LOS ANGELES: The first look at Idris Elba as Nelson Mandela in Long Walk to Freedom has been released.The bold image, co-ordinated in the South African flag colours, carries the tagline: “It is an ideal for which I am prepared to die.” The poster is inspired by the ‘Free Nelson ...

NEW YORK BBC - A film installation celebrating Nelson Mandela is taking over the electronic billboards in New York’s Times Square.The short presentation was commissioned by the Tribeca Film Institute, the arts organisation co-founded by Oscar-winning actor Robert De Niro.Inspirational quotes ...

JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - Nelson Mandela was discharged from hospital Saturday after a 10-day stay during which the 94-year-old anti-apartheid icon was treated for pneumonia, the South African government said. His release was decided “following a sustained and gradual improvement in his general ...

JOHANNESBURG  - Nelson Mandela spent part of Monday with his family at his hospital bedside, the South African government said, adding that there was no significant change in the condition of the frail anti-apartheid hero.The 94-year-old former president and Nobel peace laureate has been in ...

JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - Nelson Mandela was comfortable and breathing without difficulty after being treated for pneumonia, the presidency said Saturday as the anti-apartheid icon spent a third day in hospital. Messages of concern for the ailing 94-year-old, one of the towering figures of modern ...

NELSON Mandela’s granddaughters are set to star in a reality television programme called Being Mandela.Swati Dlamini and Zaziwe Dlamini-Manaway say they have the former South African president’s blessing. The 13-episode series, already filmed, follows the two women as they try to ...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Former South African President Nelson Mandela is doing well after being discharged from hospital, although he is still not fully recovered, a government spokesman said on Thursday. “He is not yet fully recovered, but he has sufficiently moved forward so that he can be ...

JOHANNESBURG  - South Africa's ailing former leader Nelson Mandela was in "good spirits" on Tuesday as his family paid a Christmas Day visit to his hospital bed, President Jacob Zuma said."He was happy to have visitors on this special day and is looking much better. The doctors are happy with ...

JOHANNESBURG - Ailing icon Nelson Mandela will spend Christmas Day in hospital, the SA govt, dashing hopes for a festive end to his longest stay in care since being released from prison in ‘90. “Former president Mandela will spend Christmas Day in hospital, his doctors have ...

JOHANNESBURG  - Hospitalised former statesman Nelson Mandela is "recuperating" after receiving treatment for a lung infection, South African President Jacob Zuma said Thursday.The anti-apartheid icon, who has been in hospital for six days, was recovering, said African President Jacob Zuma, ...

PRETORIA (Reuters) - Former South African president Nelson Mandela spent a second day in a Pretoria military hospital on Sunday for medical tests and the government said the anti-apartheid leader’s condition was comfortable. President Jacob Zuma visited the 94-year-old, according to an ...

JOHANNESBURG - Former South African president Nelson Mandela on Wednesday made his first appearance in six months when he received a symbolic flame to mark the ruling ANC's centenary at his rural home in Qunu.A healthy-looking Mandela, seated on an armchair, smiled as the African National Congress ...

Islamabad   - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has sent a message of good wishes to Nelson Mandela, most revered leader of South Africa, who was admitted to hospital the other day. The Prime Minister prayed for his early recovery. The message of good wishes from the Prime Minister ...

A South African presidential spokesman says Nelson Mandela has been released from the hospital. Spokesman Mac Maharaj says the 93-year-old Nobel peace laureate was released Sunday after undergoing a laparoscopy. During the procedure, surgeons make an incision in the belly to insert a thin, lighted ...

THE life of Nelson Mandela is to be the subject of a $20m (£13m) TV mini-series spanning six decades and the momentous events leading to his election as South Africa’s first black president after 27 years in jail. Mandela, now 93, has given his approval for the six-hour drama, which is ...

Nelson Mandela has been discharged for treatment at home after having been treated for acute respiratory infection, the country's surgeon has said. "He has been discharged," said Vejaynand Ramlaken, one of the military doctors assigned to care for the country's former presidents said on Friday. "He ...

Former South African president Nelson Mandela is reported to have picked up the phone and called London to spell out his anger about the decision to join the US-led mission to topple Iraq dictator Saddam Hussein. The extraordinary call was made to Peter Hain, secretary of state for work and ...

JOHANNESBURG (AFP) After winning the British Open Louis Oosthuizen came second Monday only to political icon Nelson Mandela on the front pages of South African newspapers. Beeld, Business Day and The Citizen used the golfer celebrating his shock victory as the main picture while The Star also ...

JOHANNESBURG (AFP) Africas first football World Cup began with an explosion of colour and emotion in a ceremony in Johannesburgs Soccer City Friday, but blighted by the absence of a heartbroken Nelson Mandela. Fans wept openly as five planes swept over the stadium and the iconic township of Soweto ...

Nelson Mandela's 13-year-old great-granddaughter was killed in a car crash on the way home from a concert in Soweto on the eve of the World Cup, his office said today. The Nelson Mandela Foundation said Zenani Mandela died in a one-car accident and no one else was injured. Tummi Shai, a police ...

FRANSCHOEK (South Africa)  - A statue of former South African leader and Nobel Peace laureate Nelson Mandela has been unveiled at the site of his triumphant release 18 years ago. The statue, outside the prison in Franschoek, east of Cape Town, honours the 90-year-old Mandela and his ...

QUNU, South Africa (AFP) - Nelson Mandela, South Africa's anti-apartheid hero feted worldwide after turning 90, was toasted by leaders at a lavish feast Saturday as he prepared finally to bow out of public life. Guests stood and cheered and a choir sang "Here is our hope" as Mandela entered a ...

NELSON Mandela, anti-apartheid icon, Nobel peace laureate and South Africa's first black president, celebrated his 90th birthday Friday by speaking out against poverty. In a rare interview at his home in rural South Africa, Mandela was asked if he had a message for the world. "There are many ...

Former South African president Nelson Mandela charmed Queen Elizabeth II as she welcomed him to Buckingham Palace on Wednesday. "You look younger every time I see you," the 89-year-old Nobel Peace Prize laureate told the British sovereign, 82, as she had him round for an informal chat. ...

LONDON (AFP) - Former South African president Nelson Mandela charmed Queen Elizabeth II as she welcomed him to Buckingham Palace on Wednesday. "You look younger every time I see you," the 89-year-old Nobel Peace Prize laureate told the British sovereign, 82, as she had him round for an informal ...