South Africa’s King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo has begun a 12-year prison sentence for kidnapping, assault and arson. King Dalindyebo, who is…
Nelson Mandela’s ex-wife, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, has demanded his village home for her children, potentially triggering the first legal dispute since…
A collection of unusual items signed by Nelson Mandela is being auctioned in Johannesburg. The lots include a chess set,…
South Africa’s ANC (African National Congress) has won a commanding victory in the country's general election, partial results show. With…
The partial results in South Africa's polls show that governing African National Congress (ANC) has taken an early lead in…
South Africa is voting in general elections as it marks 20 years since the end of white-minority rule. The African…
South Africa’s first black President Nelson Mandela left an estate valued at more than 46 million rand ($4.13 million), a…
South African sculptors Andre Prinsloo and Ruhan Janse van Vuuren have been ordered by government to remove a bronze rabbit…
Thamsanqa Jantjie, the sign interpreter at Nelson Mandela's memorial who is accused of making up gestures, has been admitted to…
Archbishop Desmond Tutu – a long-time friend of Nelson Mandela - has said that South Africa’s first black president would…
A statue of Nelson Mandela has been unveiled in South Africa’s capital, Pretoria, a day after he was buried. The…
Nelson Mandela's body has been buried in a family plot, after political and religious leaders paid tribute to South Africa's…
Nelson Mandela's state funeral is taking place in his ancestral home in Qunu, ending a week of commemorations for South…
Nelson Mandela's body has arrived in his ancestral home in Qunu in the Eastern Cape region of South Africa, the…
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, a veteran anti-apartheid campaigner in South Africa, has said he will not be going to Nelson Mandela's…
The African National Congress (ANC) members have paid final tributes to Nelson Mandela at a ceremony in Pretoria ahead of…
Hundreds of people pushed through police lines in a last-ditch bid to see Nelson Mandela lying in state in South…
South African government has warned people not to attempt to go to see Nelson Mandela's body in the capital, Pretoria,…
South Africa's Deputy Disability Minister Hendrietta Bogopane-Zulu says the government is investigating how interpreter Thamsanqa Jantjie, who faked sign language…
The company which supplied a "fake" sign language interpreter to the Mandela memorial service has vanished, a South African minister…
Thamsanqa Jantjie – the South African sign language interpreter accused of gesticulating gibberish during Nelson Mandela’s memorial service - defended…
President Barack Obama was caught smiling and taking a selfie with his seat-mates, Denmark's PM Helle Thorning-Schmidt and Britain's David…
Deaf viewers have complained that the official sign language interpreter at Nelson Mandela's memorial service was inept. According to the…
Nelson Mandela’s coffin arrived at the Union Buildings in Pretoria, where his remanis will lie in state for three days.…
Nelson Mandela’s memorial service in Johannesburg was attended by 52 presidents and 16 prime ministers on December 10, 2013. Although…