By Ayo Olukotun Nelson Mandela’s prolonged stay in hospital for lung-related complications elicited in his country folks and much of mankind, unprecedented outpouring of good wishes,...
Nelson Mandela continues to respond to treatment but remains in a critical condition 34 days into his hospital stay, South Africa’s presidency said Thursday. On the...
JOHANNESBURG (AFP) – The South African government on Thursday denied that former president Nelson Mandela was in a permanent vegetative state, as outlined in court documents...
Nearly 15 years ago Nelson Mandela was unperturbed by his own death, telling a dying teenager that he had lived his life to the full. The...
JOHANNESBURG,(AFP) – Nelson Mandela’s prolonged illness has sparked intense interest in the anti-apartheid icon’s life and times with books, shirts and other “Madiba merchandise” flying off...
Anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela is on life support, unable to breathe on his own, an elder in the South African icon’s clan said Wednesday, all but...
President Barack Obama’s imminent visit to South Africa excited ailing former President Nelson Mandela, his daughter said yesterday. Zindzi Mandela said she said to her father:...
•South Africans resign to faith After 17 days of being told his condition was improving, the condition of former South African President Nelson Mandela seems to...
JOHANNESBURG (AFP) – Nelson Mandela spent a second night in critical condition in hospital with his family members, compatriots and well-wishers worldwide fearing that the anti-apartheid...
Former South African president Nelson Mandela remains in a critical condition in hospital, President Jacob Zuma said on Monday. Former South African president Nelson Mandela remains...
The White House said Sunday its thoughts and prayers were with Nelson Mandela after hearing he was in critical condition, as President Barack Obama prepares to...