Nelson Mandela’s Aids charity 46664 is to launch an international fashion label, the former South African president’s foundation has announced. It will be called 46664 Apparel after the number Mr Mandela wore in jail. Profits will go to the charity and the label is also intended to boost South Africa’s clothing industry, the Nelson Mandela [...]
ALL of Nelson Mandela’s personal archives will be digitised and will be publicly available online, while a 46664 clothing line will raise funds for the global HIV/Aids awareness and prevention campaign. The two partnerships are with Google, the internet giant, and Seardel, the local clothing and textile manufacturer. As part of its partnership with the [...]
Johannesburg – Former president Nelson Mandela was on Wednesday afternoon at Milpark hospital in Johannesburg, undergoing routine tests, the Nelson Mandela Foundation said. “He is in no danger and is in good spirits,” the foundation said in a statement in Johannesburg. Archbishop Desmond Tutu on Tuesday told Sapa that Mandela was “frail”. “I saw him [...]
Police in Johannesburg say they are holding a man on charges of drink-driving and culpable homicide. A suspected drunk-driver caused a car crash today that killed the 13-year-old great-granddaughter of Nelson Mandela, according to police. The man, who has not been named, also faces a culpable homicide charge but has been released to await a [...]
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It is highly irregular for a Fifa president to address the crowd before the opening match of a World Cup. But Sepp Blatter does love a public appearance and on this unique occasion there was something worth delaying the kick-off to say: that Nelson Mandela was present in spirit. With the aged former president of [...]