1. Wide former US president Bill Clinton and his daughter Chelsea Clinton visiting an HIV clinic 2. Close up of Clinton listening to a group of singers 3. Wide low shot of Bill and Chelsea Clinton watching the dancers 4. Cutaway of two...

1. Tilt up from groceries on shop counter to Gill Marcus, Governor of South African Reserve Bank, holding new bank notes featuring the face of Nelson Mandela, former President of South Africa 2. Tilt up from bank notes to Marcus talking...

1. Wide shot of audience listening to lecture by son of former Cuban leader Fidel Castro 2. SOUNDBITE (English): Fidel Castro Diaz-Balart, Cuban nuclear scientist and eldest son of Fidel Castro: "I will focus in two aspect during my...

South Africa's president unveiled a bronze bust of anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela in Cape Town on Monday as the country celebrates 20 years of democracy. The statue, more than two metres (six feet) high, was unveiled outside the...

Robben Island 1. Wide of (front, from right) US President Barack Obama's daughters Malia and Sasha, his mother-in-law, Marian Robinson, (middle, from left) niece, Leslie Robinson, wife Michelle; (back) Obama and tour guide, 83-year-old...

1. Wide shot of news conference 2. SOUNDBITE (English) UK Prime Minister Tony Blair: "A lot of the work has already been done, there needs to be some more work and some more checking done but I think the thing probably the best thing to...

English/Nat Protests against the death sentence on Nigerian political activist Ken Saro-Wiwa have greeted world leaders from more than 50 nations arriving at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) conference in New...

1. Former commissioner of police Johannes Van der Merwe, former security minister Adriaan Vlok and other former high ranking policemen arriving in courtroom 2. Close up of Vlok 3. Mid of Frank Chikane, former secretary general of the...

1. Wide top shot, interior of O.R. Tambo International airport, crowds gathered for arrival of athlete Caster Semenya 2. Mid top shot, people dancing 3. Newspaper held in man's hand, headline reading: (English) "She's A Girl" 4. Various...

English/Nat U-S President Bill Clinton and First Lady Hillary Clinton hosted a reception on Tuesday (28th November) to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the White House. Bill Clinton cited a series of events in the East Room as an...

The Olympic spirit was present in South Africa on Sunday (2/11) as a representative from Greece - the host nation for the 2004 Olympics - visited President Nelson Mandela - whose country's bid to host the games was...

A free exhibition by Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei has transformed the former island prison of Alcatraz into a tribute to the world's political prisoners, some famous and some forgotten. Called "@ large: Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz,"...

1. Wide of reporter asking question to US President Barack Obama and South African President Jacob Zuma at news conference 2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Jacob Zuma, South Africa President: "The position of former President Mandela in terms of...

English/Nat The monuments to apartheid are still standing across South Africa, a year after the country's first multi-racial government came to power. But a sense of political correctness is spreading in Nelson Mandela's new South...

English/Nat South Africa's new president-to-be, Thabo Mbeki, celebrated his party's landslide victory on Thursday with a pledge to uplift impoverished blacks and pursue racial reconciliation. It followed South Africa's second all-race...

English/Nat Olusegun Obasanjo became Nigeria's first civilian leader in 15 years on Saturday, expressing hope for a prosperous future for a nation tormented by years of dictatorship. General Abdulsalami Abubakar, who during his 11 months...

Nelson Mandela, 95, was discharged from hospital on Sunday while still in critical condition and was taken by ambulance to his Johannesburg home where he will receive intensive care, presidential spokesman Mac Maharaj said. "Madiba's...

South African President, Nelson Mandela's government of national unity is faced with a crucial task of changing the apartheid system of education in the country. The education system, especially for black South Africans, has been in a...

English/Nat Images of South Africa's bitter past returned Thursday as rioters blocked roads, looted a petrol station and fought running battles with police to protest against discrimination over rate payments. But those who used to...

English/Nat A major new effort to build roads, power plants, water and electrical systems in Africa is about to begin. Four-hundred (m) million U-S dollars will soon be available to African countries to start projects aimed at improving...

1. Wide interior Donaldson Orlando Community Centre gym, pan from mural of former South African President Nelson Mandela in a boxing pose to two men seated in a room 2. Close of two men seated and talking 3. Wide pan across interior of...

1. Wide shot of Nelson Mandela foundation 2. Poster reading 'Evolution of Icon', showing Nelson Mandela, former South African President, through different stages of his life 3. Nelson Mandela arriving at press conference 4. Cutaway of...

Afrikaans/Eng/Nat Voting has ended in South Africa's second democratic elections with predictions of landslide victory for the African National Congress (A-N-C). Significant results will become apparent on Thursday, but Deputy-President...

People across South Africa, gathered around television screens on Tuesday to watch the live broadcast of Nelson Mandela's memorial service at the FNB stadium in Johannesburg. At the Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory, close to his family...