Nobel Prize stolen from home of South Africa's last apartheid leader
De Klerk received the prize in 1993 alongside anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela, for his role in ushering South Africa into democracy.
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De Klerk received the prize in 1993 alongside anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela, for his role in ushering South Africa into democracy.
President Obama addressed the massive crowd of mourners assembled to honor Nelson Mandela at FNB Stadium in Soweto. Obama remembered the former South African president as a pioneer against racism, and an instrument of positive change.
Tuesday morning the world looked on during the moving the memorial for anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela.
Following his release from a 27-year prison sentence, Nelson Mandela addressed a large crowd of his supporters at a rally in Cape Town, Feb. 11, 1990.
The memorial service for Nelson Mandela features tributes by some of the anti-apartheid icon's family members and foreign leaders, including President Obama, Cuban President Raul Castro, and the U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon. CBS News correspondent Bill Whitaker reports from inside the memorial at FNB stadium in Soweto Township near Johannesburg.
Like her parents, Zindzi Mandela was involved in the fight against apartheid. The cause of her death was not immediately revealed.
She says her family, even from a young age, was acutely aware of his significance in the world and his fight for freedom
Several western states are in the midst of a brutal heat wave pushing temperatures in some places over 120 degrees; and 17-year-old Marlana Vanhoose, who is blind and was diagnosed with cerebral palsy at age 2, is inspiring people with her musical talent and angelic singing voice.
Ex-NSA contractor Edward Snowden has fled Hong Kong and landed in Moscow, likely on his way to Cuba and then Ecuador to seek asylum; and, designer Miguel Caballero, known as the "Armani" of security gear, started a junior clothing line after the Sandy Hook school shooting.
Phoenix broke a record reaching 119 degrees and Las Vegas could break its record for longest streak of 115-degree days in heat wave out west; and, friends and family remember 21-year-old Andrew Pochter, an American college student from Maryland who was killed in Egypt during a violent protest.
Nelson Mandela Foundation says it has discovered what is thought to be the first known television interview with Mandela, decades before he became South Africa’s first black president
On this day in 1990, Nelson Mandela was released from prison after 27 years behind bars; CBS News' Bob Simon was there
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Nelson Mandela's former bodyguard, Shaun van Heerden, says Mandela has been owned by his medical staff and is lonely
As Nelson Mandela's health reportedly improves, debate over how much can be done to save him
Sources tell CBS News former South African President Nelson Mandela is unresponsive, despite assurances from his family that he is recovering
The South African president said that anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela's condition has worsened and is now "critical."
While in Africa, President Obama is slated to visit three countries, promoting democracy and economic opportunities
Former South African President Nelson Mandela remains critically ill, as his family gathers at his hometown
The family of former South African president Nelson Mandela has been summoned to his hospital
What was supposed to be a gathering of prayer for the former South African president turned into a political rally as the ruling party bused in supporters
Nelson Mandela's ex-wife, Winnie, suggested the medical intervention may be working - at least for now
Nelson Mandela's family conflicts over burial site and medical intervention
Mandela visited dying teenager in 1998 and told him to keep morale high
As South Africans sang and danced outside Nelson Mandela's hospital, the former president was propped up in a chair so his family could sing to him