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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..

Born

18 Jul 1918

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Politics

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Anti-Apartheid Activist, Former President of South Africa

last updated:

7 October, 2024

South Africa

South Africa announces new government with opposition getting 12 ministries

Announcement of new, multiparty Cabinet came a month after the ANC lost its 30-year political dominance in an election.

1 Jul 2024 - 10:21AM

South Africa

South Africa’s ANC seeks a national unity government

7 Jun 2024 - 1:45PM

South Africa

Opinion | With fall of ANC, divisive politics darkens South Africa’s rainbow

6 Jun 2024 - 10:07AMvideocam

Africa

South Africa’s ANC loses majority, in partner talks with free-marketeers, Marxists

After 30 years of dominance since Nelson Mandela led it to power in the milestone 1994 elections, the ANC lost its majority in last week’s election. It remains the largest party, but can no longer govern alone.

4 Jun 2024 - 7:04PM

South Africa

South Africa’s Ramaphosa urges rivals find common ground after ANC election bruising

South Africa’s African National Congress has begun talks with rivals to form a government following its worst performance since Nelson Mandela led it to power at the end of apartheid in 1994.

3 Jun 2024 - 1:51PM

Africa

South Africa election ends 3 decades of ANC dominance

With support dropping to 40 per cent of the vote, the legacy party of Nelson Mandela must for the first time share power in a coalition deal.

2 Jun 2024 - 7:13AM

Africa

‘Shift in politics’: ANC on course to lose majority in landmark South Africa vote

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.

30 May 2024 - 9:17PM

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

Donald Trump

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.

7 Apr 2024 - 1:52PMvideocam

Malala Yousafzai

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.

23 Dec 2023 - 12:24PMvideocam

Donald Trump

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.

24 Oct 2023 - 11:20AM

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

South Africa

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.

4 Dec 2022 - 10:10AM

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa will not step down despite a parliamentary report this week into the alleged cover-up of a cash robbery at one of his farms, his spokesman said on Saturday. Photo/AFP/File

Britain

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.

23 Nov 2022 - 11:43AM

Fashion

‘Not super cool’: the Italian menswear brand for self-made billionaires

Italian menswear brand Stefano Ricci exists in a different realm to most modern high-fashion brands, and by not prioritising young people, it has been able to carve out a niche with ultra-rich older men.

7 Nov 2022 - 4:29PM

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry

Did she lie? Inside the Meghan Markle and Nelson Mandela fiasco

If you thought the Duchess of Sussex’s Archetype podcast episode didn’t stir enough controversy, wait til you read what she said in her new interview on The Cut …

2 Sep 2022 - 6:00PM

South Africa

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.

25 Dec 2021 - 8:58AM

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

Fame and celebrity

How many of these 16 celebrities did you know were adopted?

Most are familiar with Apple co-founder Steve Jobs’ story, but did you Hollywood icon Marilyn Monroe and former US president Bill Clinton were adopted?

16 Nov 2021 - 6:00AM

Africa

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

In 1990 he announced Nelson Mandela would be released from prison after 27 years; the pair received Nobel Peace Prize in 1993.

12 Nov 2021 - 12:52AM

Fashion

Interview: Christian Louboutin on why fashion can still make a difference

The most famous shoemaker on the planet spoke exclusively to STYLE about inspiration and why he worked with Sabrina and Idris Elba to make stilettos (and trainers) with a message

9 Sep 2021 - 5:00AM

Christian Louboutin at the Palais de la Porte Dorée, in Paris, which hosted a recent retrospective of his designs. Photo: Christian Louboutin

South Africa

South Africa’s president Cyril Ramaphosa joins post-riot clean-up efforts

The country was gripped by more than a week of chaos that claimed more than 200 lives as looters ransacked shopping centres and groups blocked trade routes.

19 Jul 2021 - 12:37AMvideocam

Africa

Zambia’s founding leader Kenneth Kaunda laid to rest

Kaunda, who was a hero of the struggle against white rule in southern Africa, died last month at the age of 97.

8 Jul 2021 - 1:42AM

Donald Trump

Trump made ‘virulently racist remarks’ on Mandela and Obama, ex-lawyer says

Lawsuit claims Justice Department is trying to stop Michael Cohen from publishing book on his experiences working for US president.

22 Jul 2020 - 8:27PMvideocam

Michael Cohen, US President Donald Trump's former lawyer, returns to testify on Capitol Hill in March 2019. Photo: AP

Fame and celebrity

Richard Branson at 70: the Virgin billionaire’s brashest moments

His headmaster thought he’d end up in prison or a millionaire, but in every way Virgin billionaire and adventurer Sir Richard Branson has exceeded expectations

17 Jul 2020 - 7:06PM

They don’t make billionaires like this anymore: Sir Richard Branson at the Virgin Australia launch party at The Peninsula, Hong Kong, in 2017. Photo: Nora Tam

South Africa

Nelson Mandela’s daughter Zindzi dies

Zindzi was South Africa’s ambassador to Denmark at the time of her death.

13 Jul 2020 - 8:03PM

Inside Out & Outside In

Global protests show the destructive power of deep divisions

Police across the globe have come under fire for using excessive force in the face of peaceful protests whose focus has moved from the climate crisis. Healing the wounds will require restoring tolerance, cooperation and trust in legal and political institutions.

20 Jun 2020 - 6:53AMvideocam

Hong Kong protests

Letters | Can Joshua Wong step up to lead protesters to non-violence?

17 Nov 2019 - 8:05AMvideocam

Activist Joshua Wong Chi-fung (centre) holds up five fingers to represent the five demands of anti-government protesters, at a briefing session for the district council elections, hosted by the Electoral Affairs Commission at AsiaWorld-Expo in Chek Lap Kok on October 24. Wong’s application to run was rejected a few days later. Photo: K.Y. Cheng

Rugby World Cup 2019

Opinion | Who won and who lost at Japan’s Rugby World Cup?

Japan hosts the first tournament out of the world’s strongholds for the sport, so how did things turn out for everyone involved?

5 Nov 2019 - 1:06PMvideocam

South Africa

South Africa’s ruling ANC marks weakest election victory in 25 years

The African National Congress on Saturday secured 57.5 per cent of the vote, with a voter turnout of just 65 per cent.

12 May 2019 - 3:27AM

Nelson Mandela’s prison letters show why he is a moral beacon

26 Jul 2018 - 11:00PM

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