President Nelson Mandela

We have just received confirmation that the Great Nelson Mandela has died. He was 95 years young. Mandela was the former South African president whose stubborn defiance landed him a 27 year stint in prison and also led to the dismantling of the country’s racist and brutal apartheid system. Mandela was struggling health wise throughout […]

  After hours of vigils and private family meetings, South Africans awoke to another day of unease Wednesday as ailing anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela remained hospitalized in critical condition. Considered the founding father of South Africa’s democracy, Mandela has been hospitalized since June 8 for a recurring lung infection. Authorities have described his condition as […]

Nelson Mandela was in serious but stable condition in a Pretoria hospital for the third day Monday with a recurring lung infection, and a foundation led by retired archbishop Desmond Tutu described the 94-year-old anti-apartheid hero as an “extraordinary gift” to South Africa. As family members visited South Africa’s first black president in the hospital, […]

Former South African President Nelson Mandela was admitted to the hospital just before midnight Wednesday due to his recurring lung infection, the South African president’s office said today. “Doctors are attending to him, ensuring that he has the best possible expert medical treatment and comfort,” the government’s statement said. Mandela, 94, spent 18 days in […]