"I'd intended for the post below to be the final one here, but then this just happened at Nelson Mandela's memorial service—not exactly a funeral, to be fair, but I'll just go ahead and take ...

Thousands of South Africans gathered Tuesday to remember Nelson Mandela at a memorial service in Johannesburg. Comments are edited for clarity and grammar: In South Africa, President Obama has ...

actors and religious figures to pay tribute to Nelson Mandela. From President Barack Obama to Cuba’s Raul Castro, praise came from all sides in a four-hour memorial service at Johannesburg FNB ...

By The Associated Press Barak Obama Nelson Mandela Memorial - P 2013 JOHANNESBURG — Celebrating one of his personal heroes, U.S. president Barack Obama praised Nelson Mandela as the last great ...

JOHANNESBURG-- Joyous, singing South Africans and dozens of foreign dignitaries gathered in the rain Tuesday to honor Nelson Mandela at a massive memorial service that drew some 100 heads of state ...

President Obama addressed the memorial for former South African president Nelson Mandela; this is a transcript of his remarks as delivered. Thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you. To Graça ...

To the people of South Africa – people of every race and walk of life – the world thanks you for sharing Nelson Mandela with us. His struggle was your struggle. His triumph was your triumph.

JOHANNESBURG --The man accused of faking sign interpretation while standing alongside world leaders like President Obama at Nelson Mandela's memorial service said Thursday he hallucinated that ...

By The Associated Press Nelson Mandela - H 2013 JOHANNESBURG — Flags ... at his rural home in Qunu, and a memorial service in a Johannesburg stadium will be held on Tuesday, Dec. 10, President ...

South African President Jacob Zuma also praised the man known as "Madiba," saying, "Everyone has had a Mandela moment when this world icon has touched their lives." "There is no one like Madiba ...

The sign language interpreter widely ridiculed for his performance at the Nelson Mandela memorial stands by his work. Thamsanqa Jantjie said Thursday that he is a fully qualified interpreter and ...

When Deysel saw that it was Jantjie interpreting at the Mandela memorial, "my reaction was embarrassment for this country that we're going to go through by having this person on stage," he said.