Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (Madiba)

Accordingly Kabila's terms for negotiations (contained in a diplomatic note to President Nelson Mandela) stipulate that he must talk directly to Mobutu Sese Seko or a figure publicly identified as mandated to negotiate on his behalf and that should the negotiations be aborted or fail the AFDL will then press its military advantage until Mobutu or his successor surrenders...

Sending his nephew to negotiate with Kabila in South Africa then denying he represented him was vintage Mobutu; but it backfired as the government delegation looked clumsy while Kabila won more international credibility – meeting President Nelson Mandela (who introduced him as General Kabila) and US policy makers such as Assistant Secretary of State George Moose and National Security Council Africa Director Susan Rice...

South Africa's overriding power was decently veiled: President Nelson Mandela had on 14 February held a prearranged meeting with President Joaquim Chissano of Mozambique...

The late President François Mitterrand was the first foreign head of state to visit newly-elected President Nelson Mandela...

Its neighbours led by South Africa's President Nelson Mandela barely concealed their frustration as they tried to persuade King Mswati to move faster on constitutional reform; the African National Congress and Confederation of South African Trade Unions unambiguously supported the striking workers...

South African President Nelson Mandela rushing from a crisis meeting on Zaïre told off his colleagues for being late for meetings...

After just over a thousand days in office President Nelson Mandela and his ministers have a spring in their step...

In South Africa in January President Nelson Mandela apparently convinced him he would do better working inside the government than outside...

Savimbi met President Nelson Mandela in January...

President Nelson Mandela and Deputy President Thabo Mbeki are said to have backed him so far but neither will be keen to feed the perception of a sell-out among party supporters in the run-up to the 1999 general elections...