Onyeka Onwenu, who had a storied career across Nigerian entertainment, media, and politics, has died at age 72 in Lagos.The country’s president, Bola Tinubu, released a statement mourning the ...

In April 2007 Mandla Mandela, grandson of Nelson and son of Makgatho Mandela who died in 2005, was installed as head of the Mvezo Traditional Council at an ‘ubeko’ (anointment) ceremony at the Mvezo ...

Author Jonny Steinberg’s new book, "Winnie and Nelson: Portrait of a Marriage," explores the complex relationship between Nelson Mandela and Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, two of the world’s best-known ...

He married Winnie Madikizela, the first black social worker in Johannesburg, in 1958. They had two daughters, Zenani (1958) and Zind-ziswa (1960). Mandela was detained at Robben Island in 1962 and ...

Winne Mandela 80th birthday By Michelle Darrisaw · Updated October 24, 2020. Since Monday’s unfortunate announcement of the passing of Winnie Madikazela-Mandela at the age of 81, ...

George Bizos, left, anti-apartheid activist and lifelong friend and lawyer of Nelson Mandela, right, arrives for his 80th birthday party in Johannesburg [File: Denis Farrell/AP Photo] Fleeing the ...

On his 80th birthday in mid-1998, Nelson Mandela married Mozambique’s former first lady, Graca Machel. They weren’t shy to share their love and affection for each other publicly. Machel: “…It’s just ...

Writings on South African liberation struggle icon Winnie Mandela almost all fall into one of two categories – either hagiography or demonology. These two books - Truth, Lies and Alibis.

The couple married two years later, on Mandela’s 80th birthday in 1998, after heavy public prodding by Archbishop Tutu. Mandela’s presidency was not the most fruitful part of his career.

Mandela was married to Winnie Mandela from 1958 until 1996. She was an anti-apartheid activist and served as the Deputy Minister of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology in South Africa from 1994 ...

Those difficulties included an incident in December 1988, when her bodyguards, known as the Mandela United Football Club, kidnapped four boys belonging to another anti-apartheid party.

Programme Directors‚ Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula and Chairperson of the NCOP Thandi Modise‚ Members of the Mandela and Madikizela families‚ HE President Denis Sassou Nguesso‚ HE ...