I am deeply honoured, proud and humbled to be here with you today as we honour our beloved national hero and international icon, President Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela ... In 1988 Madiba was moved to ...

"The day Nelson Mandela walked free from Victor Verster Prison our collective spirit soared. It was a day that promised the beginning of the end of indignity. Four years later we voted for the first ...

In an exciting new journalism effort dedicated to accountability reporting, Daily Maverick officially launches its Nelson Mandela Bay Bureau, and Baywatch, a new newsletter focused on the metro.

The demeaning spectacle of the human zoo comes to mind as one U.S. official after another has traveled to El Salvador for ...

The opener's first fifty of the MSL, and an incisive spell from Dwayne Bravo helped Paarl Rocks to a six-wicket win over Nelson Mandela Bay Giants and secure the third position Dala, Smuts lift ...

Film star and global jetsetter Sophia Loren was jailed for tax evasion by Italian authorities on May 19, 1982. The Italian-born actress returned to her homeland from her Swiss mansion hoping to ...

Maduna stood not just as a surgeon, but also as a forger of men, his name whispered with reverence across valleys, cities and prison walls ... It was 1986 in Victor Verster and Pollsmoor prisons. That ...

“My prison cell was nicer, but I didn’t get a whole bookcase,” a person wrote. Some described the property as “scary”, while others lamented the state of the rental market ...

Ten men have broken out of a New Orleans jail by escaping through a hole behind a toilet while the lone guard assigned to their cell pod was away getting food. Seven escapees, including murder ...

The incident occurred in the scenic in Nelson Mandela University (George Campus), an area known for its frequent baboon activity. Students were left stunned after a bold baboon gained access through ...

The protest movement reached its zenith in 1988, organising around Nelson Mandela’s 70th birthday. Glasgow had given Mandela the Freedom of the City in 1981, and a further eight cities and councils, ...