Today marks the 35th anniversary of Nelson ... To mark Mandela's release, the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) recently hosted the annual 27 For Freedom Race in Drakenstein, retracing ...

Follows the life of Nelson Mandela and his fight for freedom - from his childhood, to his 27 years in prison before becoming president and working to rebuild South Africa's once segregated society.

February 11, 1990 – Nelson Mandela freed from prison ... outstanding contribution” to his people’s “struggle for freedom and social justice” for the first time. May 4, 1992– South ...

Nujoma was not perfect, of course. Amending the Constitution to allow himself a third term as president in 1999 was very ...

Nelson Mandela is a South African lawyer ... Over the decades in chains, Mandela's spirit is unbowed as his struggle goes on in and beyond his captivity to become an international cause.

Nelson Mandela, whose successful struggle against South Africa’s apartheid ... drafts of his best-selling autobiography Long Walk to Freedom. 14. Mandela had six children: Madiba, Makaziwe ...

Reflecting on Nelson Mandela's release, 35 years on, this article explores the profound impact of his leadership on South ...

Mandela walked out of the Victor Verster Prison in the Western Cape on the 11th of February 1990, marking a historic point in ...

Nelson Mandela was a South ... revolutionary figure’s creative output. Mandela died at 95 on December 5, 2013 in Houghton Estate, South Africa. Today, he is celebrated as a visionary leader and ...

Idris Elba is recalling how he prepared to play Nelson Mandela in the 2013 film Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom. "In 2013, when I was preparing to play Nelson Mandela in the film Long Walk to Freedom, I ...

Idris Elba has opened up about spending a night in prison to prepare for his role as Nelson Mandela in the 2013 film, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom. During a recent interview with The Sunday Times, ...

In Free Nelson Mandela [w/t], the man who ... s doc will explore how a fierce political struggle and cultural battle was waged to bring about his freedom, as it charts Mandela’s journey from ...