Nelson Mandela was born on July 18, 1918, in what was then known as the Union of South Africa, a dominion of the British Empire. Although the majority of the country’s inhabitants were Black, they ...

A visit to the Apartheid Museum is more than a history lesson, it is an emotional journey through SA's painful past.

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Nelson Mandela guided South Africa from the shackles of apartheid to multi-racial democracy, as an icon of peace and reconciliation who came to embody the struggle for justice ...

Although Mandela had been frail and ailing for nearly a year, President Jacob Zuma’s announcement late Thursday of the death of the Nobel Peace Prize laureate shook South Africa. Tributes began ...

It's been thirty years since apartheid ended in South Africa. Apartheid was a racist system that treated black people differently to white people. It kept black people separate from white people, in ...

Famous Quotes By Nelson Mandela: There are political leaders and then there are those who manage to alter the world's ...

Nelson Mandela, South Africa's first Black president, championed freedom beyond personal liberation. His powerful words ...

Nelson Mandela is remembered all over the world not just as a political figure but as an embodiment of determination, mercy, ...

P.W. Botha, the apartheid-era president who led South Africa through its worst racial violence and deepest international isolation, died Tuesday. The 90-year-old died at his home on the southern Cape ...