Nelson Mandela returns to hospital

Christopher Torchia, Associated Press

JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Nelson Mandela, the anti-apartheid leader who became South Africa's first black president, has been admitted to a hospital with a recurring lung infection, the presidential spokesman said Thursday...

Nelson Mandela leaves hospital

Christopher Torchia, Associated Press

JOHANNESBURG (AP) - The building that houses South Africa's highest court, made partly with bricks from an apartheid-era prison, symbolizes what Nelson Mandela hoped his country would become, a haven of tolerance wiser for the nation's past anguish...

South Africa outraged at gang rape of teenager

Michelle Faul, Associated Press

JOHANNESBURG (AP) - The 17-year-old lived long enough to identify one of her attackers, a 22-year-old...

Mandela close to medical care

Christopher Torchia, Associated Press

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...

Secrecy over Mandela's health fuels concern

Ron Allen, NBC News

JOHANNESBURG - Nelson Mandela's life is an open book. Volumes chronicle every aspect of his 94 years. However, all that changed earlier this month when he was hospitalized...

Nelson Mandela has lung infection

Jon Gambrell, Associated Press

JOHANNESBURG (AP) - South Africa's former President Nelson Mandela is suffering from a recurring lung infection and is responding to medical treatments, the nation's presidency said Tuesday...

South African gets life for killing white supremacist

Emoke Bebiak, Associated Press

JOHANNESBURG (AP) - A black farmworker was sentenced to life in prison Wednesday for the brutal murder of South African white supremacist leader Eugene Terreblanche in a case that has been a source of racial tension in the city of Ventersdorp...

South African miners vow to fight to the death

Michelle Faul and Thomas Phakane, Associated Press

MARIKANA, South Africa (AP) — Frantic wives searched for missing loved ones, President Jacob Zuma rushed home from a regional summit and some miners vowe…

Rare snow fall stuns South Africa's Johannesburg

Associated Press

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — People have poured out of offices, pointed mobile phone cameras to the sky and opened their mouths to taste a rare snowfall now blanketing South Africa's city of Johannesburg...

Birthday song kicks off countdown to Mandela Day

Associated Press

JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Nelson Mandela's office has released a video of South Africans singing 'Happy Birthday' in an effort to motivate people around the world to salute the anti-apartheid icon...

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Nelson Mandela returns to hospital

Nelson Mandela leaves hospital

South Africa outraged at gang rape of teenager

Mandela close to medical care

Secrecy over Mandela's health fuels concern

Nelson Mandela has lung infection

South African gets life for killing white supremacist

South African miners vow to fight to the death

Rare snow fall stuns South Africa's Johannesburg

Birthday song kicks off countdown to Mandela Day

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