Mandela honored in Times Square
theGRIO REPORT - Nelson Mandela has received many honors in his lifetime but never has a video tribute been dedicated to him in the heart of New York City – until now...
Did Thatcher help or hinder apartheid?
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Nineteen years after the end of apartheid, South Africans are still passionately divided over whether Margaret Thatcher helped or hindered the cruel system of white rule and prolonged the jailing of Nelson Mandela...
Black Britons have mixed feelings about Margaret Thatcher legacy
theGRIO REPORT - In Britain, Thatcher was a divisive force, who you either loved or loathed...
Bodies exhumed in killings tied to Winnie Mandela
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Forensic scientists on Tuesday exhumed two bodies believed to belong to young activists last seen 24 years ago at the home of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela...
Mandela close to medical care
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - The doctors treating former South African leader Nelson Mandela believe he should remain in Johannesburg for now to be close to medical facilities that can provide care to the 94-year-old, the government said Thursday...
Mandela released from the hospital
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Former South African President Nelson Mandela was released Wednesday from the hospital after being treated for a lung infection and having gallstones removed, a government spokesman said...
South African photographer who depicted apartheid dies
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Alfred Kumalo, a South African photographer whose work chronicled the brutalities of apartheid and the rise of Nelson Mandela, died of renal failure in a Johannesburg hospital on Sunday night, the ruling party said Monday....
South African miners' strike shows economic inequality persists for blacks
ANALYSIS - What started as a labor dispute involving a few thousand workers who want better pay and conditions has exploded into South Africa’s greatest scandal since its miracle birth of democracy in 1994...
Hillary Clinton to South Africans: Fulfill Mandela legacy
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) - South Africans must live up to Nelson Mandela's legacy by promoting human rights and democracy among their neighbors and around the world, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Wednesday....
Happy birthday Nelson Mandela! South African icon turns 94
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Across the country, and even abroad, people are doing good deeds to honor the country's most famous statesman on his 94th birthday Wednesday...
