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On unfair treatment of Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma: A personal view

Zuma and all the ANC chaps are not holy, including the late Mandela. What is at issue or at play here is whether Zuma is being treated fairly in comparison with others! A number of apartheid criminals were not prosecuted under Mandela, Tha…

Published: 04 Jul 2021 at 12:19hrs | 3 | by Thembani Lukhuni Sibhalwa Dube

ANC speaks on Robert Mugabe's death

The African National Congress mourns the passing of our brother Comrade President Robert Gabriel Mugabe, who passes away having devoted his life to the service of his country and his people.In his Independence Day speech delivered on March…

Published: 06 Sep 2019 at 09:09hrs | 13 | by ANC

Killing of foreigners in South Africa is an evil act

When Mandela became the first black South  African  President, after a protracted struggle with the Apartheid government ,many people thought that a new dawn of peace in Africa has been born. In Europe he was perceived as  a…

Published: 04 Sep 2019 at 09:08hrs | 1 | by Njabulo

The footprint of Mandela!

Many years ago in Transkei in a small village of Mvezo in Qunu, something strange happened. Not only was it strange but it shook the whole village.A woman named Nosekeni woke early in the morning to find a giant footprint in her yard. She …

Published: 05 Jul 2019 at 10:31hrs | 1 | by Eric Shikobela

King Lobengula Foundation celebrates Mandela100 Centenary

The King Lobengula Foundation started celebrating the Mandela100 Centenary Celebration by joining forces with the SANDF and the Makhanda Municipality in Joza to pick up some litter spread around the beautiful grounds. The Event then procee…

Published: 18 Jul 2018 at 15:53hrs | 1 | by Sizwe Mda

The foot print of Mandela!

Many years ago in Transkei in a small village of Mvezo in Qunu, something strange happened, this was not only strange but it shook the whole village. A woman named Nosekeni woke early in the morning to find a giant foot print in her yard. …

Published: 05 Jul 2018 at 11:50hrs | 2 | by Eric Shikobela

What characteristics does our president need to have?

It is now official; on July 30th Zimbabwe will go to the polls to decide who will be our next president. It is a very exciting time and the dozens of nations and organisations who are sending teams of observers gives me hope that thes…

Published: 30 May 2018 at 13:55hrs | | by Charles, student

Mother of the nation!

Good day Sir/Madam,I hope this email finds you well. Below I wrote my tribute to Winnie Mandela. Kindly publish it. Pictures attached, I thank you!THE MOTHER OF OUR NATIONThe day of your birth was a wonderful gift to our beautiful nation. …

Published: 09 Apr 2018 at 15:54hrs | | by Mr Eric Shikobela

None of us should want to be Winnie Madikizela-Mandela

A story that is not often told about the weekend of Nelson Mandela's release from prison is the one about the desperate quest to find his wife the night before he was freed.When then president FW de Klerk caught everyone by surprise by ann…

Published: 09 Apr 2018 at 09:07hrs | 2 | by Mondli Makhanya

Nelson Mandela's golden hand casts sell for $10m in bitcoin

Canadian crypto-currency exchange firm Arbitrade bought four casts from South African businessman Malcolm Duncan ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - Gold castings of the hands of South Africa's first black President Nelson Mandela have been sold for $…

Published: 28 Mar 2018 at 11:44hrs | 16 | by APO

That's why I run, for human rights!

A wise men can teach you ways of wisdom. A strong men can teach you how to rely on your inner strength. A rich men can teach you how to invest your money. A good leader can teach you how to follow your dreams. A good human rights activist …

Published: 18 Mar 2018 at 07:21hrs | 1 | by Eric Shikobela

Malema's dilemma: to be Mandela or Mugabe?

Julius Malema is one of South Africa's most contentious leaders. However, people should be slow to write him off as a political extremist. The fact is, Malema is at a crossroads: will he choose to follow in the footsteps of Nelson Mandela …

Published: 08 Dec 2017 at 10:16hrs | 1 | by Robert J. Traydon

Mandela was not perfect, but he was not a sellout

'I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and a free society in which all persons will live together in harmony with equal opportunities. It is an ideal …

Published: 08 Oct 2017 at 21:09hrs | 1 | by Salom Shilongo

Mzilikazi: A Mountain Falls

Each of our public holidays has a special meaning - a particular reason for its existence. Heritage Day, which South Africans celebrate every year on September 24, is no different. The day has been set aside to celebrate our diversity and …

Published: 18 Sep 2017 at 09:17hrs | 14 | by City press

Mandela vs Mugabe: A legacy of ashes

Ever get that feeling that all the lifelong plans you have ever had will burn into red-hot disappointment one day? If you live in Johannesburg for long enough, you will hear stories about men and women from Zimbabwe who have made it here. …

Published: 16 Sep 2017 at 12:10hrs | 5 | by Tafi Mhaka

Mandela mocked Mugabe and Mugabe also mocked Mandela

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's verbal barbs on Nelson Mandela have a historical context, which both men helped accentuate.South Africa's first majority and black President Nelson Mandela spent 27 years in apartheid jails whilst Rober…

Published: 16 Sep 2017 at 12:05hrs | 2 | by Hopewell Chin'ono

Mugabe's lies about Mandela and our shocking lack of response

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has peddled lies about South Africa's transition from apartheid to democracy.He told a rally in his home country that he had asked a Cabinet minister in South Africa why whites remained powerful long afte…

Published: 01 Sep 2017 at 10:32hrs | 4 | by Mpumelelo Mkhabela

You can't continue doing a Mandela on me - Zuma

"Colonies do not cease to be colonies simply because they are independent," Britain's first Jewish Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli once noted.Peter Childs and Patrick Williams in their book; "An Introduction to Post-Colonial Theory," elab…

Published: 16 Apr 2017 at 17:31hrs | 3 | by Bishop

Open letter to 'selfish' Robert Gabrial Mugabe

15th February 2017Open Letter To President Robert Mugabe on the occasion of his 93rd birthday.Dear President Robert Mugabe!Your Excellence!Our African tradition requires that, l congratulate you on your 93rd birthday irrespective of our po…

Published: 15 Feb 2017 at 15:30hrs | 5 | by Ngqabutho Nicholas Mabhena

Age comes with wisdom

An attentive analysis of the existing political situation and political landscape seems to suggest that the current young crop of politicians both in the ruling ZANU PF and in the opposition have failed to match the caliber of President Ro…

Published: 07 Sep 2016 at 09:38hrs | 1 | by Stewart Murewa

How compromises, mistakes made in Mandela era hobbled SA's economy

Julius Malema has blamed policies put in place during Nelson Mandela's era for the country's high levels of inequality. He may have a point.Addressing the Oxford Union recently, Julius Malema, leader of South Africa's opposition party the …

Published: 05 Jan 2016 at 05:50hrs | | by Alan Hirsch

Why Mandela never forgave ex-wife, Winnie

Nelson Mandela was laid to rest on 15th Dec 2013. John Carlin in his new book 'Knowing Mandela,' reveals why he never forgave the former wife who has featured through out the 10 day mourning period and even in the official programme.TWO we…

Published: 08 Feb 2014 at 14:35hrs | 12 | by Extracted from Knowing Mandela by John Carlin

Archbishop preaches Mandela instead of Christ

It is sad to see in this day and age that there are many pastors who no longer want to mirror Christ, but they rather mirror their own celebrity idols.Recently, the Archbishop of Action Faith Ministries, Nicholas Duncan Williams, was quote…

Published: 27 Jan 2014 at 16:13hrs | | by Beatrice Mahlonga

Behind him we follow - Poem

Let us rally behind his similitudeHim who sacrificed his life and wealth for the people?He is the only man who rose right at the edge of the graveThey wanted him deadFor being the oppressor's shining beaconThe people's lightAfrica's hopeHe…

Published: 24 Dec 2013 at 04:25hrs | | by Dumisani Ndlovu (Gweru)

The African tiger that leaped out of a cage to world leadership

Conventional wisdom has it that tigers never roamed the African jungle. Indeed there are no tigers on the continent today, except a few that were brought to South Africa from China. But Nelson Mandela had a different opinion. "I maintained…

Published: 20 Dec 2013 at 12:34hrs | 1 | by Newton Kanhema

Mandela's struggles for peace and justice in Africa

On 27 November 1995, a calm voice issued this jarring statement on the BBC: "Abacha is sitting on a volcano. And I am going to explode it underneath him." It belonged to Nelson Mandela. He was 77, and had already been president of South Af…

Published: 19 Dec 2013 at 16:28hrs | 2 | by Lansana Gberie

Can Africa produce another Mandela?

MTHATHA - As tributes continue to pour in for the departed global icon and great son of Africa, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, I have been asking myself whether the continent will be able to produce another leader of his stature.He made world …

Published: 19 Dec 2013 at 05:50hrs | 4 | by Thabo Kunene

Mandela was a giant - but to compare him to Christ is absurd

Sooner or later, it had to come. Over the weekend, the BBC presenter Justin Webb suggested that the late Nelson Mandela should be ranked alongside Jesus Christ in the pantheon of virtue. Admittedly, this came in the form of a question - to…

Published: 17 Dec 2013 at 11:39hrs | 1 | by Dominic Lawson

Is this the year we find out who killed Samora Machel?

It's as if the Samora Machel Monument wasn't meant to be found. After the initial turn off from a well-marked highway between South Africa and Mozambique, the road to the site of the mysterious plane crash of Mozambique's first president t…

Published: 16 Dec 2013 at 18:33hrs | 19 | by Paula Akugizibwe

Sata, our insensitive leader shuns Mandela

Anxiously, I waited as Cyril Ramaphosa announced the names of leaders present, but before he got to Zambia, I saw Guy Scott in the VIP locale and my heart sank into the pit of my stomach. When I first read that Sata would rather attend Ken…

Published: 15 Dec 2013 at 20:31hrs | 4 | by Field Ruwe

The Great Kalanga Nelson Mandela Lesson

Editor, allow me to begin this short article with what we Bakalanga say on the passing of any loved one: "Nayidzedzobo dzakaMandela. Ngabayezele nedonhodzo Tate Mandela."Indeed, a Great One has passed on. He inspired us both in his life an…

Published: 15 Dec 2013 at 08:45hrs | 4 | by Ndzimu-unami Emmanuel Moyo

Mandela will never, ever be your minstrel

Dear revisionists, Mandela will never, ever be your minstrel. Over the next few days you will try so, so hard to make him something he was not, and you will fail. You will try to smooth him, to sandblast him, to take away his Malcolm X. Yo…

Published: 11 Dec 2013 at 17:20hrs | 1 | by okwang.com

Mandela, the African symbol of freedom and tolerance

The world is weeping. Nelson Mandela, the doyen of African resistance to the evil policy of apartheid and colonialism is dead; but not gone because his legacy will live forever.Zimbabweans join South Africans in mourning a great man whose …

Published: 11 Dec 2013 at 17:03hrs | 1 | by John Gambanga

Reasons why the West loves Mandela and hates Mugabe

IN the wake of Nelson Mandela's death, hosannas continue to be sung to the former ANC leader and South African president from both the left, for his role in ending the institutional racism of apartheid, and from the right, for ostensibly t…

Published: 11 Dec 2013 at 05:39hrs | 1 | by Stephen Gowans

Obama's remarks at Mandela memorial - Full text

To GraâˆšÃ‰Â¬ÃŸa Machel and the Mandela family; to President Zuma and members of the government; to heads of state and government, past and present; distinguished guests - it is a singular honor to be with you today, to celebrate a life un…

Published: 10 Dec 2013 at 07:42hrs | 1 | by Barack Obama

A strange love for Nelson Mandela

In this piece we make the case that Mandela was essentially used by white capital and that the fawning adoration expressed by white people is insincere and self-serving. What appears to be love for Mandela is actually self-love, a subconsc…

Published: 09 Dec 2013 at 06:38hrs | 1 | by Amai Jukwa and Garikai Chengu

Mandela was never a revolutionary, always a radical

Critics trying to prove or disprove Mandela's sanctity failed to grasp that he was simply a political leader guiding his country through transitionA fitting way to commemorate Nelson Mandela is to describe his arrival in the townships duri…

Published: 08 Dec 2013 at 04:59hrs | 1 | by Gary Younge I theguardian.com

As the world mourns Nelson MandelaâˆšÂ¢â€šÃ‡Â¨Â¬Â¶

The whole world is mourning as I write following the death of a hero,father,unifer,political legend and an icon of quality leadership Comrade Nelson Mandela who passed on a couple of days ago. My heart bleeds as I see different states arou…

Published: 07 Dec 2013 at 05:39hrs | | by 'General' Nkosilathi Emmanuel Moyo

Mugabe can learn from Mandela

When world leaders gather in South Africa for the funeral of Mr. Mandela, one notable African leader will no doubt be present - Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe.  A presumed freedom fighter himself, Mr. Mugabe was no Mandela.  Indeed, he…

Published: 06 Dec 2013 at 12:38hrs | 12 | by Michael A. Dingwall

Open Letter: Join us in mourning, President Mugabe - Mandela is resting

Dear President Mugabe The rest of the world is in mourning. We are in mourning. Nelson Mandela taught us love and forgiveness. Yes, as a human being he had his flaws. The majority of South Africans are still living in abject poverty. Howev…

Published: 06 Dec 2013 at 12:27hrs | 9 | by Tendai Kwari

Psychology Maziwisa must apologise & go for psychomotor education

Slowly I get to understand why Pres Mugabe appointed a Minister of Psychamotor (however the spelling) Education. Some people within ZANU-PF really need this kind of education which I think has something to do with cleaning of a mind to ref…

Published: 06 Dec 2013 at 12:23hrs | 1 | by Bekezela Maduma Fuzwayo

'Mandela told me Mugabe led the nation to the brink,' says Tsvangirai

Today, the world woke up to the shattering news of the death of an international icon, the great Nelson Mandela. For us in the MDC, his death represents a great loss not only to South Africa, but to the rest of Africa and the world.At a pe…

Published: 06 Dec 2013 at 12:12hrs | 1 | by Dr Morgan Tsvangirai

When is it the right time to turn off life support machines?

This is a topic not many people think about, but one that should be talked about  amongst family members. If you were placed on life support, who would you want to be your legal representative? And when would be  the right time t…

Published: 27 Jun 2013 at 14:43hrs | 2 | by Velempini Ndlovu

The media should now back-off ailing Mandela

While I appreciate the media's interest in the health of former President Nelson Mandela, I think we have now reached a stage where the media especially the Western media should back-off from the ailing international icon and respect his p…

Published: 09 Jun 2013 at 12:41hrs | | by Clifford Mashiri

Nelson Mandela or Robert Mugabe?

Having all struggled and left their beloved families at risk to free their nations from colonial bondage, there are questions still to be answered, who is the big African Hero, Former South African President Nelson 'Madiba' Mandela or Zimb…

Published: 03 Apr 2013 at 17:54hrs | 3 | by Conilious Toga

Is Tsvangirai Zimbabwe's Nelson Mandela!

While it may obviously be too early to talk about Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai being likened to Madiba (Nelson Mandela), considering that the GNU is yet to realise its fruits, the PresidentâˆšÃ‰Â¬Â¢âˆšÂ¢â€šÃ„Ã¶Â¬Â¨âˆšÂ¢â€šÃ„Ã»Â¬Â¢s rec…

Published: 02 Aug 2012 at 05:21hrs | | by Andrew Masuku

How Mandela sold out blacks for a 'Noble Peace Prize'

Since it is Nelson R Mandela birthday today 18 July 2012, it is only befitting to write a letter to him as he and the world celebrates his birthday. This is an open letter to Mandela.Dear Former President Nelson Mandela,I was only about 5 …

Published: 20 Jul 2012 at 07:40hrs | 2 | by Youngster

Nelson Mandela poem by Thembani Mthembo

Nkonyane yesilo Mabiz' ububi ngobubiMabiz' ubugovu ngobugovuMabiz' ubuhle ngobuhle Mafel' inkululeko yoNsundu, Mzimb' omanxeba nxeba ngochuku lwabathakathi, Sibhaxu samabhunu Sibhaxu sobandezelo Mbhidlizi wobugovu, mbhidlizi wobandlululo B…

Published: 08 Feb 2012 at 06:48hrs | 1 | by Thembani Mthembo

Reasons why The Herald is wrong about Nelson Mandela

âˆšÃ‰Â¬Â¢âˆšÂ¢â€šÃ„Ã¶Â¬Â¨âˆšÃ–Â¬Î©I am always astounded by the persistent references in the The Herald newspaper together with its sister publications to former president Nelson Mandela as simply nothing more than what the African American…

Published: 22 Jan 2012 at 09:04hrs | 2 | by Vusi Mavimbela

NELSON MANDELA: The African Hero Stolen by the West

Over 20 years ago, on February 11, 1990, South AfricaâˆšÂ¢â€šÃ‡Â¨â€šÃ‘Â¢s retired President and Nobel Peace co-laureate, Nelson R. Mandela, left the colonial-apartheid prison of "Victor Verster" outside Cape Town. South Africans and the We…

Published: 21 Apr 2011 at 10:06hrs | 2 | by Udo W Froese in Johannesburg, South Africa

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