Former president Nelson Mandela is recovering well from his illness and in "good spirits", President Jacob Zuma said after visiting him on Tuesday
News of Nelson Mandela’s hospital visit sparked wild rumours internationally. The <i>M&G</i>’s <b>Vuvu Vena</b> gives her craziest five.
While the Mandela family and ANC leaders visited Milpark on Thursday, the rest of the country huddled in the ‘national waiting room’.
Former president Nelson Mandela remained in Milpark Hospital receiving care for an apparent respiratory condition on Thursday afternoon.
Nelson Mandela celebrates his 92nd birthday on Sunday, just one week after the World Cup showed off the successes of democratic South Africa.
The woman with the microphone and brightly coloured knit tam-o’-shanter is speaking in Nelson Mandela’s name as she presses villagers to be honest about HIV/Aids.
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/ 27 January 1995
A select few have been offered the chance to take part in an exclusive, and expensive, tour of Robben Island, reports Justin Pierce
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/ 23 December 1994
NELSON MANDELA has nominated businessman and leader of the senate Dr Sam Motsuenyane for the post of treasurer general.
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/ 12 October 1990
Nelson Mandela is one of the dark horses in the running for the Nobel Peace Prize to be announced on Monday.
By moving far – but not as far as expected – FW lands the ANC with a hard choice.
Nelson Mandela yesterday thanked the people of Angola for their support for the resistance struggle in South Africa.
What kind of Mercedes Benz rolls off the assembly line wrapped in cellophane paper and plastered with stickers proclaiming the virtues of the SACP?
A top-level four-man African National Congress delegation meets with State President FW de Klerk today.
Inkatha Mangosuthu Buthelezi will be in Cape Town today, as will African National Congress Deputy President Nelson Mandela.
A phone-call to Coetsee breaks prisons stalemate.
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/ 16 February 1990
There were 150 000 dreams at Soccer City on Tuesday.
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/ 12 February 1990
Yesterday’s newspapers turned into today’s placards as thousands of Sowetans packed Jabulani stadium.
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/ 12 February 1990
In the South Africa of the future, February 11 will be a public holiday. On Sunday it was the day of liberation.
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/ 13 October 1989
Sitting watching an historic news bulletin on SABC television on Tuesday night at Victor Verster Prison was a most extraordinary party.
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/ 13 October 1989
The releases of Walter Sisulu and seven other political prisoners are expected to begin on Sunday and the MDM is planning marches and rallies.
According to the SA Prisons Service and the ANC leaders, Nelson Mandela’s graduation party will definitely take place.
Named: The four men in Kobie’s Coetsee’s talks team
Nelson Mandela, has been involved in ”serious dialogue” with senior members of the government for almost three years.
Nelson Mandela is believed to have drawn up a wider list of people he wants to consult with.
The full text of the recent letter from Nelson Mandela to Mangosuthu Buthelezi.
Nelson Mandela has sent his “very best wishes" to Margaret Thatcher — but has not praised her for her work on the South African issue.
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/ 15 December 1988
Jailed African National Congress leader Nelson Mandela has obtained his LIB degree.
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/ 9 December 1988
A non-interview with the banned Govan Mbeki about the day when he last saw Nelson Mandela.
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/ 9 December 1988
His name is known around the globe, but his face has been unknown in his country. This week, all that changed.
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/ 21 October 1988
Why we did it – the first interview with one of the Kine fugitives.
PW Botha can’t bring himself to free Nelson Mandela; but he also can’t hold him forever.
Mandela will celebrate his birthday on July 18 behind bars despite repeated calls for his release from the international community.