Fundraising for Nelson Mandela’s Children’s Hospital, eight South Africans aged between 18 and 23 will compete in the race, and learn leadership skills too.

The still-young Mandela dealt with the crushing silence and isolation of Robben Island by teaching and learning from the other prisoners in the ‘University of Robben Island’

From Pretoria, Mandela and his co-accused, who had been incriminated by documents found in the Lilliesleaf raid, were transferred to the prison on Robben Island, remaining there for the next 18 years

Nelson Mandela het ons uit Apartheid gelei, en Suid-Afrika het sodoende die ‘reënboognasie’ geword. Hier is ‘n lys van 10 ‘Madiba-oomblikke‘: tye wat hom die man wat hy is, en ons die nasie wat ons is, gemaak het.

The raid on Liliesleaf Farm turned into an own goal for the Government as the trialists used the resulting publicity to highlight their political cause; one of Mandela’s speeches — inspired by Castro’s “History Will Absolve Me” speech — was widely reported in the press despite official censorship.

Dutch architecture firm releases designs for a proposed monument dedicated to Nelson Mandela on the side of Table Mountain – masterpiece or monstrosity?

As the ANC entered the more assertive struggle of the 1960s, Nelson Mandela – now nationally notorious among the white South African public – started to raise funds and build support among the leaders of newly-independent African countries.

Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, the film adaption of Nelson Mandela’s autobiography, will have its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival.

Volunteers from the South African embassy in London worked a symbolic 67 minutes at Richard House Children’s Hospice to represent the years Nelson Mandela spent serving his community, his country and the world.

The Brankens, a white family, has recently moved to Hillbrow, Joburg’s most feared suburb. What can we learn from them?

Nelson Mandela is spending his 95th birthday with his family at the Medi-Clinic Heart Hospital, to which he was admitted on 8 June for a recurring lung infection. Share your birthday wishes for him here!

A stunning five-part series chronicling Madiba’s life story from rural beginnings to election as South Africa’s first democratic president and a documentary exposing the 13-year process, from 1977 to 1990, when South Africa’s apartheid government agonised over Mandela’s release.

A Wimbledon-based South African has invited other London South Africans to walk home from work on Mandela Day, Thursday 18 July, to honour Madiba’s long walk to freedom – why not join him?

In the lull that followed the Apartheid state’s embarrassment at the outcome of the Treason Trial, Nelson Mandela briefly became notorious in the media for travelling the length and breadth of the country disguised as a chauffeur, coordinating resistance and laying the groundwork for the Umkhonto weSizwe resistance organisation. The decision to embrace armed resistance was a major turning point for the ANC that marked a definitive break with the Luthuli era.

The long-awaited trailer for Nelson Mandela’s biopic has finally been made public – and British actor Idris Elba is already tipped for an Oscar nomination for his portrayal of the South African icon.

New smart ID cards to replace South Africa’s green barcoded ID books will be launched on 18 July

The Sharpeville shooting marked a turning point in Apartheid’s fortunes. The massacre of 69 protestors by police galvanised world opinion and was the first real shot-in-the-arm to the anti-Apartheid movement in the West. Meanwhile, inside the country, Sharpeville set off a wave of rioting and unrest and set the stage for an entirely new level of Government repression in the decade to come.

…I feel a need to apologise to you (an apology you will never read or hear but that does not matter) for the unpleasant attention forced on you at this time.

Nelson Mandela gave 67 years of his life fighting for social justice and human rights. The Mandela Day campaign asks that individuals, groups and corporates pledge 67 minutes of their time on 18 July and everyday thereafter to give back.

THE ANTIQUARIAN | Icons such as Nelson Mandela have focussed the spotlight on our country and many people want to own a piece of our miracle nation.

It is believed that 26-year-old Duduzile Zozo’s murder was as a result of her sexual orientation.

The Nobel Peace Prize is probably Nelson Mandela’s most notable award, but did you know that the South African struggle icon has received more than 250 awards? Here are 10 of the most prestigious.

South African authorities and Nelson Mandela’s friend deny that the former president was unconscious following reports that a court document claims he is on life permanent life support.

For me, the tears that have surprised me over my cornflakes as I watch breakfast TV updates on his condition, are very real indeed. They stem from a love of my country but also from a very personal experience of meeting Mr Mandela. From that moment on, Nelson Mandela wasn’t just an anti-apartheid hero, a former president, or a Nobel prize winner, he was someone whose hands I had held. He was MY Mandela.

Nelson Mandela coins and medallions lead the surge in Mandela memorabilia purchases on South African auction website bidorbuy. Top items include a Mandela centenary 1kg gold medallion that sold for R640,000 and a signed photograph on offer at R85,000.