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Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (Madiba)

Date of Birth: 18 July 1918
Place of Birth: Mveso, Transkei
Died: 5 December 2013


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The centre is holding – for now

The rand has gone up against the US dollar eight times in the past nine days to hit R18 to the dollar on 18 June – as Ramaphosa was being inaugurated for a second term at the Nelson Mandela amphitheatre in the Union Buildings in Pretoria (AC Vol 65 No 13 The ANC stitches together a pro-market coalition)...


The ANC stitches together a pro-market coalition

Trying hard some say desperately to recreate the spirit of Nelson Mandela's first power-sharing government in 1994 Mbalula referred to the ‘spirit of engagement' among South Africa's parties and their ‘common commitment to put the interest of the people first'...


ANC pushes for elections

The case has won plaudits in the global south leading some to compare the current mood with the liberation aura surrounding Nelson Mandela and the African National Congress (ANC)...


Genocide case tests the UN system

When former President Nelson Mandela was released from jail the late PLO leader Yasser Arafat was the first liberation leader he met to thank for his contribution to the ANC's struggle...

He is an associate fellow in international law at Chatham House London and adjunct professor in international law at Cape Town and Nelson Mandela universities...


Frelimo set to steal polls again

Insiders say recent pointed remarks about self-interested 'infiltrators' in Frelimo by Graça Machel (the widow of founding President Samora Machel and President Nelson Mandela) refer to Nyusi's supporters including his close ally Celso Correia who led the municipal election campaign and organised Frelimo's victory in the last general election (AC Vol 60 No 21 Frelimo takes no chances)...


Beijing asserts global south leadership role

It was the biggest international gathering in South Africa since the inauguration of Nelson Mandela as the country's first democratically elected leader in 1994 but the 22-24 August summit of the BRICS grouping marked a critical change – western countries were entirely absent from the feast...


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