Nelson Mandela, the former political prisoner who became the first president of a post-apartheid South Africa and whose heroic life and towering moral stature made him one of history’s most ...

Whether it is a case of believing someone has long since died, although he or she is still in fact enjoying the best of health, or singing song lyrics with the wrong words – when many people ...

South African parties geared up for coalition talks on May 31 as the governing African National Congress (ANC) looked set to fall well short of a majority for the first time in 30 years of democracy.

The actor Idris Elba recounts being on the red carpet for the Mandela film premiere when he found out that the anti-apartheid politician Nelson Mandela had died. Watch the full BBC Select ...

The name comes from the idea that former South African President Nelson Mandela died in prison in the 1980s, when he actually ...

Nelson Mandela was a famous leader. A man who went from being a prisoner to a President and became an inspiration to people all over the world! Mandela was born in 1918 in South Africa. Most South ...