Nelson Mandela

"My biggest obsession is to show Africans and the world who the people of Africa really are," Masekela once said.

The festival in South Africa is aimed at ending extreme poverty.

Through his integrity, courage and strength he showed what a single individual can achieve, and instilled the belief that injustice can be defeated.

Mandela's unpublished writings were finally released earlier this year as the world grapples with leaders who share little with his legacy.

The Zimbabwean president said he had been told that Mandela "made mistakes" when negotiating an end to apartheid.

Zille, the former leader of the opposition, has been forced to apologize after tweeting that colonialism was not entirely bad.

The 93-year-old leader has appeared to be dropping off during important summits.

F.W. de Klerk said that he was "deeply disappointed" in the scandal-dogged leader.

The artist said that the painting depicts Zuma's "molesting" of South Africa.

Zuma is not attending "in compliance with the family's wishes."

The 87-year-old was a close friend of Nelson Mandela and spent 18 years on Robben Island.

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The ex-wife of Nelson Mandela said the party needs to find out "where it went so wrong."

The seeds for the corruption scandals plaguing Jacob Zuma's party were sown in 1994.

The clip reportedly shows the anti-apartheid leader during a trial for treason in 1956.

The ANC has ruled virtually unopposed since the end of apartheid in 1994.

The elections are being billed by the opposition as the country's most important ever.

South Africa is hosting a conference on the disease, which continues to ravage sub-Saharan Africa.

The Democratic Alliance used a clip of Mandela's voice in a campaign advert.

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Zuma has been ordered to repay some of the $23 million state-funded upgrades to his Nkandla homestead.