Nelson Mandela
17 Sep
The Founder and Chancellor of the Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti (ABUAD), Chief Afe Babalola (SAN), on Tuesday said that the former President of South Africa, Mr. Nelson Mandela, and himself were recently rated as the most successful self-made men by the University of London. Whereas Mandela resumed his LLB studies with the University of…
10 May
Thirty years after South Africa transitioned to democracy and a decade after Nelson Mandela’s death, the Nelson Mandela Foundation, the official custodian of his personal archive, has granted its long-time creative partner and originating publisher of five books about Nelson Mandela, Blackwell & Ruth, exclusive permission to create the series.
26 Mar
This topic is worth an audacious and ambitious statement of legislative vision. It is very timely given the unprecedented incidence of human rights abuses that have become commonplace and a daily Golgotha experience in our national life.
5 Dec 2023
On December 5, 2013, Nelson Mandela, the first President of South Africa to be elected in a fully representative democratic election, died at the age of 95. Today, South Africans commemorate 10 years without the legendary statesman.
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