Nelson Mandela Day: South Africa’s first democratically elected President remembered today
World | July 18, 2021 11:20 ISTMandela Day, observed on Mandela’s birthday, was created to honour his legacy by promoting community service around the world.
Mandela Day, observed on Mandela’s birthday, was created to honour his legacy by promoting community service around the world.
New York: Madonna is defending herself against criticism after she posted Instagram photos of Martin Luther King Jr. and Nelson Mandela that were altered to look like her own image on her new album.Madonna's cover
Qunu: Anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela's remains will be buried today in his childhood village of Qunu in eastern South Africa, bringing down the curtains on ten days of national mourning for the Nobel laureate whose
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin today paid rich tribute to Nelson Mandela, comparing the colossus of 20th century politics to Mahatma Gandhi and Soviet dissident Alexander Solzhenitsyn.Mandela “is undoubtedly one of the outstanding world figures
Pretoria: Ailing former South African president Nelson Mandela was responding to treatment although he remained critical, said President Jacob Zuma on Tuesday.Mandela, who was discharged from hospital on Sep 1, had reached a point of
Johannesburg: Anti-apartheid icon and former South African President Nelson Mandela was today discharged from a hospital and returned home where he will continue to receive intensive care, the presidency said.“Former President Nelson Mandela has this
Johannesburg, Jul 18: South Africa today celebrated the 95th birthday of former president Nelson Mandela, with the good news that the ailing anti-apartheid hero's health condition has steadily improved. South Africans got united to celebrate the
Washington, July 18: US President Barack Obama has extended his "warmest wishes and prayers" to Nelson Mandela, as the former South African president will spend his 95th birthday Thursday in a hospital."Our family was deeply
Cape Town, July 13: Ailing 94-year-old former South African president Nelson Mandela "continues to respond positively to treatment", his wife Graca Michel has said."He continues to respond positively to treatment. I would say that today
Johannesburg, Jul 6: Nelson Mandela's doctors have dismissed the idea of switching off the ailing anti-apartheid icon's life support until there was a genuine state of organ failure, a close friend of the South African
Johannesburg, Jul 6: Former South African leader Nelson Mandela has been in a hospital for nearly a month.There was no official update Saturday morning on the condition of the 94-year-old former president, who is in
Johannesburg, Jul 2: A family feud over the burial site of three of ailing Nelson Mandela's children intensified Tuesday when criminal charges were filed against one of his grandsons, as the beloved 94-year-old former president
Johannesburg, July 1: Former South African President Nelson Mandela has now been in critical condition for more than a week.There have been no official updates since President Jacob Zuma said Saturday that the beloved 94-year-old
Johannesburg, Jun 30: Nelson Mandela's grandson says he will contest a court order for him to move the remains of three family members to their original gravesite.The family feud comes as Mandela, 94, remains in
Johannesburg, Jun 29: President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama are meeting privately with the family of Nelson Mandela.The meeting is taking place at the Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory, which is part of
Pretoria, Jun 29: South Africa's president says the nation continues to pray for Nelson Mandela's health as the 94-year-old beloved leader remains in critical but stable condition.President Jacob Zuma said Saturday: “We hope very soon
Pretoria, Jun 28: There was no word today about the condition of Nelson Mandela who is battling for his life at a hospital here as his countrymen continued to pray for the speedy recovery of
Cape Town, June 27: Former South African president Nelson Mandela's health has improved but he remains in a critical condition, the Presidency said Thursday."President Jacob Zuma visited former president Nelson Mandela in hospital in Pretoria
Johannesburg, Jun 27: Ailing democracy icon Nelson Mandela was “very critical” and “anything is imminent”, the anti-apartheid leader's eldest daughter said, as South African President Jacob Zuma today cancelled a trip to Mozambique. Makaziwe Mandela
Johannesburg, Jun 26: South Africa's ailing peace icon Nelson Mandela has been put on a life-support system following deterioration of his health, three weeks after the 94-year-old anti-apartheid leader was hospitalised with a recurring lung
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