Nelson Mandela is excited about the new banknotes bearing his image which went into circulation on Tuesday, Reserve Bank governor Gill Marcus said.
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The South African Reserve Bank says new bank notes featuring the face of former president Nelson Mandela will enter circulation on November 6.
The ANC’s core base is alienated by a president who marshals the rhetoric of social justice, writes the Democratic Alliance’s Lindiwe Mazibuko.
A sheriff was allegedly sent to Nelson Mandela’s home in order to find his grandson Zondwa Mandela who owes Investec money for a Mercedes Benz.
Have African leaders ever sat down to write down their visions (not just their parties’) for the countries they govern, asks Percy Zvomuya.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has met Nelson Mandela at his rural homestead where SA’s first black president is living out his retirement.
A statue comprising of 50 steel columns to commemorate 50 years since Mandela was arrested and charged for treason has been unveiled in Howick.
The monumental sculpture, which will be unveiled in Howick, is made up of 50 steel rods of between five and 10m high symbolising a prison.
Observers believe China was the aim of US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s swipe at irresponsible resource seekers. Charles Molele reports.
ANCYL member Magdalene Moonsamy has taken on Deputy Communications Minister Stella Ndabeni over her remarks about Winnie Madikizela-Mandela.
Politicians, unionists and NGOs put their differences aside in an outpouring of good wishes to former president Nelson Mandela on his 94th birthday.
As SA celebrates Madiba’s birthday, it is becoming more protective of its hero amid growing criticism of how the man and his legacy are being "used".
Former US president Bill Clinton has hailed his close ties with Nelson Mandela on a visit to the icon’s home in Qunu ahead of his 94th birthday.
The Nelson Mandela Museum has opened a youth art exhibition on the South African democracy icon’s life in his childhood home Qunu.
Nelson Mandela turns 94 on Wednesday, but is unlikely to attend celebrations as the frail icon has increasingly vanished from the public eye.
In honour of Nelson Mandela’s 94th birthday we quizzed some children on what they think the father of the nation did for South Africa.
The best gift to give Nelson Mandela on his 94th birthday would be to act like him, says Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu.
Efforts to emulate Mandela haven’t worked out well for President Zuma, who has done more to divide the ANC than unite it, writes Michelle Pietersen.
After listening to the president’s speech at the Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture, Khaya Dlanga pleads with him not to deliver a high school oral again.
Five league supporters were detained and released on a warning after violence erupted at a hall in Limpopo, where President Jacob Zuma was speaking.
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela has accused the ANC, under President Jacob Zuma’s leadership, of disrespecting the Mandela family.
The family of South Africa’s former president has spread its wings to take advantage of the freedoms he won for them.
Argentina has handed Nelson Mandela’s eldest daughter, Zenani Mandela-Dlamini, credentials as South Africa’s ambassador to Buenos Aires.
Nelson Mandela, making his first appearance on television since a hospital stay in February, has received a flame marking the ANC’s centenary.
Former president Nelson Mandela will be moving back to his home in Qunu in the Eastern Cape on Tuesday, President Jacob Zuma has announced.
15years after Mandela signed the constitution, the book One Law, One Nation charts the story of the long fight for constitutional rights in the country.
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Zapiro may be facing yet another lawsuit from the president, but if his latest cartoon is anything to go by, he won’t be silenced any time soon.
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