The balcony at the Cape Town City Hall is a popular tourist destination. It was here that Nelson Mandela delivered his first ...
Premiering at Sundance, Antoine Fuqua discusses why the documentary centers the global icon’s own voice. “I wanted people to see him as a human being,” the director said.
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The Nelson Mandela Rules Training Academy was unveiled at the Drakenstein Correctional Centre in Paarl on Wednesday.
New Nelson Mandela Rules Academy signals shift toward humanised corrections Exactly 36 years after President Nelson Mandela walked out of prison and into the pages of history, President Cyril ...
Black filmmakers, actors and films were an integral part of the 2026 Sundance Film Festival. Now that the event is leaving Park City, Utah after 40+ years, they were around ...
What is to be done? The answer cannot be compulsory hero-worship. It cannot be the imposition of a sanitised, state-approved pantheon. Young Nigerians are too discerning, too digitally connected, too ...
From sunrise hikes up Lion’s Head to quiet nights in the Karoo, these South African travel moments are the kind that linger ...
In observance of Black History Month, Dr. Damien Dublin, head of the Dominica Reparations Committee, emphasizes the ...
Nelson Mandela, an iconic South African president and human rights leader, has been the subject of countless books, documentaries and feature films.