VIDEO: Nelson Mandela release from prison speech (full speech)

Read: President John Dramani Mahama’s tribute to Nelson Mandela

For years, it seemed as though only one photograph of Nelson Mandela existed. It showed him with bushy hair, plump cheeks, and a look of serious determination. But it was a black-and-white shot, so grainy it looked ancient — a … Read more →

Beyonce mourns Mandela: Shares Photos of herself and Jay Z with Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela’s death is a global catastrophe which is taking all and sundry hard to overcome even though his health had given signs of possible demise any soon. Songster extraordinaire and wife of Sean Carter (Jay Z) Beyonce shares in … Read more →

Read: President Barack Obama’s speech about Nelson Mandela’s death

President Barack Obama on Thursday mourned the death of South Africa’s first black president, Nelson Mandela, the anti-apartheid icon. Obama made a sombre appearance at the White House to talk about the loss of Mandela with whom he shares the … Read more →

RIP WORLD’S GREATEST: Nelson Mandela dead at 95

Nelson Mandela, the former South African president whose stubborn defiance survived 27 years in prison and led to the dismantling of the country’s racist and brutal apartheid system, has died. Mandela was 95 years old. South Africa’s president says Nelson Mandela … Read more →

Nelson Mandela’s wife says he’s still “very ill”, house “is like an ICU ward”

Nelson Mandela’s ex-wife says South Africa’s former president remains “quite ill” and unable to speak because of tubes that are keeping his lungs clear of fluid, though he is relaxed. Winnie Madikizela-Mandela told South Africa’s Sunday Independent newspaper that Mandela’s … Read more →

10 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Nelson Mandela

1. Mandela’s tribal nickname is “Rolihlahla,” meaning “Troublemaker.” Other accounts translate Rolihlalhla to mean “to pull a branch from a tree,” which, of course, is something only a troublemaker would do. It was his teacher, Miss Mdingane, who gave him the … Read more →

50 Cent prays for Nelson Mandela

Former South African President Nelson Madiba Mandela who is in critical condition due to lung infections, for some days now been admitted at a hospital in Pretoria which has sent whole South African country on the edge with one line … Read more →

South Africa emotionally accepts the possibility of Nelson Mandela passing

As anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela’s reportedly clings to life support, South Africans seem resigned to the global icon’s imminent passing. Reports of burial preparations, impending tribal rituals and other arrangements for the death of the former South African president indicate an apparent … Read more →

Nelson Mandela: Atmosphere almost festive as South Africans await word on leader’s condition

While a rotating roster of Nelson Mandela’s closest relatives including his wife, Graca Machel, kept a bedside vigil Wednesday at the Medi-Clinic Heart Hospital, Pretorians continued to pay their respects in song and poetry before a wall outside that has … Read more →