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    • Wednesday, 14 December, 2022
      ReviewTheatre
      Paperboy walkout makes for a striking musical in Newsies

      Plus: Mandela at the Young Vic has exhilarating choreography but insufficient depth

    • Saturday, 15 August, 2020
      FT SeriesFantasy dinner parties
      Fantasy dinner: Nelson Mandela and Victoria Wood join Henry Mance for a vegan feast

      The FT’s chief features writer selects the chef, guests, dishes, drinks and location for his ultimate meal

    • Monday, 15 June, 2020
      Ann Olivarius
      Rhodes must fall, but who should stand in his place?

      A Zambian civil-rights activist and the first African-American Rhodes scholar would be worthy inheritors

    • Wednesday, 22 January, 2020
      Special ReportThe World 2020
      Post-Mandela Africa seeks practical ideas as Davos ‘jamboree’ loses lustre

      WEF’s limelight has done little to transform nations’ fortunes

    • Friday, 13 September, 2019
      ObituarySport
      Chester Williams, rugby player, 1970-2019

      Springbok who changed the way South Africa nation saw the game

    • Tuesday, 7 May, 2019
      The Art of PersuasionSam Leith
      A speech designed for reconciliation and nation-building

      Nelson Mandela’s inauguration address was concise and concentrated in its rhetorical charge

    • Tuesday, 31 July, 2018
      Kofi Annan
      Donald Trump’s deal must put Palestinian rights centre stage

      Americans should know that a people deprived of liberty will never be pacified

    • Friday, 6 July, 2018
      World
      Auction of night in Nelson Mandela’s cell sparks fury

      Charity stunt aimed at corporate chiefs leads to debate on attitudes to apartheid past

    • Thursday, 5 April, 2018
      World
      Former Brazil president Lula to start prison term, court rules
    • Monday, 2 April, 2018
      ObituaryAfrican politics
      Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, anti-apartheid leader, 1936-2018

      Nelson Mandela’s ex-wife came to symbolise black anger against post-apartheid settlement

    • Monday, 2 April, 2018
      World
      Winnie Madikizela-Mandela: in pictures

      Moments in the life of a leader of South Africa’s anti-apartheid struggle and former wife of Nelson Mandela

    • Monday, 2 April, 2018
      ObituaryWorld
      Anti-apartheid leader Winnie Madikizela-Mandela dies aged 81

      Ex-wife of Nelson Mandela will leave a complex legacy in South Africa

    • Thursday, 22 February, 2018
      Ann Olivarius
      Cecil Rhodes’ statue will gaze down at another kind of scholar

      Global scholarships open to everyone are a century in the making

    • Wednesday, 14 February, 2018
      Barney Mthombothi
      South Africans pin their hopes on Cyril Ramaphosa

      The ANC leader is probably better prepared to be president than any of his predecessors

    • Friday, 26 January, 2018
      ObituaryMusic
      Hugh Masekela, 1939-2018, musician and anti-apartheid activist

      He bore witness to black South Africans’ struggle against white minority rule

    • Saturday, 16 December, 2017
      News in-depthAfrican politics
      Veterans face off in ANC leadership fight in South Africa

      Dlamini-Zuma and Ramaphosa seek to become head of the party they have long served

    • Wednesday, 13 December, 2017
      David Pilling
      How Cyril Ramaphosa can still save the ANC

      The party that once inspired the world with its vision of the future has fallen far

    • Thursday, 7 December, 2017
      World
      Glencore appoints second woman to board
    • Thursday, 26 October, 2017
      African politics
      Voting begins in Kenya for rerun of presidential election
    • Tuesday, 28 March, 2017
      ObituaryWorld
      Ahmed Kathrada, ANC stalwart who was not afraid to criticise Zuma

      Anti-apartheid activist was jailed on Robben Island with Nelson Mandela

    • Tuesday, 17 January, 2017
      Geopolitics
      Strong moral leadership is needed to combat populist tide

      It is time to reassert our values of decent treatment for all

    • Thursday, 1 September, 2016
      ReviewLife & Arts
      Mandela Trilogy, Royal Festival Hall, London — ‘Cartoonish’

      A musical-cum-opera about the South African leader that goes only skin deep

    • Wednesday, 10 August, 2016
      Barney Mthombothi
      The liberation of black South Africans from politics of guilt

      Supporters voted for ANC out of loyalty but their patience has worn thin, writes Barney Mthombothi

    • Monday, 8 August, 2016
      Gideon Rachman
      The global democratic recession

      Democracy is in retreat around the world — for now

    • Friday, 5 August, 2016
      David Pilling
      ANC mood darkens after poll setback as Zuma star fades

      Collapse in support closely tracks president’s party leadership since 2007

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