Unfinished business: Why Freedom Day should be a reminder.
A quarter of a century after the end of apartheid, many questions remain, including: how much and whose freedom is to be celebrated during Freedom …
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Jay Naidoo on “finding the Madiba within us.”
The mere mention of the name Nelson Mandela, swells our hearts. Why? More importantly, if his magic still resonates with us, what are we doing …
Essay: Where would South Africa be today without political freedom?
As with all great leaders of the 20th and 21st centuries, Nelson Mandela’s legacy is an uplifting and endearing drama, yet it is complex. A …
IN FULL: The Barack Obama 2018 Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture
Let me tell you what I believe. I believe in Nelson Mandela’s vision. I believe in a vision shared by Gandhi and King and Abraham …
Ndaba Mandela: Lessons from grandfather
Ndaba Thembekile Zweliyajika Mandela was born on 23 December 1982 in Johannesburg, to Makgatho Mandela and Zondi Mandela. Ndaba’s father, who died in in in 2004, …
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 …