Nelson Mandela

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Nelson Mandela died on 5 December 2013. He was 90 years old at the time of his death, which was widely reported as peaceful and surrounded by family at his home in Houghton, Joh...

biography

Nelson Mandela was born on 18 July 1918 in the village of Mvezo, in what was then the Cape Province of South Africa. His father, Gadla Henry Mphakanyiswa, was a local chief and...

Celebrity Profiles

Nelson Mandela was born in the village of Mvezo, in what was then the Cape Province of the Union of South Africa, on 18 July 1918. Mvezo is a small rural settlement on the banks...

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F.W. (Frederik Willem) de Klerk was the last president of apartheid-era South Africa and the central figure who, together with Nelson Mandela, negotiated the transition to a non...

Relationships

Nelson Mandela’s first wife was Evelyn Ntoko Mase, a nurse and Jehovah’s Witness from the Transkei who became his family’s anchor in early Johannesburg life. They married...

people

Nelson Mandela’s childhood photos capture the early environment that shaped a leader, offering visual context for his family, hometown, and formative experiences in Qunu and l...

biography

Nelson Mandela was born in the village of Mvezo, in the Eastern Cape of what was then the Union of South Africa. Mvezo is a small rural settlement on the banks of the Mbashe Riv...