Nelson Mandela was one of the most important leaders of 20th and 21st centuries - find out about his story here.

President Cyril Ramaphosa urges nation to honor Mandela’s legacy every day by reaching out to people, organizations who need ...

Alarmingly, the numbers have almost doubled since 2023, when 14 children under the age of five starved to death in Nelson Mandela Bay.

First officially recognized by the United Nations in 2009, International Nelson Mandela Day encourages people to commemorate the birthday and legacy of South Africa’s first Black president by ...

President Biden again claimed over the weekend that he was detained by South African authorities while trying to visit Nelson Mandela in prison in the 1970s -- despite admitting just last month ...

The South African Embassy in the State of Kuwait successfully commemorated Nelson Mandela International Day on 20 July 2025 ...

File — A photo of former South African President Nelson Mandela on display at the Nelson Mandela Legacy Exhibition in Cape Town, South Africa, on June 27, 2013.

He received the prize in 1993 alongside anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela, for his role in ushering South Africa into democracy. The 18-carat medal made of recycled gold was stolen from his home ...

Nelson Mandela’s grandson Mandla Mandela, center, with Hamas official Basem Naim, center right, during a march to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the death of former South African president ...

Mayibuye Melisizwe Mandela called for white South African refugees to be deported from the U.S. so they can face criminal charges.

South Africa’s archbishop emeritus and honorary Elders, Desmond Tutu, gestures while delivering a speech during the memorial service for late South African President Nelson Mandela at Soccer ...

Mandela became South Africa's first democratically elected leader in 1994 after spending 27 years in prison for his battle against apartheid, the brutal system of white minority rule in effect in ...