It was among the first encounters in what would become a lifelong relationship between Nelson Mandela and South Africa’s tiny Jewish community, impacting the statesman’s life at several ...

The funeral has been held of South Africa's first black President Nelson Mandela, who died on 5 December aged 95. Thousands of South Africans - and heads of state and government - congregated in ...

July 18, 2009 – The Nelson Mandela Foundation creates ... to be flown at half-staff through the state funeral. December 15, 2013 – Mandela is buried in his childhood village of Qunu.