SOUTH AFRICA: New Nelson Mandela banknotes unveiled with poignant reminders
Five new commemorative Nelson Mandela banknotes, depicting different stages of the global icon’s life were launched in Pretoria on Friday. At a special launch event …
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Maki Mandela: “Father always recognised his failings, and would not want us to beatify him.”
To celebrate the centenary of Nelson Mandela’s birth New African’s Regina Jane Jere spent two weeks in South Africa compiling a Special Report (full version available …
New African Magazine Nelson Mandela Centenary Special edition – guest edited by his daughter
The New African Magazine July Edition takes stock of the state of Africa, 100 years since the birth of Nelson Mandela, as the world celebrates …
FIFA scandal: When is a gift a bribe?
Did South Africa really pay a bribe to host the 2010 football tournament, hosted on the African continent for the first time in the history of the World Cup?
Mandela’s place in history
Madiba died a year ago. How should his remarkable life be understood? Onyekachi Wambu looks back at events that shook African history from Alexander’s conquest …
Brand it like Nelson!
Zukiswa Wanner, co-author of 8115: A Prisoner’s Home, a biography of the first Mandela home, writes here in her personal and “irreverent capacity”, concluding our …