WASHINGTON — Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe on Saturday paid tribute to the late first black South African President Nelson Mandela, describing the liberation icon as "a champion of the oppressed".

South Africa tried to force the return of what it deemed “heritage objects.” But a court sided with Mandela’s daughter, who plans to use the sale to finance a memorial garden. By Matt Stevens Nelson ...

Nelson Mandela’s legendary fight against South Africa’s apartheid began in his early 30s, around 1950 — two years after the legal mandate for segregation was implemented. Mandela, a young attorney, ...

NMAF copy 39088018657064 gift from the collection of Lonnie G. Bunch III. Prologue : Zeldina -- Part 1. 'If it isn't good, let it die,' 1970-1994. Childhood -- Change -- Part 2. Start of a new dawn, ...

Francois Pienaar, even 25 years on, conveys a sense of disbelief and awe when he talks of that crisp Highveld winter's day that the Springboks won the Rugby World Cup for the first time. President ...