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Lightning strike destroys tourism building in Mandela's birthplace
A fire ignited by a lightning strike has destroyed a tourism building in a village where former president Nelson Mandela was born, his family announced.
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Auction of Nelson Mandela’s Robben Island cell key scrapped: Department
Auction house Guernsey agreed to suspend its intended auction of Mandela's items including the small metal key that would be returned to South Africa.
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Christo Brand vows legal action over defamation related to Mandela cell key sale
Brand, who was the former president's jailer in the 1980s, has come under fire for putting the key up for auction overseas.
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Tutu & Mandela: Sometimes at odds but united against apartheid
Tutu's death on Sunday at 90 plunged South Africa into mourning, eight years after the country lost Mandela, its iconic first black president, following a long battle with illness.
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Department threatens legal action over auction of Nelson Mandela’s cell key
The Arts and Culture Department is threatening legal action against Guernsey that plans to sell-off the key that locked former president Nelson Mandela behind bars in Robben Island.
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South Africa lost a father who served it with honour: Mandela says of De Klerk
Mandla Mandela said he had personally witnessed the great relationship of dignified respect Madiba accorded him and has requested South Africa do the same.
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UK's Boris Johnson says De Klerk 'changed the course of history'
"I am saddened by the death of FW de Klerk, a leader who changed the course of history by freeing Nelson Mandela and working alongside him to end apartheid and bring democracy to South Africa," Boris Johnson said in a statement.
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South Africa must reckon with FW de Klerk's legacy - Nelson Mandela Foundation
"FW De Klerk will forever be linked to Nelson Mandela in the annals of South African history," The Nelson Mandela Foundation said in a statement on Thursday.
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GALLERY: FW de Klerk - SA's last apartheid president through the years
South Africa's last apartheid president, FW de Klerk, has died at the age of 85. We look at his political career during the final days of apartheid and into the early years of South Africa's democratic era. Pictures: AFP
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Mandela funeral fraud case against Gomba, 13 others postponed to Jan 2022
Along with 13 others, axed Eastern Cape Health MEC Sindiswa Gomba is charged with fraud, money laundering, the contravention of the Municipal Finance Management Act and corruption.
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Ex-ICC prosecutor Bensouda: July unrests highlights economic inequality
Former chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Fatou Bensouda was delivering the 19th Nelson Mandela Annual Visual Lecture on Wednesday.
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CYRIL RAMAPHOSA: Our democracy was rescued by the strong arms of the SA people
In the wake of the violence and looting that rocked South Africa in recent weeks, President Cyril Ramaphosa praised South Africans for uniting in the face of a common threat.
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Ramaphosa: We owe it to Mandela's legacy to remain steadfast in face of attacks
African National Congress (ANC) president Cyril Ramaphosa said it was now clear that last week's looting and destruction of property was a deliberate coordinated and well-planned attack on the economy and people's livelihood.
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JUDITH FEBRUARY: Jacob Zuma’s actions are worthy of our collective contempt
Had Jacob Zuma been a leader with a jot of care for his country or the livelihoods of those on the margins, he would have acceded to the rule of law and indicated as much to his supporters. But his playbook is naked self-interest, writes Judith February.
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YONELA DIKO: Jacob Zuma missed an opportunity to be great
None would have expected that Jacob Zuma would turn against the people and take the country on a road to ruin, writes Yonela Diko.
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50 years on, Mandela's tailor, Pathe'O, is on a mission to boost African fashion
Pathe Ouedraogo after 50 years of his trade is now at the head of a pocket business empire that stretches across 10 countries and employs 60 people.
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MPs pay homage to the creators of South Africa's Constitution
Members of Parliament (MPs) reflected on a quarter of a century since the passing of the supreme law, acknowledging those who had created from all parties.
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Heritage crime: Has the Robben Island Museum been left to decay?
After recent reports about the neglected state of the Robben Island Museum, Eyewitness News visited the World Heritage Site to see for itself.
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Ex-EC Health MEC Gomba, 11 others to face fraud charges in court today
The case relates to multimillion-rand corruption in arrangements for the funeral of late former President Nelson Mandela in 2013.
