Nelson Mandela

What Charles can learn from the bond between the Queen and my grandfather | Ndileka Mandela

Nelson Mandela understood that ‘Elizabeth’, as he called her, provided exactly what Britain needed during times of change, says Ndileka Mandela

Ndileka Mandela

19, Sep, 2022 @7:00 AM

Do not pretend celebrity princess Meghan Markle can meaningfully advance the cause of racial justice | Sisonke Msimang

It’s difficult to criticise the politics of someone who has been on receiving end of so much racist vitriol, but there isn’t much substance to the Duchess

Sisonke Msimang

02, Sep, 2022 @8:00 PM

Mandela grandson ‘surprised’ at Meghan wedding comparison

Duchess of Sussex said she was told people rejoiced at her wedding in the same way as after Mandela’s release

Caroline Davies

30, Aug, 2022 @5:05 PM

Why ‘Farmgate’ threatens Cyril Ramaphosa’s bid to clean up South African politics

Cash found stuffed in the president’s sofas is damaging his chances in the country’s upcoming elections

Jason Burke in Johannesburg

24, Jul, 2022 @8:15 AM

Lorna de Smidt obituary

Other lives: Anti-apartheid activist in South Africa who threw herself into struggles for justice, equality and women’s rights once in the UK

Graham de Smidt

06, Jul, 2022 @7:02 PM

The Africa Centre is back. Now will Britain finally embrace all of its cultural heritage? | Jason Okundaye

The famous centre was forced to uproot itself from Covent Garden. Then came Black Lives Matter. Maybe this time it will be treasured, says writer Jason Okundaye

Jason Okundaye

01, Jul, 2022 @9:07 AM

Piers Morgan compares himself to Nelson Mandela

TV presenter says his battle for ‘free speech’ is similar to ex-South African leader’s struggle against apartheid

Kevin Rawlinson

18, Apr, 2022 @1:30 PM

Premiere of Mandela musical to be flagship for Young Vic in 2022

Theatre’s chief hopes production gives younger people understanding of the price paid by radicals in the past

Lanre Bakare Arts and culture correspondent

14, Apr, 2022 @5:00 AM

Nelson Mandela paintings of life in prison to be sold as NFTs

My Robben Island consists of five watercolours painted by former South African president

Harriet Sherwood Arts and culture correspondent

25, Feb, 2022 @3:00 PM

App reveals hidden stories of black Britons in Trafalgar Square

Tukwini Mandela launches augmented reality Snapchat experience that also brings grandfather Nelson’s statue to life

Harriet Sherwood Arts and culture correspondent

11, Feb, 2022 @1:43 PM

FW de Klerk obituary

Last president of South Africa under apartheid who oversaw the orderly transfer of power

Dan van der Vat

11, Nov, 2021 @4:31 PM

Tony Blair urged Nelson Mandela not to discuss Lockerbie trial, papers show

Blair wrote to then South African leader in 1997 after aides said raising issue at summit in Scotland would be ‘pretty disastrous’