Nelson Mandela

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Pele rose from a Brazilian slum to become the iconic soccer player and the ultimate cultural icon transformative figure in 20th-century sports

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa fights for political future over scandal

Cyril Ramaphosa, 70, says he's innocent of charges that he hid at least $580,000 in a sofa at his game ranch

A look back at historical events that took place on 5 December

From Utah becoming the 36th state of the United States to ratify the Twenty-first Amendment repealing Prohibition in 1933, to US President James K. Polk sparking the Gold Rush in 1948, several historic events have taken place on this day.

Why Orania, an all-whites town in South Africa, says it is not racist

South Africa's Orania, which has only white residents, insist they are not apartheid-era nostalgics but a community pursuing 'freedom with responsibility'

The misunderstood Netaji: Subhas Chandra Bose hated Nazis, but he loved India’s Independence more

The standard Western and elitist Indian take on Subhas Chandra Bose’s outreach to Nazi Germany doesn’t take the idea of ‘national interest first’ into consideration

Explained: From his struggle against apartheid to promoting LGBT rights, Desmond Tutu's contributions to South Africa can't be forgotten

The Nobel Peace prize laureate, often described as South Africa’s moral conscience, died in Cape Town on 26 December

Desmond Tutu, South African anti-apartheid icon, dies at 90

Tutu, who was the chairman of Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), had coined and popularised the term 'Rainbow Nation' to describe South Africa, when Nelson Mandela became the first black president of the country.

South Africa's last apartheid president De Klerk, who shared Nobel Peace Prize with Nelson Mandela, dies at 85

Frederik Willem de Klerk died after a battle against cancer at his home in the Fresnaye area of Cape Town, a spokesman for his foundation confirmed on Thursday

South Africa's African National Congress sees big decline in local elections

The governing African National Congress, the party of late anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela, got less than 50% of ballots cast in local elections

Nelson Mandela Day: António Guterres vows to continue quest for better future on 102nd birth anniversary of anti-Apartheid icon

Mandela had dedicated his life fighting for human rights and he believed that everyone has the potential to make a difference in their communities for the world to be a better place.