Browsing: Nelson Mandela

The US government had Nelson Mandela on terrorist watch list until 2008, 14 years after he became president of South Africa. Why, you might ask? Because…

Eleven years ago today, anti-apartheid hero and South Africa’s first democratically elected president Nelson Mandela died. His life was devoted to fighting against the settler oppression…

South African anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela died on this day in 2013 at the age of 95. Mandela is remembered as the man who helped lead…

Nizam Mamode, a retired British National Health Service transplant surgeon who worked in Gaza with the British charity, Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP), shocked UK MPs…

Oliver Reginald Tambo, a man sometimes referred to as the ‘other half’ of South Africa’s African National Congress (ANC) party, was born on this day in…

In his February tour of London comedy clubs, stand-up comedian Aamer Rahman emphasised that Israel’s actions in Gaza are not directed against militant group H*mas, but…

In 1995, the Nelson Mandela-led African National Congress (ANC) government set up the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), a court-like body tasked with investigating crimes committed…

Oliver Reginald Tambo, a man who’s sometimes referred to as the ‘other half’ of South Africa’s African National Congress (ANC) party, died on this day 31…