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It was in the shadow of death that Joost van der Westhuizen felt he made his most telling contribution to South African life. Not the part he played in South Africa’s World Cup victory in 1995, not the tackle he made on Jonah Lomu, not the tries scored...

By Liezel van der Westhuizen The City has honoured former president Nelson Mandela’s legacy through a series of photographs taken by two veteran photo-journalists. This past week the Mother City paid tribute to our former President Nelson Mandela...

Site Of Nelson Mandela’s arrest From most angles, this 2012 sculpture by South African artist Marco Cianfanelli looks like  jagged-edged steel columns jutting out of the Earth, but shift slightly to one side and a profile of Nelson Mandela appears....

1048 Al-Biruni Arabic royal astrologer, dies at age 74. 1048 Death of Al-Biruni, Persian mathematician (b. 973) 1124 Callistus II [Guido di Borgogna] Italian Pope (1119-24), dies. 1124 Death of Pope Callixtus II 1126 Hendrik IX the Black, Duke of...

Tue, 07/02/2013 -— Glen Ford, Black Agenda Report “Obama has no sympathy, however, for political prisoners of any race in his own country.”   Barack Obama making a highly-publicised visit to Nelson Mandela’s 1980&prime...