A decade after the death of Nelson Mandela, many South Africans are asking what the anti-apartheid icon would have thought of the current state of the country and the direction it's heading in. Nelson ...

STORY: "Our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians". So said South Africa's anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela. On the tenth anniversary of his death, his pro-Palestinian ...

Zuma said the burial will be preceded by a national day of prayer and reflection Dec. 8, and then a memorial service Dec. 10 in a Johannesburg stadium. Mandela's last public appearance was at the same ...

The memory of Nelson Mandela and the nation father figure he was will live on [AP] For nearly six months, a media death watch surrounded Nelson Mandela like African vultures swooping over their next ...

The world came to a collective pause Thursday to mourn the death of human rights leader Nelson Mandela. A prolific anti-apartheid activist and the first black president of South Africa, Mandela, 95, ...

In the wake of former South African President and anti-apartheid revolutionary Nelson Mandela’s death on Dec. 5, members of the University community reflected on his positive legacy and planned a ...

With British royals and Mandela's own daughter in attendance, the London premiere of "Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom" was in full swing on Thursday when news broke that the South African icon died.

In the hours after Nelson Mandela passed away, hundreds of people gathered outside of his home in Johannesburg. Some bowed their heads in mourning, while others sang and danced in joyous celebration ...

The world woke up to sad news of Nelson Mandela's death when South African President Jacob Zuma addressed the nation on television. Mandela had been in and out of hospital and passed on aged 95. The ...

(The Root) — Twitter loves to send celebrities to their graves before their time, and sometimes they even resurrect people who have actually died just so they can send them off again. Suggested ...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Nelson Mandela's widow was forced to get accreditation to attend his memorial service and could only bring four family members as his clan squabbled after his death, the South ...