Het is deze maand 35 jaar geleden dat de Zuid-Afrikaanse vrijheidsstrijder Nelson Mandela vrijkwam. In juni 1990 bracht hij voor het eerst een bezoek aan Den Haag. Een kleine groep activisten ...

JOHANNESBURG - A new, 29.5-foot sculpture of Nelson Mandela is billed as the biggest statue of the South African leader. It also has a tiny, barely visible quirk: a sculpted rabbit tucked inside ...

Addressing the crowd in the Square where the statue of another South African, General Jan Smuts, stands, Mandela recalled a visit to London 45 years ago with fellow activist Oliver Tambo.

DRAKENSTEIN, South Africa -- Nelson Mandela made a rare joint appearance with his former wife Winnie on Thursday at the unveiling of a huge bronze statue honoring the anti-apartheid hero outside ...

PRETORIA, South Africa — Just a short downhill walk from where Nelson Mandela's body rests for a final public viewing, a new steel statue is about to rise in his honor.

Two South African sculptors who were refused permission to engrave their signatures on the giant statue of Nelson Mandela came up with a novel solution: They hid a bronze rabbit in the statue's ear.

The statue resembles Mandela’s pose, his right arm extended into a fist above his head, upon his release from 27 years of incarceration during the fight against South African apartheid.

That's a true fact. The "unrealistic" argument is a bold choice, considering that the statue is 30-feet tall and made out of bronze. Mandela was not those things.

A new, 9-meter (29.5-foot) sculpture of Nelson Mandela is billed as the biggest statue of the South African leader. It also has a tiny, barely visible quirk: a sculpted rabbit tucked inside one of ...

Nelson Mandela will attend the unveiling of a statue in his honour in London, after a row over its location. The statue of the former South African president will be officially unveiled in Parliament ...

JOHANNESBURG – A new, 29.5-foot sculpture of Nelson Mandela is billed as the biggest statue of the South African leader. It also has a tiny, barely visible quirk: a sculpted rabbit tucked inside ...

Britain unveiled a statue of Nelson Mandela on Wednesday outside the houses of Parliament, honoring the South African anti-apartheid campaigner as one of the great leaders of his era.