Qunu, South Africa: South Africa's anti-apartheid icon was laid to rest on Sunday December 15. He died on Thursday December 5 after a recurring lung infection. Here is the verbatim obituary read by ...

It is with deep sadness that the Government has learnt of the passing of the father of South Africa’s democracy – Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela on 5 December 2013. He passed on peacefully in the company ...

Nelson Mandela ‘ s first wife, Evelyn Mandela, who quit the couple ‘ s marriage after telling him to choose between her and the African National Congress liberation movement, died April 30 at age 82, ...

JOHANNESBURG, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Nelson Mandela guided South Africa from the shackles of apartheid to multi-racial democracy, as an icon of peace and reconciliation who came to embody the struggle for ...

JOHANNESBURG — Zindziswa Mandela, the youngest daughter of Nelson Mandela and Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, who found her own voice as an activist and poet, died in Johannesburg on Monday. She was 59.