Mandela News

Johannesburg - Mandela's daughters Zenani and Makaziwe, fighting for rights of access to their father's assets valued in millions, have filed an interdict in the High Court to remove George Bizos, Bally Chuene and Tokyo Sexwale as trustees and directors of his trust.

Johannesburg - South African President Jacob Zuma yesterday called in on the former anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela at his home in Houghton, Johannesburg and found him “comfortable and relaxed watching television”.

Johannesburg - US First Lady Michelle Obama has met Black struggle icon Nelson Mandela on her South African visit, but South African President Jacob Zuma has not been able to fit her into his busy schedule.

Johannesburg - South Africa’s national icon Nelson Mandela has been discharged from hospital after undergoing treatment for a collapsed lung, a condition that is not unusual for one of his age, the South African Surgeon General says.

Johannesburg - South Africa has been gripped by a media frenzy about the health of 92-year-old Nobel Peace Prize winner and former president Nelson Mandela, now in a Johannesburg hospital.

Johannesburg - Nelson Mandela will not be attending the opening event of the FIFA World Cup because of the death in a car accident of his great granddaughter, Zenani.

Soweto - A media furore has erupted in South Africa over derogatory statements allegedly made by Nelson Mandela’s former wife, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, in a British newspaper. Madikizela-Mandela claims the interview was fabricated.

A new poll shows that despite former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin being in the news almost daily, Hilary Rodham Clinton has just barely beaten her out for the title of Most Admired Woman in the United States

The movie Invictus directed by Clint Eastwood and featuring Morgan Freeman as Nelson Mandela, held its gala premiere in three South African cities last night. The film’s title is that of the poem by William Ernst Henley.

A guard outside former South African president Nelson Mandela’s home in Johannesburg has shot himself. A police spokesman says no one knows why the policeman committed suicide.