The funeral of former South African President Nelson Mandela will be held on Dec. 15, President Jacob Zuma announced Friday. Mandela, the first black President of South Africa who led the country out ...

South African President Jacob Zuma told foreign leaders and diplomats on Wednesday that former president Nelson Mandela had once said that the first thing he would do upon arrival in heaven would be ...

{mosads}He is receiving treatment in a hospital in Pretoria and “responding to the treatment,” according to the latest update from South African President Jacob Zuma. Mandela’s anti-apartheid activism ...

South African President Jacob Zuma’s office said on Sunday that Nelson Mandela has been discharged from the Pretoria hospital where he had been receiving treatment since June, according to CNN. The ...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Former South African President Nelson Mandela has joined ruling ANC leader Jacob Zuma at an electoral rally in a "historic show of confidence" ahead of an April 22 poll, the ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Nelson Mandela was seriously ill but has steadily improved over the last few days after being diagnosed with a lung infection and undergoing gallstone surgery, South African ...