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Nelson Mandela Headlines

A list of the most recent stories about Nelson Mandela.

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Press gather outside the Soweto, South African home of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, former wife of former president Nelson Mandela, Tuesday, May 21, 2013. A scheduled auction to sell items belonging to Madikizela-Mandela came and went without a single bid. Court sheriff John Maluleke and two other officials joined reporters gathered outside the gated home where some of her items were expected to be sold to cover an old debt she owes for school fees for her grand-niece, but were denied entry despite officials repeatedly banging on the gate. (AP Photo) SOUTH AFRICA OUT

South Africa: Winnie Mandela forced auction flops

There were no bidders and no locksmiths willing to force entry for a scheduled auction Tuesday to sell artworks and other belongings of Nelson Mandela's ex-wife. The bid to force Winnie Madikizela-Mandela to pay an old debt for school fees for her grand-niece failed. Court sheriff John Maluleke and two ...

  • Updated: 12:37 p.m. Tuesday, May 21, 2013
FILE : In this image taken from video, South African President Jacob Zuma, left, sits with the ailing anti-apartheid icon Nelson Madela is filmed Monday April 29, 2013, more than three weeks after being released from hospital. Mandela was treated in hospital for a recurring lung infection. South African President Jacob Zuma visited the former leader on April 29, but Mandela does not appear to speak during the televised portion of the visit, as he sits in an armchair, his head propped up by a pillow and with his cheeks showing what appear to be marks from a recently removed oxygen mask, although Zuma said he found Nelson Mandela “in good shape and in good spirits”. After the encounter at Mandela’s home, Zuma cheerily said the 94-year-old was up and about, in good spirits and doing well. (AP Photo/SABC TV) SOUTH AFRICA OUT

South Africa: Mandela name pulled into politics

Nelson Mandela, old and frail, lives in seclusion in his Johannesburg home. Beyond the high walls of the house, the fighting over his image and what he stood for has already begun. The sense of possibility that Mandela embodied is fading as a gulf between rich and poor widens. Many ...

  • Updated: 1:39 p.m. Monday, May 20, 2013
Jury member Nicole Kidman poses for photographers during a photo call for the jury at the 66th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Wednesday, May 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

Weinstein showcases Grace Kelly, Mandela flicks

The Weinstein Company's fall slate of awards contenders will feature a glamorous Grace Kelly, a brawny Nelson Mandela and a mysterious J.D. Salinger. Harvey Weinstein previewed some of his company's most anticipated upcoming releases at the Cannes Film Festival on Friday. He's made a habit of such previews, doing the ...

  • Updated: 4:58 p.m. Friday, May 17, 2013
FILE - In this July 7, 2006 file photo an unidentified initiate, with his face caked in white lime clay, eats rice from his blanket during his rite of transformation from a boy to manhood near Port St. John's, South Africa. South African police say 23 youths have died over a period of nine days at initiation ceremonies that include circumcisions and survival tests. (AP Photo/Obed Zilwa-file)

23 dead in initiation rites in South Africa

Twenty-three youths have died in the past nine days at initiation ceremonies that include circumcisions and survival tests, South African police said Friday. Police have opened 22 murder cases in the deaths in the northeastern province of Mpumalanga, according to spokesman Lt. Col. Leonard Hlathi. He said an inquest is ...

  • Updated: 11:47 a.m. Friday, May 17, 2013

South Africa: Winnie Mandela's items to be sold

Dozens of paintings, a silver tea set and other items belonging to Nelson Mandela's ex-wife Winnie will be auctioned next week to pay off debts she owes to a South African school. The sale will happen at the home of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, a polarizing figure who was beloved by many ...

  • Updated: 11:17 a.m. Wednesday, May 15, 2013

ANC: We wanted to share Mandela with the world

The African National Congress responds to a barrage of criticism over broadcasting video of a visibly frail Nelson Mandela by saying it wanted to share the anti-apartheid icon with South Africans and the world. Spokesman Jackson Mthembu says it doesn't make sense to say South Africa's governing party was using ...

  • Updated: 12:20 p.m. Tuesday, April 30, 2013
In this image taken from video, the ailing anti-apartheid icon Nelson Madela is filmed Monday April 29, 2013, more than three weeks after being released from hospital. Mandela was treated in hospital for a recurring lung infection. South African President Jacob Zuma visited the former leader on Monday, but Mandela does not appear to speak during the televised portion of the visit, as he sits in an armchair, his head propped up by a pillow with his cheeks showing what appear to be marks from a recently removed oxygen mask, although Zuma said he found Nelson Mandela “in good shape and in good spirits”. (AP Photo/SABC TV) SOUTH AFRICA OUT

Mandela appears an ailing man in video

South African President Jacob Zuma said he found Nelson Mandela "in good shape and in good spirits" Monday, but a video of his encounter with the ailing anti-apartheid icon belies those cheery words, showing him with a vacant look on his face. It's been more than three weeks since Mandela ...

  • Updated: 3:43 p.m. Monday, April 29, 2013
This photo taken June 7, 2010 shows retired pilot Laurie Kay, who flew a 747 aircraft over the stadium at the 1995 Rugby World Cup final in Johannesburg. Kay died of a heart attack Wednesday, April 24, 2014. He was 67. (AP Photo/Jennifer Bruce-Independent Newspapers Limited South Africa) SOUTH AFRICA OUT

South African aviator dies

Laurie Kay, a South African pilot best known for flying a Boeing 747 passenger jet low over a Johannesburg stadium before the final of the 1995 Rugby World Cup, has died at the age of 67. Kay had a suspected heart attack on Wednesday at the offices of the anti-rhinoceros ...

  • Updated: 10:48 a.m. Thursday, April 25, 2013

Today In History

Today is Thursday, May 2, the 122nd day of 2013. There are 243 days left in the year. Highlights in history on this date: 1519 - Artist Leonardo da Vinci dies at Cloux, France. 1526 - Protestant League of Germany is formed. 1536 - England's Queen Anne Boleyn is sent ...

  • Updated: 8:49 p.m. Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Winnie Mandela Honored, Speaks At JCSU

A prominent figure in the fight to end apartheid in South Africa was honored at Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte Sunday.Winnie Mandela received an honorary doctorate degree from the school. She also served as the university's commencement speaker.The ex-wife of former South African President Nelson Mandela, she is known ...

  • Updated: 3:34 p.m. Sunday, May 8, 2011
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