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Nelson Mandela mourns the loss of his youngest sister and last surviving sibling

By theGrio

12:05 PM on 01/30/2012

Condolences are being sent to former South African president Nelson Mandela after the loss of his youngest and last surviving sibling...
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CPAC co-sponsor: Nelson Mandela a 'bloodthirsty terrorist'

By theGrio

2:58 PM on 01/13/2012

A recent blog post featured at the site accuses the African National Congress, the nation's ruling party, of waging a 'genocide' against Afrikaners, and pins much of the blame on revered former president Nelson Mandela...
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Nelson Mandela to miss ANC's 100th year celebration

By News One

3:38 PM on 01/06/2012

NEWS ONE - Nelson Mandela will not be attending the 100th anniversary of the African National Congress (ANC) due to health issues Voice of America reports...
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South Africa's ANC party celebrates 100 years

By theGrio

10:19 AM on 01/05/2012

JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Against all odds, the party of Nelson Mandela has transformed a nation where just 20 years ago black South Africans could not vote, and beaches and restaurants were reserved for whites only...
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Nelson Mandela's daughter ordered to pay promoter $7.5m after failing to stage Mayweather-Pacquiao fight

By theGrio

9:31 AM on 01/04/2012

One of Nelson Mandela's daughters has been ordered to pay $7.5m to boxing promoter after failing to stage a megafight between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao...
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Idris Elba to play Nelson Mandela in biopic?

By theGrio

9:17 AM on 12/06/2011

Idris Elba is being lined up to star as Nelson Mandela in an "official" biopic of the former South African leader...
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The week in pop culture: Kandi to go solo, Kelly Rowland gets steamy

By Chris Witherspoon

3:28 PM on 09/30/2011

theGRIO REPORT - Welcome to the week in pop culture. Here's all the latest and greatest entertainment news and headlines from the week that was...
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Would a Mandela reality show be a mistake?

By Ronda Racha Penrice

10:00 AM on 09/30/2011

OPINION - The show teeters more on exploitation of the Mandela name than a sincere attempt to show three South African women navigating life in a contemporary African landscape...
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3 Mandela relatives said to star on reality TV

By theGrio

10:28 AM on 09/29/2011

JOHANNESBURG (AP) - In a statement, South Africa's New Vision Pictures and Out of Africa Entertainment and U.S. producer Rick Leed say the show is set to debut early next year...
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'Winnie' biopic blasted before it's even released

By Chris Witherspoon

10:01 AM on 08/22/2011

theGRIO REPORT - 'Winnie,' a film about Winnie Mandela will soon make it debut at the Toronto Film Festival, but Mandela does not support the film....
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Nelson Mandela opera comes to Johannesburg

By theGrio

2:12 PM on 08/12/2011

JOHANNESBURG (AP) - A sexy dose of jazz and the refined strains of Western opera and traditional Xhosa song drive a new opera about South Africa's former president...
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South Africa to open new museum honoring Nelson Mandela

By theGrio

10:00 AM on 08/05/2011

JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Mandla Mandela spoke Friday on behalf of his grandfather at the launch of an exhibition at the undeveloped museum site...
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Slideshow: 'Father of a Nation' Nelson Mandela through the years

By Mandisa Washington

12:25 PM on 07/18/2011

SLIDESHOW - In honor of Nelson Mandela's 92nd birthday, theGrio invites you on an emotional journey through seven decades of his political activism and personal crisis...
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Who will be the next great African leader?

By Rohit Kachroo

6:12 AM on 07/18/2011

OPINION - So respected is Mandela, that millions of people will do precisely as he asks. It makes many wonder about the future: Who will be Africa's next undisputed leader?
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Book of Nelson Mandela quotations released

By theGrio

1:29 PM on 06/27/2011

JOHANNESBURG (AP) - A new Nelson Mandela book, slim, bound in black and set in eye-straining type, looks a bit like a bible or a prayer book...
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Michelle Obama tours Cape Town segregation museum

By theGrio

11:28 AM on 06/23/2011

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) - Michelle Obama on Thursday toured a museum that memorializes the forced segregation of a once vibrant and racially mixed area of this South African coastal city...
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How Michelle Obama has won over South Africa

By Rohit Kachroo

8:20 AM on 06/23/2011

OPINION - The first lady has delivered on her "core Africa issues" -- AIDS, poverty, and education; and she has done it with grace...
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Michelle Obama on Mandela meeting: 'Very surreal'

By theGrio

9:22 AM on 06/22/2011

JOHANNESBURG (AP) - She also described the encounter as overwhelming because she never thought she'd ever meet the former South African president and leader of the anti-apartheid struggle...
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Slideshow: First family steps out in South Africa

By Sherrina Navani

1:22 PM on 06/21/2011

SLIDESHOW - Michelle Obama, along with her daughters and her mother, are in South Africa visiting with world leaders like Nelson Mandela and with local children...
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Michelle Obama and family meet with Nelson Mandela

By theGrio

8:29 AM on 06/21/2011

JOHANNESBURG (AP) - First lady Michelle Obama and her family are paying their respects to Nelson Mandela...
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