Nelson Mandela: 1918 - 2013
Nelson Mandela, who emerged after 27 years in prison to steer troubled South Africa to its first multiracial democracy, uniting the country by reaching out to fearful whites and becoming a revered symbol of racial reconciliation around the world, died at his home in December 2013. He was 95.
Mandela and the man who released him, President Frederik W. de Klerk, shared the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993. A year later, Mandela, the son of a tribal chief, succeeded De Klerk after a historic, peaceful election, the images of which were seared into the memory of a global audience: millions of blacks cast the first votes of their lifetimes.
After leaving the government, Mandela’s worldwide stature continued to grow. He became active in the fight against AIDS; a son died of the disease in 2005. He also traveled widely in support of human rights and efforts to end poverty and spoke out vehemently against the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. In 2004, at age 85, Mandela announced his retirement from public life.
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Nelson Mandela, who was jailed for 27 years by a white-minority government as a terrorist and walked free as a septuagenarian to lead South Africa to its first multiracial democracy, dies at 95.
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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — The moment would haunt Nelson Mandela all his life.
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Leaders and dignitaries from more than 100 countries bid farewell to South Africa’s ‘great soul,’ Nelson Mandela.
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Twenty-three years ago, for barely 24 hours, Nelson Mandela visited Los Angeles.
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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- As Nelson Mandela neared death last week, doctors told his wife, Graca Machel, that this time he couldn’t be saved, South African media reported Sunday.
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Race and class are still intertwined in South Africa, and the work of translating political liberation into material freedom for the young is now the task at hand.
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FOCHVILLE, South Africa -- In Fochville, a mainly Afrikaner mining town about 30 miles southwest of Johannesburg, not everyone wants to talk about the legacy of Nelson Mandela.
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SOWETO, South Africa -- When South African President Jacob Zuma walked into the stadium for the memorial service of Nelson Mandela, he drew a cheer from the ruling African National Congress crowd.
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Three world leaders -- a white conservative, a black liberal and an unpretentious woman governing the happiest country on Earth -- mirthfully huddled together for a photo capturing a momentous event.
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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- The sign language interpreter who stood a few feet from President Obama and other world leaders during Nelson Mandela’s memorial service acknowledged Thursday being a schizophrenic with a history of violence.
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The body of former South African President Nelson Mandela will lie in state at the Union Buildings in Pretoria until Saturday.
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The African National Congress finds that as it mythologizes Mandela, voters are uneasy about the contrast between him and the party’s current leadership.
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NEW YORK -- Few entertainment luminaries have had as keen an eye into Nelson Mandela’s personality and worldview than Bono, The Edge and the rest of U2.
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A new generation of leaders there has put his legacy of inclusiveness, selflessness and moderation in jeopardy.
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South Africans are left feeling a gaping void as the nation says farewell in a state funeral attended by 4,500 and broadcast to others.
