Tag: Nelson Mandela
AFB Waterkloof hosts first Mandela medal parade
The first of a series of medal parades to honour military and civilian personnel involved in the care of and funeral arrangements...
Zuma to present first Mandela medals
AFB Waterkloof in Centurion will on Sunday host the first of a number of Mandela medal parades with "about" 150 of a...
ISS: Why is corruption getting worse in South Africa?
As the world remembers the passing of global icon Nelson Mandela, the fact that he was a man of principle is a...
Mandela gone, South Africa must look to itself
Only a few hours after Nelson Mandela's burial, the skies over South Africa's Eastern Cape grew dark as a storm rolled in,...
Mandela gone, South Africa must look to itself
Only a few hours after Nelson Mandela's burial, the skies over South Africa's Eastern Cape grew dark as a storm rolled in,...
ISS: Boo who and boo why: What the barracking of Zuma...
South African President Jacob Zuma told foreign leaders and diplomats on Wednesday that former president Nelson Mandela had once said that the...
South Africa admits error over ‘schizophrenic’ Mandela signer
A South African sign-language interpreter accused of miming nonsense as world leaders paid tribute to Nelson Mandela defended himself as a "champion"...
ANC to take over AFB Waterkloof for private memorial service
AFB Waterkloof will on Saturday host a strictly ANC only farewell service for Nelson Mandela before his body is flown to Umtata...
RESERVE FORCE COUNCIL OF SOUTH AFRICA: A TRIBUTE TO NELSON MANDELA...
As we all mourn the passing of one of the greatest citizens of South Africa and of the World, let us also...
DIRCO’s Mandela memorial address
Address by Mt Marius Llewellyn Fransman, Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation on the occasion of the Nelson Mandela memorial service...
Mandela’s body lying in state, thousands queue to say goodbye
Thousands of people queued on Wednesday to say goodbye to Nelson Mandela, whose body was lying in state in Pretoria in the...
Boos, jeers humiliate South Africa’s Zuma at Mandela memorial
South African President Jacob Zuma was booed and jeered at a memorial to anti-apartheid legend Nelson Mandela on Tuesday, a major public...
Cortege departs to take Mandela’s body to lie in state
A cortege transporting the body of former South African president and anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela left the capital's main military hospital on...
Remarks by president Obama at memorial service for Nelson Mandela
First National Bank Stadium, Johannesburg, December 10: Thank you. (Applause.) Thank you so much. Thank you. To Graca...
Obama, Castro shake hands as world says farewell to Mandela
U.S. President Barack Obama shook the hand of Cuban President Raul Castro at a memorial for Nelson Mandela on Tuesday, a rare...
State funerals offer moments for diplomacy
As world leaders bury hatchets for the day and unite in paying respects to Nelson Mandela, the late South African leader may...
SANDF supporting Mandela commemoration, burial
The SA National Defence Force (SANDF) shifted into top gear only hours after Nelson Mandela died at his Houghton, Johannesburg, home last...
South Africans remember Mandela with praise and prayers
With hymns and eulogies, South Africans of all colors and creeds remembered Nelson Mandela in a day of prayers on Sunday, holding...
Insight: Family, politicians battle over Brand Mandela
From political posters to bottles of wine and kitchen aprons, the face and name of Nelson Mandela are a potent commercial and...
Mandela lauded by UN, SIPRI
Nelson Mandela's most enduring legacy was that he "taught us peace is more than the absence of war – peace is about...
More than 70 leaders expected for Mandela memorial, funeral
More than 70 heads of state and government are expected in South Africa this week to attend funeral events for former president...
Mandela’s medical team praised for not leaking information
Defence and Military Veterans Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula paid tribute to all SA Military Health Service (SAMHS) personnel who cared for former president...
South Africa mourns Mandela, will bury him on December 15
South Africans united in mourning for Nelson Mandela on Friday, but while some celebrated his remarkable life with dance and song, others...
Mandela’s death takes heat off South Africa’s Zuma – for now
A week ago, South African President Jacob Zuma was a leader on the back foot, ridiculed in a front-page cartoon by a...
Stunned South Africa falls silent at Mandela’s passing
The music decks and end-of-year office parties fell silent across South Africa on Thursday when President Jacob Zuma delivered the news nobody...
South Africa searches for Mandela’s moral compass
South Africa celebrated Nelson Mandela's 93rd birthday with songs by millions of children and calls for public service, but the nation he...
Two decades after Mandela’s release, SA struggles
Twenty years after Nelson Mandela was freed from prison, South Africa is a vibrant democracy but the millions still living in poverty...