Mandela Release Anniversary
latest news & developments
Shoeless Mandela went missing, ‘sipping tea’ on day of release
Mandela was found sipping tea with his shoes off in a quiet Cape Town home, his driver having made a detour to avoid the crowd outside the city hall.
Madiba’s image to grace new bank notes
President Jacob Zuma has announced that all of the new South African bank notes will bear the image of former president Nelson Mandela.
The promise must be kept
The passing of 20 years since FW de Klerk’s monumental speech has provided the occasion for much public evaluation of our constitutional progress.
Waiting for Mandela
Feverish preparations to receive the jailed leader could never have been perfect — there was no precedent.