JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The family of Nelson Mandela sought on Thursday to present a united front in a dispute with longtime associates of the former South African president over control of two companies. In a statement, all but one of Mandela’s grandchildren said the associates, including lawyer George Bizos and Tokyo Sexwale, a businessman and […]
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A granddaughter of Nelson Mandela has harshly criticized a longtime associate of the former president and anti-apartheid leader, in an escalation of a dispute over funds linked to one of the world’s most revered figures. Tukwini Mandela accused lawyer George Bizos of insulting her mother, slandering the Mandela family name and spreading […]
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Nineteen years after the end of apartheid, South Africans are still passionately divided over whether Margaret Thatcher helped or hindered the cruel system of white rule and prolonged the incarceration of Nelson Mandela. The heated discussions triggered by Thatcher’s death show how influential South Africans believe she was on the fate of […]
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Former South African President Nelson Mandela remained in a hospital on Easter Sunday while receiving treatment for a recurrence of pneumonia, the government said. South African presidential spokesman Mac Maharaj said there are no updates on 94-year-old Mandela since an official statement Saturday on his condition. That statement reported the anti-apartheid leader […]
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Nelson Mandela is making “steady progress” while being treated for a recurring lung infection and he had a full breakfast on Friday, South African authorities said. The office of President Jacob Zuma released a statement in which it said the former president and anti-apartheid leader was in good spirits after being taken […]
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Nelson Mandela, the anti-apartheid leader who became South Africa’s first black president, has been admitted to a hospital with a recurring lung infection, South Africa said Thursday. Mandela, 94, has become increasingly frail in recent years and has been hospitalized several times since last year, most recently earlier this month when he […]
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Nelson Mandela‘s ex-wife Winnie expressed “surprise and shock” that prosecutors are considering charges against her following the exhumation of bodies believed to belong to two young activists last seen at her home 24 years ago. In a statement from her lawyer dated Saturday and received Sunday, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela said it is “difficult […]
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The building that houses South Africa’s highest court, made partly with bricks from an apartheid-era prison, symbolizes what Nelson Mandela hoped his country would become, a haven of tolerance wiser for the nation’s past anguish. Its mosaics, slanting columns, and natural light are meant to welcome people to the Constitutional Court, guardian […]
Nelson Mandela is a heroic and iconic figure, a symbol of spiritual strength, forgiveness and leadership to the entire world. Now the next generation of Mandelas are finding their place in the world. Mandela’s granddaughters Zaziwe Diamini Manaway, 35, and Swati Diamini, 33, are the stars of the new reality show “Being Mandela,” a 13-episode […]
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela has recovered from his recent lung infection and a surgical procedure to remove gallstones, according to an announcement Sunday by President Jacob Zuma. Doctors say that Mandela, 94, has made “steady progress and that clinically, he continues to improve,” according to a statement issued by Zuma’s […]
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela has recovered from his recent lung infection and a surgical procedure to remove gallstones, according to an announcement Sunday by President Jacob Zuma. Doctors say that Mandela, 94, has made “steady progress and that clinically, he continues to improve,” according to a statement issued by Zuma’s […]
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The doctors treating former South African leader Nelson Mandela believe he should remain in Johannesburg for now to be close to medical facilities that can provide care to the 94-year-old, the government said Thursday. Mandela left a hospital Wednesday evening after nearly three weeks of treatment there, and was brought to his […]
