England's Alastair Cook in action during the first day of the third Test against South Africa at The Oval in London, on July 27, 2017 England were 149 for four after winning the toss at tea on the...
“For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others” – Nelson Rolihlala Mandela The history of the African liberation...
An ambulance carrying South Africa's first democratically elected president Nelson Mandela caught fire as it was rushing him to hospital, his doctor revealed in a book published on Monday. The...
The siblings of Singapore's prime minister offered a truce Thursday in an explosive family feud over the legacy of their late father, founding leader Lee Kuan Yew, saying they wanted to settle the...
Former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl died at his home in Germany’s Ludwigshafen on Friday at the age of 87, according to German local media Focus Online. Kohl served as German chancellor between...
Police in the Republic of Ireland have launched an investigation after a viewer claimed comments made by Stephen Fry on a TV show were blasphemous. Officers are understood to be examining whether the...
How Brad Pitt fixed his image problem with one interview Brad Pitt has chosen the pages (and website) of a glossy magazine to give his first interview since splitting from Angelina Jolie amid...
"I just refuse," he said. "And fortunately my partner in this agrees. It's just very, very jarring for the kids, to suddenly have their family ripped apart." The stars shocked fans in September 2016...
Despite a non-existent constitutional dictate of measuring performance or otherwise in the first hundred days of any regime, there have evolved a convention for 100 days’ assessment. The objective...
When America entered World War I, a century ago this week, the European powers were bogged down in a grinding trench war that had killed millions and ravaged the European continent. Swinging its...
By Joe Kingsley “A fundamental concern for others in our individual and community lives would go a long way in making the world the better place we so passionately dreamt of”-Nelson Rolihlahla...
The Nelson Mandela Foundation has added its voice to condemnation of recent xenophobic attacks in the country. The called on the government to act fast to curb the situation and for aggrieved parties...
On Saturday the 4th of February 2017, gospel music enthusiasts and philanthropists thronged to the elegant City Pavilion in London to attend the much anticipated ‘Dine with Diana 2017’ event,...
It’s not every day one gets the chance to marry the daughter of a renowned former world leader, but that’s exactly what happened to Kevin-Prince Boateng after the 2010 World Cup in South Africa....
Harry Potter author JK Rowling has hit back at Twitter users who threatened to burn her books following her criticism of President Trump. Rowling’s recent Twitter feed has been filled with her...
“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?” — Dr Martin Luther King, Jr 1 was going through my folders the other day when I came across the image...
BLACK he was, yet he moved the world. BLACK he was, yet resonating was his word. BLACK he was, yet a model we saw. BLACK he was, yet he stood out amongst all. BLACK he was, and he made BLACK COUNT!...
A one-off copy of a Harry Potter spin-off book that was handwritten by JK Rowling has sold for almost £370,000. The bejewelled copy of The Tales of Beedle the Bard had been owned by Barry...
Like many young seekers I have always known and taken Gandhi as an inspiration just as some African liberators like Nelson Mandela did. I have on some occasions quoted him. The movie, 'The Great...
Anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela left some 46 million rand ($4.1 million) in assets to family members, former staff, several schools and South Africa's ruling party, his will executors said Monday....
