Mandela's stature as a fighter against apartheid — the system of white racist rule he called evil — and a seeker of peace with his enemies was on a par with that of other men he admired: American ...

Nelson Mandela, who battled apartheid in South Africa before becoming its first democratic leader, died at his home in South Africa after several months of ongoing health problems. He was 95. South ...

Mandela, who became South Africa's 1st democratically elected Black president in 1994, died on Dec. 5, 2013, at age of 95 at ...

The Nelson Mandela Foundation will host a Remembrance Walk and Run on Sunday in Pretoria to mark 12 years since the passing ...

Nelson Mandela, the former South African president whose stubborn defiance survived 27 years in prison and led to the dismantling of the country's racist and brutal apartheid system, has died. Mandela ...

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was born on July 18, 1918, the son of a tribal chief in Transkei, a Xhosa homeland that later became one of the "Bantustans" set up as independent republics by the apartheid ...

Mandela had been hospitalized in Pretoria since June 8 to be treated for what the government said was a recurring lung infection. He had struggled with respiratory problems that had bothered him since ...