In his workshop stocked with piles of fabric and sewing machines, Sonwabile Ndamase is proud that the Madiba shirts he designed for Nelson Mandela 30 years ago endure as a legacy of South Africa's ...

Madiba told me that the batik silk shirts were his favourite because they allowed him to stand out from other global politicians. He always commanded attention with his statement shirts. I think that ...

The Madiba Shirt was a creation for and with Nelson Mandela, who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999, the first to be elected in a fully representative democratic election. In ...

But if anyone designed the Madiba Shirt, it was Madiba himself, he says. It was on a day in 1995 that Desré Buirski received her first invitation to have tea with a president.

Nelson Mandela Helps Madiba Shirts To Become Popular In practically every image of Nelson Mandela after he became president in 1994, he is wearing a silk, long-sleeved, button-up shirt covered ...

Presidential or Madiba shirts which are loose-fitting silk usually in bright colours are affectionately known and associated with the late statesman and Struggle icon Nelson Mandela.

Worn untucked and without a jacket, the loose Madiba shirts remain a favourite among South African politicians, making a statement 10 years after Mandela’s death. Madiba is the clan name by ...

If anything, the Madiba shirt is a classic, not a fashion statement. Its rules are comfort and a dramatic graphic signature. At South African Fashion Week in February 2013, the menswear collections ...

Worn untucked and without a jacket, the loose Madiba shirts remain a favourite among South African politicians, making a statement 10 years after Mandela’s death.. Madiba is the clan name by ...

Sporting a gray goatee, Ndamase laughs off the many other designers who claim to have pioneered the Madiba shirt or sell versions resembling his own, which today cost about 1,800 rands (US$100) apiece ...