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Trump again compares himself to Nelson Mandela in latest rant about court case

Donald Trump posted on Truth Social on Saturday that he wouldn’t mind going to jail for violating his gag order in his New York hush money trial. “I will gladly become a Modern Day Nelson Mandela...

Nelson Mandela’s granddaughter Zoleka Mandela has died at 43 after long fight with cancer

Zoleka Mandela, the granddaughter of South Africa’s former president Nelson Mandela, passed away on Monday following a battle with cancer, the author’s family announced. According to TimesLIVE,...

Nelson Mandela’s home turned into a luxurious hotel you must see

The home of the former president of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, has been transformed into a luxurious hotel. According to reports, the anti-apartheid revolutionary lived in the house for almost eight...

Meet Nelson Mandela’s new doppelganger in search of his roots

They say everybody has a lookalike – either presently or from the past. Scientifically, our faces have evolved due to the importance of individuality to our species and that is why everybody...

The story behind why Winnie and Nelson Mandela could no longer be married

After he was sentenced to life in prison in 1964, iconic South African president Nelson Mandela stood in a court dock only one more time for the rest of his life – when his wife Winnie Madikizela...

Read Nelson Mandela’s fiery 1997 speech on apartheid that shocked the world

South Africa’s first Black president and anti-apartheid activist, Nelson Mandela, was born on this day in 1918. Nelson Mandela Day celebrates the life and values of a global icon, a man who spent...

Do you know why Nelson Mandela loved Castro, Gaddafi whom the West hated?

Many a critic of the West have pointed to a certain poverty in imagination when Western intellectuals are forced to conceptualize a world where they are not making the rules and setting parameters. The...

From “terrorist” to “freedom fighter” – Five entities who changed their tune on Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela died on December 5, 2013, aged 95. Easily the most significant production heroic narratives in the three decades, Mandela’s story has become more a legend than a lesson. This is because...

From Nelson Mandela to Steve Biko; here are four top South African politicians the Xhosa ethnic group produced

South Africa’s current president Cyril Ramaphosa is from the Venda ethnic group, underlying a shift, given their modest numbers as most political functionaries at the elite level have been supplied...

Nelson Mandela was arrested and charged with incitement on this day in 1962

In the 1940s when anti-apartheid leader and activist Nelson Mandela joined the African National Congress (ANC), it was an organisation protesting the South African government’s policy of apartheid....

3 powerful Nelson Mandela speeches that will awaken your consciousness

On this day in 1918, one of the greatest and most charismatic men to have ever walked the face of the earth was born. Nelson Mandela Day celebrates the life and values of a global icon, a man who spent...

Nelson Mandela was sentenced to life imprisonment on this day in 1964

On this day in 1964, anti-apartheid activist and former South African president Nelson Mandela was sentenced to life imprisonment after being found guilty of sabotaging and planning a violent revolution...

How Nelson Mandela refused freedom in 1985 before he walked out of jail in 1990

Nelson Mandela walked free from a South African prison in 1990, giving new hope to a nation wrecked by the racist practice of Apartheid. Mandela, however, could have walked free five years...

100 Madiba quotes to celebrate the iconic Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela was born a century ago on this day. Even though the world has had some great men and women, very few have had as much of an impact on history as he has had. Remembered as South Africa’s...

Jaja Wachuku, the Nigerian prince and statesman who saved Nelson Mandela from death penalty

Talk about eminent political leaders in Nigeria and Jaja Wachuku’s name comes at the top of the list. His significant mark in the political history has made him an epitome of Statesmanship that has...

Read Barack Obama’s spot-on speech celebrating Nelson Mandela’s 100th birthday

As the world joins South Africa in celebrating the 100th birthday of its first black president Nelson Mandela, former U.S president Barrack Obama was in the country yesterday to deliver a lecture for the...

Mauritania names street after South African icon, Nelson Mandela

African leaders and heads of state converged at Nouakchott, Mauritania to rename an avenue after South Africa’s icon Nelson Mandela at the 31st  African Union Summit. The event is in celebration...

[Today in History] Nelson Mandela inaugurated as first black President of South Africa

On this day in 1994, Nelson Mandela was inaugurated as the first black democratic President of South Africa. The event, which took place in Pretoria was attended by thousands of guests from far and wide...

Nelson Mandela’s golden hands sell for $10m in bitcoin

What is believed to be the only gold artefacts left of South Africa’s first black president Nelson Mandela have been sold for $10 million in bitcoin. The set of gold artefacts which weighs 20 pounds...

South Africa kickstarts Nelson Mandela’s centenary celebration

South Africa’s global icon, Nelson Mandela would have turned 100 this year. It would also be 28 years since his release from prison. The first black president of South Africa spent 27 years in prison...