Nelson Mandela was born on July 18, 1918, in what was then known as the Union of South Africa, a dominion of the British Empire. Although the majority of the country’s inhabitants were Black, they ...

Although Mandela had been frail and ailing for nearly a year, President Jacob Zuma’s announcement late Thursday of the death of the Nobel Peace Prize laureate shook South Africa. Tributes began ...

A viral post claiming Nigeria helped Nelson Mandela during the liberation struggle has sparked heated debate online Many South Africans questioned the accuracy of the claims, while others said it ...

Against a backdrop of rising geopolitical tension and growing concern over the erosion of international law, leaders from the European Union and the Nelson Mandela Foundation gathered in Houghton on ...

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela is one of the most revered — and controversial — women in South African history. In a new documentary her granddaughters examine the liberation icon in all her complexity.