nelson Mandela's closest colleagues in the long struggle against white rule, died early Tuesday...

Nobel laureate Archbishop Tutu celebrates 85th birthday  

CAPETOWN: South African retired Anglican archbishop and anti-apartheid icon Desmond Tutu celebrated his 85th birthday Friday presiding over eucharist at his home church in...

WATCH: First known TV interview with Nelson Mandela

JOHANNESBURG: The first known television interview with South Africa's late anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela has emerged, featuring a bearded activist defiantly vowing to fight racism in footage believed to have dated from 1956.

The waiter’s a thief: dining at South African prison restaurant

CAPE TOWN:  Cape Town is known for the diversity of its restaurants, but the strangest has to be at Pollsmoor Maximum Security Prison, once home to South Africa's liberation icon Nelson Mandela.

An ‘angrier’ Mandela seen in new film dodging murder, building bombs

CANNES: A new film shows a rarely examined side of Nelson Mandela's life training as a fighter across Africa where he dodged at least one assassination attempt before a tip from a CIA spy led to his arrest in 1962.

CIA spy claimed his tip-off led to Mandela arrest

LONDON: A tip from a CIA spy to authorities in apartheid-era South Africa led to Nelson Mandela's 1962 arrest, beginning the leader's 27 years behind bars, an article in the Sunday Times reported.

Pakistani women’s rights activist honored with Nelson Mandela award

KARACHI: Swat's Tabassum Adnan was honored with the prestigious Nelson Mandela – Graça Machel Innovation Award 2016 in Columbia, ARY News reported.

Indian state says will review ‘meaningless chapters’ on Mandela, other figures in school textbooks

The government of Rajasthan has decided not to give "undue importance to foreign authors", or have their children read "meaningless" chapters on historic world figures like iconic figure Nelson Mandela or romantic poet William Wordsworth.

Notable deaths in 2014

NEW YORK: From Gabriel Garcia Marquez to Robin Williams, here are some of the notable figures who died in the year just ending:

Hero's welcome for S.Africa's first Miss World in 40 years

JOHANNESBURG: South Africa on Saturday welcomed back home its first Miss World winner in 40 years, Rolene Strauss, with wild cheers and ululations.

Mandela's widow says heart 'heavier' as anniversary approaches

JOHANNESBURG: As the first anniversary of Nelson Mandela's death approaches, his widow Graca Machel said on Tuesday that her heart was growing heavier and that it was still difficult to accept he is gone.
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