South African theatre production celebrates Winnie Madikizela-Mandela

03 april 2024 - 07:55:12
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Six years since her death, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela is being honoured with a production at [...] Full text...

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Mandela’s granddaughter dead at 43

26 september 2023 - 08:08:01
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Zoleka Mandela, the granddaughter of liberation heroes Nelson Mandela and Winnie Madikizela Mandela, died [...] Full text...

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South African town renamed Winnie Madikizela-Mandela

08 august 2021 - 11:51:34
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A small town in South Africa’s Free State province was this weekend renamed after [...] Full text...

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Mandela's personal physician dead at 62

28 august 2020 - 05:05:19
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Dr Vejay Ramlakan, Nelson Mandela's personal physician and South Africa’s former military surgeon-general on, [...] Full text...

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How the #Zimbabwelivesmatter sparked a global awareness on human rights abuses in Zimbabwe (Analysis)

10 august 2020 - 17:03:46
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - “Mnangagwa (Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa) has become a pig and he is eating his own children [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Lawyer in hot water over Zindzi Mandela tweet

24 july 2020 - 12:45:39
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A Johannesburg lawyer is being investigated by the Legal Practice Council (LPC) over an [...] Full text...

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UN Secretary-General blames apartheid era policies for economic inequality in South Africa

18 july 2020 - 19:00:26
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday blamed the apartheid-era policies for the economic [...] Full text...

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UN Chief to deliver Mandela Day lecture

18 july 2020 - 06:37:46
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – This year's Mandela Day lecture will be delivered by United Nations secretary-general Antonio Guterres [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Mandela's youngest daughter dead at 59

13 july 2020 - 10:32:20
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Zindzi Mandela, the youngest daughter of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela and Nelson Mandela, died at a [...] Full text...

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Mandela's widow seeks to block 'sensitive information' on late president

16 september 2019 - 18:36:49
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Nelson Mandela’s widow, Graça Machel, is attempting to block his former physician from revealing [...] Full text...

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Legal battle mars Mandela anniversary celebrations

16 july 2018 - 14:00:08
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Just days before the world commemorates the 100th anniversary of Nelson Mandela's birth, the [...] Full text...

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Two Killed in latest South Africa mosque attack

14 june 2018 - 09:59:46
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Two worshippers have been killed and several others wounded in a pre-dawn attack on [...] Full text...

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Obama to deliver Nelson Mandela lecture in South Africa

23 april 2018 - 15:31:29
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former United States President Barack Obama, has been named as the speaker of the [...] Full text...

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Thousands bid farewell to Winnie Madikizela-Mandela

14 april 2018 - 12:33:32
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Thousands of mourners on Saturday joined President Cyril Ramaphosa, several other African heads of [...] Full text...

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Winnie Mandela left an ‘indelible mark on the history of the 20th century,’ says UN chief

14 april 2018 - 06:26:10
New York, US (PANA) - "‘Mama Winnie’ – as she was affectionately known – was a towering figure in the [...] Full text...

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South Africa marks 25th anniversary of Hani's assassination

10 april 2018 - 13:38:53
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa on Tuesday marked the 25th anniversary of liberation hero, Chris Hani, an [...] Full text...

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Grace Machel salutes Winnie Madikizela-Mandela

03 april 2018 - 19:54:02
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Graca Machel, the only woman in history who was married to two presidents, on [...] Full text...

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AU pays tribute to Winnie Madikizela-Mandela

02 april 2018 - 19:28:44
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Expressing “great shock and profound sadness” following the death of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, ex-wife of former [...] Full text...

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Ramaphosa visits Madikizela-Mandela's Soweto home

02 april 2018 - 19:23:08
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday visited the Soweto home of liberation [...] Full text...

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South Africa's Mother of the Nation dead at 81

02 april 2018 - 18:47:30
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Tributes are flooding in for South Africa’s “Mother of the Nation” Winnie Madikizela-Mandela who [...] Full text...

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South Africa’s Winnie Madikizela-Mandela passes on

02 april 2018 - 15:04:17
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, veteran of South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) and ex-wife of former [...] Full text...

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Winnie Madikizela-Mandela loses claim to Mandela's home

19 january 2018 - 13:56:50
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Winnie Madikizela-Mandela on Friday lost her claim to former President Nelson Mandela's Qunu home [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Winnie Madikizela-Mandela turns 80

26 september 2016 - 10:46:25
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Struggle stalwart Winnie Madikizela-Mandela turned 80 on Monday with President Jacob Zuma saluting her. [...] Full text...

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South Africa: South Africans vote in hotly-contested local govt. elections

03 august 2016 - 15:11:55
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Millions of South Africans on Wednesday voted in this year's local government elections, the [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Winnie Madikizela-Mandela saluted for her fight against Apartheid

28 april 2016 - 14:10:20
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's former first lady, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, was awarded the Order of Luthuli, one [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Legal dispute blocks finalisation of Mandela's will

22 april 2016 - 13:10:33
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The finalisation of former South African President Nelson Mandela’s will is being delayed over [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Winnie Madikizela-Mandela recovering in hospital

18 april 2016 - 11:40:10
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – There is growing concern about former first lady Winnie Madikizela-Mandela’s health following an operation [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Winnie Madikizela-Mandela to undergo further surgery

13 april 2016 - 08:22:47
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – There are growing concerns about Winnie Madikizela-Mandela’s failing health amid reports that she will [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Winnie Madikizela-Mandela loses claim to Mandela's home

07 april 2016 - 11:08:05
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Winnie Madikizela-Mandela's bid to lay claim to her former husband's rural home in Qunu [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Mandela's grandson gets bail in rape case

25 august 2015 - 18:20:48
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Mbuso Mandela, the grandson of former South African president Nelson Mandela, who is accused [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Mandela family embroiled in fresh scandal

18 august 2015 - 11:41:19
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - In the latest saga to affect the family of the late South Africa President [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Plans underway to open Mandela's gravesite to the public

13 july 2015 - 16:05:54
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former president Nelson Mandela’s gravesite at Qunu in South Africa's Eastern Cape will eventually [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Mandela's former holiday home opened to the public

22 may 2015 - 10:48:58
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - Former South African President Nelson Mandela's holiday home has been opened to the public for [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Winnie continues fight for Mandela's estates

07 may 2015 - 13:32:39
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Winnie Madikizela-Mandela has slammed the executors of Nelson Mandela's estate for associating themselves with [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Family squabbles mar Mandela's legacy (Feature by Craig Urquhart, PANA Correspondent)

17 january 2015 - 06:00:42
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – More than a year after global statesman Nelson Mandela was laid to rest in [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Mandela's former wife moves to block meeting over his estate

09 january 2015 - 11:01:28
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, the former wife of former South African President Nelson Mandela, has filed [...] Full text...

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South Africa: South Africa's judicial system in international spotlight (Feature by Craig Urquhart, PANA Correspondent, Johannesburg)

27 december 2014 - 09:45:36
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - A number of high-profile court cases in 2014 have put South Africa’s judicial system in [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Events to mark anniversary of Mandela's death underway

11 november 2014 - 19:05:25
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – As the first anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s death approaches, a number of initiatives are [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Twist in Madikizela-Mandela's challenge against Mandela's estate

15 october 2014 - 08:20:18
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - In a dramatic development in Winnie Madikizela-Mandela’s legal challenge against the estate of Nelson [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Arms deal scandal continues to cloud South Africa's post-apartheid democracy (A feature by Craig Urquhart, PANA correspondent)

11 october 2014 - 06:23:45
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - The 1999 multi-billion-dollar arms deal has become the biggest political controversy since the advent [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Why thousands of South Africans flock to Nigeria's famous prophet (A feature by Craig Urquhart, PANA correspondent)

20 september 2014 - 11:31:29
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Until a week ago, few South Africans had ever heard of Nigeria’s Synagogue Church [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Eight months after his death, Mandela remains front page news (News Analysis by Craig Urquhart, PANA Correspondent)

10 august 2014 - 12:16:44
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Eight months have passed since the death of former world statesman Nelson Mandela, but [...] Full text...

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South Africa: New book lifts lid on Mandela family feuds

15 june 2014 - 09:50:48
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – An extraordinary new book about Nelson Mandela has lifted the lid on deep family [...] Full text...

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2014 CHAN: Blatter visits Mandela’s home ahead of CHAN final

31 january 2014 - 20:00:16
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Ahead of the final of the 2014 CHAN tournament in Cape Town on Saturday, [...] Full text...

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Mandela laid to rest

15 december 2013 - 10:58:36
Qunu, South Africa (PANA) - The body of former South African President Nelson Mandela was laid to rest on Sunday [...] Full text...

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Zuma salutes Mandela

15 december 2013 - 09:44:57
Qunu, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa's President Jacob Zuma on Sunday saluted his old struggle comrade Nelson Mandela, saying [...] Full text...

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How Madiba influenced the arts

15 december 2013 - 09:09:08
Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - There could hardly be any other contemporary icon from the arts to politics that every author, [...] Full text...

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Kathrada recalls his last moments with Mandela

15 december 2013 - 08:32:32
Qunu, South Africa (PANA) - In an emotional tribute to global icon Nelson Mandela, his long-time friend and fellow prisoner [...] Full text...

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Mandela’s journey draws to a close

15 december 2013 - 07:19:29
Qunu, South Africa (PANA) - An estimated 5,000 mourners and a global television audience of hundreds of millions are watching [...] Full text...

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Mourners defy heavy rain as Zuma is jeered at Mandela’s memorial service

10 december 2013 - 12:21:00
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) – Despite steady rain, thousands of mourners converged at Soweto’s famnous FNB Stadium Tuesday to pay [...] Full text...

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African Union mourns Madiba’s passing

06 december 2013 - 09:26:42
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson, Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, has on behalf of the [...] Full text...

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Mandela’s body moved to Pretoria

06 december 2013 - 05:58:16
Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - As South Africans and millions around the world mourn the death of liberation hero and [...] Full text...

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Mali troops, lingering ASUU strike, Mandela's birthday bash reported in Nigeria

20 july 2013 - 08:01:07
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Government's intention to withdraw its troops from Mali, the lingering university teachers' strike, low inflation figures [...] Full text...

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Mandela Day: Nigerian media salute Nelson Mandela at 95

18 july 2013 - 15:45:59
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Almost all Nigerian newspapers devoted their front pages to the ailing former South African president, Nelson [...] Full text...

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ANC hits back at Zuma’s critics over Mandela visit

01 july 2013 - 09:14:00
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - A bitter row has broken out between the ruling African National Congress (ANC) and [...] Full text...

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Obama arrives in South Africa

28 june 2013 - 21:33:22
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - President Barack Obama arrived in South Africa on Friday from Senegal on the second leg [...] Full text...

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President Zuma urges S/Africans to pray for Mandela

24 june 2013 - 17:33:37
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Jacob Zuma on Monday urged all South Africans to pray for Nelson Mandela, [...] Full text...

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“Mandela responding well” - President Zuma

12 june 2013 - 17:09:18
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African President Jacob Zuma on Wednesday delivered some positive news to a nation [...] Full text...

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Madikizela-Mandela angered by possible murder charges

18 march 2013 - 11:07:27
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, the former wife of South African global icon Nelson Mandela, has expressed [...] Full text...

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Mandela's ex-wife linked to another murder case

13 march 2013 - 12:30:02
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Winnnie Madikizela-Mandela, the former wife of South African global icon Nelson Mandela, has been [...] Full text...

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South African Olympic heroes return home

14 august 2012 - 11:27:58
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa's representatives at the just-concluded 2012 London Olympics returned home on Saturday morning, [...] Full text...

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Madikizela-Mandela salutes struggle hero

14 march 2010 - 16:56:00
Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) â" Anti--apartheid struggle stalwart Winnie Madik izela-Mandela was among the hundreds of mourners who paid [...] Full text...

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SA marks 20th anniversary of Mandela's release

11 february 2010 - 07:02:00
Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- South Africa was Thursday marking the 20th anni versary of the day Nelson Mandela [...] Full text...

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Madikizela-Mandela's appointment generates uproar

17 march 2009 - 13:22:00
Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- Winnie Madikizela-Mandela's nomination by the r uling African National Congress (ANC) on its election [...] Full text...

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