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Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela is a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary and politician who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. His government focused on dismantling the legacy of apartheid and fostering racial reconciliation. An African nationalist and democratic socialist, Mandela served as the President of the African National Congress (ANC) from 1991 to 1997..

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18 Jul 1918

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Anti-Apartheid Activist, Former President of South Africa

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Namibia’s former president Sam Nujoma In Havana, Cuba in 2016 for the funeral of former leader Fidel Castro. Nujoma died on Sunday at the age of 95 in Namibia’s capital Windhoek. Photo: EPA-EFE

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Election results are displayed on a digital screen in Johannesburg, South Africa on Thursday. Photo: EPA-EFE

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Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Derry, New Hampshire. Photo: Reuters

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Former South African president Nelson Mandela smiles as he formally announces his retirement from public life in Johannesburg in June 2004. Photo: Reuters

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Horoscopes: what’s your luck like in June 2026, the Wood Horse month?

Gordon Ramsay, Greta Thunberg and Joe Biden were all born in the Year of the Horse – and they may find themselves facing a turbulent month.

Trump’s new ambassador to South Africa arrives in country amid strained ties

He finger-painted until it bored him. Then came the fire

Some Gaza flotilla activists allege mistreatment while being detained in Israel

Israel’s Foreign Ministry refuted the claims as ‘brazen lies’, stating all detainees’ legal rights were ‘fully upheld’.

Israeli naval forces intercept aid flotilla bound for war-torn Gaza

Passengers, including Greta Thunberg, are ‘safe and healthy,’ authorities say, following the operation in international waters.

UK police arrest scores of supporters of banned group Palestine Action

Lawmakers had proscribed the group under anti-terrorism legislation after some members broke into a Royal Air Force base and damaged planes.

George Floyd’s uncertain legacy marked in US 5 years on

Police killing of black man George Floyd in 2020 prompted a national reckoning over race and police brutality.

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Inspired by Nelson Mandela, the 1990 song written by frontman Wong Ka-kui was a karaoke favourite that spoke to young people in the city.

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South Africa’s ruling ANC was on course to lose its 30-year-old unchallenged majority after voters queued long into the night to cast their ballots, preliminary results and projections showed.

Trump again likens himself to Nelson Mandela

The ex-US president suggested it would be an ‘honour’ to be jailed for speaking up, as he faces a gag order in his hush money criminal case.

Taliban rule ‘made girlhood illegal’ in Afghanistan, Malala says

The Nobel Prize winner says many are facing depression and turning to drugs and called for gender apartheid to be made a crime against humanity.

Trump compares himself to Mandela, promises an Iron Dome for US

Former US president Donald Trump cast himself as the victim of federal and state prosecutors he alleges are targeting him and his businesses for political reasons.

South Africa’s scandal-hit Ramaphosa ‘not resigning’: spokesman

Pressure has mounted this week for Cyril Ramaphosa to quit or be forced from office over the burglary of more than half a million dollars in cash from his farm, which he allegedly covered up.

King Charles welcomes South Africa’s Ramaphosa for first state visit

The South African president called on Britain to support the calls of lower income countries for a reformed global institutional order and climate justice.

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South Africa slams auction of Nelson Mandela’s cell key

Authorities say the key to the cell on Robben Island, where the ex-president was jailed for 27 years, belongs to the country’s people.

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FW de Klerk, the last president of apartheid South Africa, dies at 85

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