JOHANNESBURG - The death of anti-apartheid icon and former South African President Nelson Mandela marked the end of a historic era, his successor said Friday. Mandela's passing, which happened ...

Thabo Mbeki, who succeeded Mandela as president in 1999, made the comment Thursday night in an interview with Power FM, a South African radio station. Mandela, the anti-apartheid leader who spent 27 ...

JOHANNESBURG — Nelson Mandela may be discharged from hospital soon to recuperate at home, said a former president of South Africa. The prediction about Mandela leaving the hospital was made by Thabo ...

In the past has publicly questioned the connection between HIV and AIDS, minimized the seriousness of the AIDS epidemic and did not support widespread treatment or testing for AIDS. Mbeki’s father was ...

The consensus from opinion surveys, even allowing for evident flaws, is that the ruling African National Congress (ANC) in South Africa will lose its parliamentary majority in the 29 May elections.