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Obama calls Mandela

US President Barack Obama has called former president Nelson Mandela to mark the 20th anniversary of his release from prison.

Timeline of Mandela's life

2010-02-11 16:09

To mark the anniversary of the release of former president Nelson Mandela from prison 20 years ago, his foundation has released a chronology of his life.

Mandela demanded to walk out

Madiba film gifts for Parliament

2010-02-11 17:11

A feature length film on Nelson Mandela's life will be distributed at the opening of Parliament in Cape Town, says producer Anant Singh.

VIPs arrive for Mandela celebrations

De Klerk not a hero - Malema

2010-02-11 14:44

ANC Youth League leader says racism, unemployment and the housing shortage are all the legacy of former state president FW de Klerk, who is neither a hero nor an icon.

'I wanted to see him with my own eyes'

2010-02-11 14:44

People at a rally to commemorate Nelson Mandela's release from prison have shared their thoughts on seeing him for the first time - and what he means to them.

Celebrating Mandela in Video

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Trial and detention

Take a look at photos from the Rivonia Trial and Nelson Mandela's detention.
Freedom

Take a look at photos from the day Nelson Mandela was released from Robben Island.
President

Take a look at photos of Nelson Mandela during his years as President of South Africa.
Aids Activist

Take a look at photos of Nelson Mandela and his work with the 46664 campaign.

Mandela 'supported nationalisation'

2010-02-11 12:29

Nationalisation was a policy that Nelson Mandela himself had supported, says ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema.

Tough day for unsuspecting anchor

2010-02-11 13:53

Clarence Keyter, the voice behind the live worldwide broadcast of Mandela's release, had a very tough day at the office.

Mandela 'supported nationalisation'

2010-02-11 12:29

Nationalisation was a policy that Nelson Mandela himself had supported, says ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema.

Mandela demanded to walk out

2010-02-11 09:55

The day Nelson Mandela was released from then Victor Verster Prison he demanded not to be driven, but to walk out through the prison gates.

Baby Mandela sparks bond

2010-02-11 11:57

An act of kindness started a friendship between a guard and the man who would leave his jail cell to eventually become South Africa's first black president.

Vlok watched from lucerne field

2010-02-11 09:48

When Nelson Mandela was released, police stayed under the radar as much as possible, with then police minister Adriaan Vlok watching proceedings from a helicopter in a nearby lucerne field.

Mandela's jail a heritage site

2010-02-10 15:57

The Drakenstein Correctional Centre, formerly the Victor Verster Prison, from which ex-president Nelson Mandela walked free after being jailed for 27 years has been declared a heritage site.

Cashing in on Mandela

2010-02-10 12:47

Oscar winner Charlize Theron, Congo President Denis Sassou Nguesso and 2010 World Cup fraudsters have learned the knuckling-rapping lesson: the Nelson Mandela brand is not for sale.

Mandela - SA's icon

2010-02-09 12:56

Nelson Mandela walked out of an apartheid prison 20 years ago on Thursday, beginning South Africa's march to democracy and reconciliation.

Key dates in Mandela's life

SA celebrates Mandela amid worry

2010-02-08 15:08

SA is celebrating the anniversary of Nelson Mandela's release as the country worries about its future with unemployment at about 30% and staggering levels of crime.

Mandela reflects on 20 years

2010-02-05 12:13

In 1990, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela walked out of the gates of Victor Verster Prison a free man after being jailed for 27 years.

Don't honour me, says FW

2010-02-02 23:06

When history opens a window of opportunity, it is important to jump through it, says FW de Klerk, 20 years after announcing Nelson Mandela's release from prison.

Where were you in 1990?

2010-02-02 08:43

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FW De Klerk announced on February 2 that Nelson Mandela would be released from prison. What were you doing on that historic day? Share your memories.

De Klerk to commemorate speech

2010-02-02 14:17

Twenty years after announcing Nelson Mandela's release from prison, former president FW de Klerk is set to commemorate the speech that began dismantling the apartheid regime.

FW's 1990 speech to Parliament

2010-02-02 08:47

"Southern Africa now has an historical opportunity to set aside its conflicts and ideological differences and draw up a joint programme of reconstruction..."

Stalwarts retrace steps to freedom

2010-02-11 14:44

Arm in arm, ANC stalwarts have marked the 20th anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s release from jail by retracing his first steps to freedom.

How I lost Madiba – Manuel

2010-02-11 13:51

While SA remembers the historical importance of Nelson Mandela’s release, Trevor Manuel, one of the one of the organisers behind the event 20 years ago, remembers how he "lost" the anti-apartheid icon.

Mandela should be proud - Vavi

2010-02-11 11:54

Nelson Mandela could be proud of what South Africa has become two decades after his release from jail, says Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi.

VIPs arrive for Mandela celebrations

2010-02-11 08:08

VIP guests have begun arriving at Drakenstein prison near Paarl for a morning of celebrations to mark the 20th anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s release from jail.

Where are my weights? - Mandela

2010-02-10 23:15

"Where are my weights," Nelson Mandela demanded from an exhausted Trevor Manuel in an 05:00 call the day after Madiba's release.

Tutu: Recapture the spirit

2010-02-10 22:12

Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu has urged all South Africans to recapture the spirit of the day Nelson Mandela was released - February 11 1990.

'Our collective spirit soared'

2010-02-10 14:39

Read a Statement by Archbishop Desmond Tutu on the 20th anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s release from prison.

Madiba's release remembered

2010-02-09 12:56

"Electric and yet so tense", is how Siraaj Cassiem described waiting in Cape Town hoping to see former president Nelson Mandela emerge from prison.

Mandela: SA's untouchable hero

SA's social divide endures

2010-02-08 19:09

Nelson Mandela's release from prison ushered in South Africa's democracy, but an intractable social divide has dimmed the sparkle of the nation's "rainbow miracle".

De Klerk 'was brave'

Mandela: SA's untouchable hero

2010-02-08 12:55

As South Africa's first black president, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, and a leading freedom fighter, Nelson Mandela is widely revered as a living saint, where his name has a golden touch.

Struggle freed Mandela - Zuma

2010-02-07 19:31

It was the intensity of the armed struggle, and not a decision by former president FW de Klerk, that led to Nelson Mandela's release 20 years ago, says President Jacob Zuma.

One man, one speech

2010-02-02 15:20

One man, in one speech, put SA on a path that would ultimately set us up as an example of what forgiveness could accomplish, says News24 User Grant Abbott

Letters to de Klerk

2010-02-02 10:14

Read letters sent to FW de Klerk by Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu on the 20th anniversary of his historic speech.

De Klerk 'was brave'

2010-02-02 11:05

Former president FW de Klerk was "one of the braver apartheid rulers", former ANC secretary-general Cyril Ramaphosa says.

FW's watershed address recalled

2010-02-01 23:29

It is 20 years since then president FW de Klerk delivered his historical address in Parliament which changed the face of South Africa.

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