Tag: Nelson Mandela
Marquee Nigeria
By Nelson Egwoyi We live in a marquee world! From time immemorial, history has vested us with epochal individuals, events,…
Between Mandela And Mugabe
By Tayo Ogunbiyi South African legend and Nobel peace laureate, Nelson Mandela turned 95 last month and as expected, the…
Mandela Spends 56th Day In Hospital
Former president Nelson Mandela remains in a critical but stable condition in hospital, President Jacob Zuma said on Wednesday evening.…
Mandela’s Grandson Ordered To Return Family Remains
A South African court on Wednesday ordered that the graves of three of Nelson Mandela’s children be immediately returned to…
Mandela souvenirs hot cake in South Africa
JOHANNESBURG,(AFP) – Nelson Mandela’s prolonged illness has sparked intense interest in the anti-apartheid icon’s life and times with books, shirts…
Machine keeps Mandela alive
Anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela is on life support, unable to breathe on his own, an elder in the South African…
Latest report: Nelson Mandela ‘doing very well’
Nelson Mandela, who has been in hospital for 10 days suffering a lung infection, is “doing very well”, one of…
Mandela ill again, back in hospital
Former South African president Nelson Mandela, 94, was readmitted to hospital on Saturday with a renewed lung infection and is…
Mandela discharged from hospital
Former South African leader, Nelson Mandela left hospital Saturday after a 10-day stay during which the 94-year-old anti-apartheid icon was…
Mandela much better after week in hospital
Nelson Mandela is getting “much better” and responding satisfactorily to treatment for pneumonia, the South African presidency said on Wednesday,…
Mandela Hospitalised
Former South African president Nelson Mandela has been readmitted to hospital with a recurrent lung infection, the presidency said Thursday.…
Mandela leaves hospital for Jo’burg home
After one night in a Pretoria hospital for a routine medical check up, South Africa’s icon, Nelson Mandela was back…
Mandela passes the night in hospital
South Africa’s presidential spokesman said Nelson Mandela, Africa’s iconic leader was in hospital just for a routine check, but the…
Mandela back in hospital for check-up
Global peace icon and former statesman Nelson Mandela was hospitalised Saturday for a “scheduled medical check-up”, the South African presidency…
Mandela bounces back
Nelson Mandela has “recovered” from recent surgery and a lung infection, a health scare that had put South Africa on…