International actors need some serious training to pick up our local ways of speaking, and even then, there are limits.
Not the movie of the week: Shaun de Waal reviews Invictus , with Morgan Freeman portraying Nelson Mandela.
Oscar-winning star Morgan Freeman said on Tuesday he felt he did "a good job" portraying Nelson Mandela in Clint Eastwood's Invictus .
The Nelson Mandela Foundation has been forced into a climbdown over its allegation that an African leader concocted a bogus endorsement.
Human rights advocate Nelson Mandela and his wife have won a global award for helping to promote children's rights over the past 10 years.
The UN General Assembly on Tuesday declared July 18 "Nelson Mandela International Day" to mark the anti-apartheid leader's contribution to peace.
Rumours on Thursday that former South African president Nelson Mandela was gravely ill have been laughed off by his grandson.
A man has appeared in court for allegedly insulting former president Nelson Mandela, North West police said on Tuesday.
Although the three calculations jotted on the back of a piece of paper do not look like much, the neat rows of black figures offer a brutal precis.
Former president Nelson Mandela visited the proposed site of children's hospital at the University of the Witwatersrand on Friday.
Former SA president Nelson Mandela is healthy and even more vigorous at 91-years-old, said Nelson Mandela Foundation chief executive Achmat Dangor.
Nelson Mandela turns 91 on Saturday with a call for community service and celebrations from New York's Madison Square Garden to downtown Johannesburg.
Things to do in Johannesburg today: pose for photos beside the six-metre-high bronze statue of Nelson Mandela in Nelson Mandela Square.
FW De Klerk has added his voice to the birthday wishes for Nelson Mandela, who turns 91 on Saturday.
Judging by the responses to a street survey this week, ordinary South Africans probably won't be spending 67 minutes giving something back.
Nelson Mandela is 91, his athlete's body is frail and he has all but disappeared from public life. As an icon, Mandela is more robust than ever.
As Nelson Mandela turns 91, we sifted through the archives at YouTube and found some of the highlights from the great man's life.
Nelson Mandela devoted many years to the struggle against apartheid. Some of the images of those years were immortalised in struggle posters.
Is the obsession with all things Madiba in South Africa not as strong as it once was? Could the country be suffering from Mandela burnout?
Over the years, the world sat back and listened as the respected Nelson Mandela spoke on a host of topics. Here is a selection of his speeches.
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Photo gallery
Nelson Mandela, captured on camera.View gallery
Mandela on stage
See Madiba at his special 90th birthday party concert in Hyde Park in the UK, which many people attended and where celebrities like Amy Winehouse performed.
Mandela speaks
Browse through the ANC's archive of the most significant selected speeches, statements and writings of Nelson Mandela.
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A tribute
A tribute by late Drum editor and Mandela biographer Anthony Sampson, written for Mandela's 85th birthday in 2003.
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An audio history
An NPR series, Mandela: An Audio History , tells the story of the struggle against apartheid through rare sound recordings of Mandela himself, as well as those who fought with and against him.
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Did you know?
His full name is Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela.
He was born on July 18 1918 in Qunu, then Transkei.
He was the first member of his family to attend school.
His first wife was Evelyn Ntoko Mase, his second Winnie Madikizela-Mandela and his third Graça Machel.
He has received more than 100 awards over four decades -- including the Nobel Peace Prize.
He met Oliver Tambo when they both studied at at Fort Hare University.
He was influenced by the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi.
In 1961, he became the leader of the ANC's armed wing, Umkhonto weSizwe.
During his years in prison on Robben Island, he performed hard labour in a lime quarry.
A 1969 plot to rescue him from prison was foiled by British intelligence.
He was released from Victor Verster Prison, Paarl, on February 11 1990.
He became South Africa's oldest elected president at the age of 75 in 1994.
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