Nelson Mandela

King Goodwill Zwelithini obituary

Leader of the Zulu nation in Kwazulu-Natal who remained a key figure in democratic South Africa

Stephen Chan

22, Mar, 2021 @5:30 PM

De Klerk seeks accountability. What about his own?

Apartheid-era South African president calls for justice for female victims of violence in Guardian article but some say his own record needs scrutiny

Chris McGreal

22, Mar, 2021 @8:00 AM

As chief rabbi, I can no longer remain silent about the plight of the Uighurs | Ephraim Mirvis

An unfathomable mass atrocity is being perpetrated in China. The responsibility for doing something lies with all of us

Ephraim Mirvis

15, Dec, 2020 @11:00 AM

Priscilla Jana obituary | Pat Devereaux

Lawyer and key anti-apartheid figure in South Africa who represented Nelson Mandela and other political prisoners

Pat Devereaux

05, Nov, 2020 @6:28 PM

John Loxley obituary

Other lives: Socialist economist and adviser to policymakers in Canada and Africa, including Nelson Mandela

Peter Lawrence

28, Oct, 2020 @6:02 PM

George Bizos obituary

Human rights lawyer in apartheid South Africa who represented Nelson Mandela at the Rivonia trial

David Beresford

15, Sep, 2020 @4:26 PM

Andrew Mlangeni obituary

Defendant alongside Nelson Mandela at the Rivonia trial which brought apartheid to the attention of the world

Nick Stadlen

30, Jul, 2020 @3:13 PM

The power of touch: I was hugged for the first time at 18. It meant confronting my deepest fears

I had grown up in brutal poverty, and saw touch as a privilege for those with less traumatic backgrounds. Then a friend and mentor changed my life

Kevin Powell

15, Jul, 2020 @3:00 PM

Mohammed Tikly obituary

Other Lives: South African educator who was active in the liberation struggle while in exile in London

Leon Tikly

11, Jun, 2020 @9:21 AM

How South Africa’s action on Covid-19 contrasts sharply with its response to Aids

Country’s swift response is distinct from the handling of the HIV crisis 20 years ago. Have lessons been learnt?

Carien du Plessis in Johannesburg

27, May, 2020 @10:00 AM

Denis Goldberg obituary

Fighter against apartheid in South Africa who spent 22 years in jail after being convicted with Nelson Mandela in the Rivonia trial

Denis Herbstein

03, May, 2020 @5:33 PM

Denis Goldberg, the man who offered to sign his own death warrant to save Nelson Mandela | Nicholas Stadlen

The only white man convicted with the ANC leader in 1964 died in South Africa last week