Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (Madiba)

Congo is unlikely to accept the kind of bullying dished up by ex-President Nelson Mandela to Burundian politicians while mediating their conflict...

A decade ago President Nelson Mandela intoned that: 'South Africa's foreign policy will be based on our belief that human rights should be the core concern of foreign policy'...

Amongst those blocking the move were the respected SWAPO veteran Andimba Toivo ya Toivo who did time on Robben Island with former South African President Nelson Mandela...

His nomination by Prisons Minister Andimba Toivo ya Toivo ­ a party veteran who served time on Robben Island with Nelson Mandela ­ will carry a lot of weight...

It is an odd choice of tactics: Mbeki is not a natural campaigner especially when compared to his predecessor Nelson Mandela...

An odd couple the last white President Frederik Willem de Klerk and the first black President Nelson Mandela woo voters for these odd partners...

Prominent ANC wives Graça Machel (Nelson Mandela) and Wendy Luhabe (Mbhazima Shilowa) have a 20 per cent stake in Ogilvy & Mather...

but many of the old foreign friends are out of office now the liberation aura is wearing off and Nelson Mandela spends more time on his Foundation to fight HIV/AIDS than on ANC fund-raising...

Mbeki seemed to be suggesting that holding the ship steady was the only way to bring about 'the winning people-centred society of which Nelson Mandela spoke'...

Kagame's much criticised election victory last year has helped to calm Rwanda where the tenth anniversary of the genocide in April will revive memories of chaos and hatred: eminent figures such as Nelson Mandela Bill Clinton and Kofi Annan joined by Belgian Foreign Minister Louis Michel are expected at the commemorations in Kigali...

The spying row has for the time being relegated corruption in the arms deal to a back seat and has centred on allegations by ANC veteran Mac Maharaj a confidant of former President Nelson Mandela and fellow Robben Island prisoner that South Africa's National Director of Public Prosecutions Bulelani Ngcuka was a spy for the apartheid regime before the transition to democracy in 1994...

This might explain why unlike his predecessor Nelson Mandela he is studiously avoiding choosing a successor...