A South African deputy cabinet minister has said a "mistake happened" in the hiring of a sign-language interpreter for the Nelson Mandela memorial service who experts say was signing gibberish on stage next to world leaders. "He did not,...

English/Nat Britain's Prince Charles, President Mandela and the Spice Girls shared a stage for the first and probably only time on Saturday. The British heir to the throne, the South African president and the world-famous teen pop band...

President Bill Clinton on Thursday (26/3) became the first US president to visit South Africa. Addressing the South African parliament he said he was proud to come to a South Africa which was "truly free and democratic at last." But he...

1. Outside of presidential building 2. Close up of building sign 3. Reverend Frank Chikane approaches podium 4. SOUNDBITE (English) Reverend Frank Chikane "Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to welcome all of you this extraordinary...

South Africa's President Nelson Mandela on Friday (17/5) met American actor Sydney Poitier, who will play the part of the South African leader in a forthcoming movie based on the country's transition to democracy. 0.00 mandela and...

English/Nat Trade talks between South Africa and the European Union ended on a positive note after three days of tough negotiations. Negotiators from both countries emerged from their meeting in Pretoria claiming they had agreed on the...

English/Nat Thabo Mbeki became South Africa's second post-apartheid president on Wednesday, taking over leadership of a racially divided country from Nelson Mandela. He promised to improve the lives of millions of impoverished...

July 8 1. Various shots of fireworks July 9 2. Flags of African nations 3. Various shots of security outside conference centre July 9 4. Various interior shots of delegates attending conference 5. Set-up of South African President...

South Africans queuing in Pretoria on Thursday for the chance to see Nelson Mandela's casket expressed mixed feelings about their country's future. If the heady optimism of the days when South Africa's peaceful transformation to an...

A close family friend of Nelson Mandela said on Wednesday that the Mandela family has accepted the loss of the former South African president. Speaking in Nelson Mandela's childhood hometown of Qunu, Bantu Holomisa said the family had...

1. Wide exterior of former South African President Nelson Mandela's office in Johannesburg 2. Wide shot of Mandela shaking hands with England Football Captain David Beckham 3. Close up of Mandela's face during handshakes 4. Wide of...

0000 Wide shot stage 0004 Various of South African President Thabo Mbeki arriving and being seated on the stage 0024 SOUNDBITE: (English) Thabo Mbeki, South African President: "There is every need for us to demonstrate to the billions...

English/Nat Graca Machel, the new wife of Nelson Mandela, spoke about her love for him in an recent interview released on Sunday. In it, she said that as a head of state, Mandela got very lonely and she was there as "a shoulder to lean...

1.Various shots of Dainfern Suburb in Johannesburg 2. Sisa Ngebulana walking down stairs of his mansion 3. Ngebulana taking briefcase and leaving his house 4. Ngebulana walking towards his car 5. Ngebulana opening boot of car 6....

Francois Pienaar and Matt Damon on red carpet

Jean De Villiers Talk About Mandela's Influence

Premiere of 'Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom' - Film Adapted from Nelson Mandela's Autobriography

Zindzi Mandela child memories of Nelson Mandela

File - Lisbon, Portugal - June 1999 1. Mid shot photo call (left to right: Peter Buck, Mike Mills, Michael Stipe) 2. Cutaway photographers 3. Mid shot Peter Buck (on right) talking 4. Mid shot band File - London, UK - August 1997 5....

English/Nat Nelson Mandela has dismissed rumours that F-W de Klerk is pulling out of South Africa's government of National unity. Mandela's African National Congress Party accuses deputy president de Klerk of starting the rumour...

1. Wide of hearing 2. Two stills of the biting incident 3. SOUNDBITE: Oscar Goodman, Mike Tyson's attorney 4. Cutaway of Luther Mack 5. SOUNDBITE: Gordon Fink, Nevada Senior Deputy Attorney General 6. Cutaway of Tyson's counsel,...

A jubilant Nelson Mandela claimed victory for his African National Congress in South Africa's historic all-race elections on Monday (2/5) and urged the country to rally around the new government of national unity. Two hours earlier,...

The Dalai Lama, Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, gave South African President Nelson Mandela a flowing white silk scarf on Thursday (22/8) and hailed him as the successor to Mahatma Gandhi. The two leaders emerged hand-in-hand after...

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro joined the South African Ambassador at a Catholic Mass on Friday in the capital Caracas in honour of the late Nelson Mandela. Maduro sat alongside South African Ambassador Thaninga Pandit Shope-Linney...