Under fire for his comments on apartheid, former South African President F.W. de Klerk clarified his position again Wednesday, saying that he repudiates the system of racial segregation as unacceptable.
Controversial remarks by the last white president of South Africa, F.W. de Klerk, in which he validated the origins of "separate but equal" nation states, have been used by critics "unfairly out of context," his foundation said.
The man who helped engineer a transition to majority rule says South Africa's constitution and democracy are in danger.
The last white president of South Africa said the post-apartheid land is still trekking toward prosperity for all and a better democracy.
CNN's Nadia Bilchik talked to Nelson Mandela's children and grandchildren about his family life.
Nelson Mandela is many things to many people -- a former president, an anti-apartheid icon, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate -- but according to his daughter, he would like to be remembered first as a family man.
Freed democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi told her supporters Sunday that she needs their help in her efforts to bring change to Myanmar.
Former South African freedom fighter-turned-president Nelson Mandela made a rare public appearance Thursday as the nation's parliament met to honor him on the 20th anniversary of his release from prison.
Nelson Mandela is honored by South Africa's parliament on the 20th anniversary of his release from prison.
South Africa has refused the Dalai Lama a visa to attend an international peace conference in Johannesburg this week, a presidential spokesman said.
Nelson Mandela, anti-apartheid icon, Nobel peace laureate and South Africa's first black president, celebrated his 90th birthday Friday by doing something he had indicated he would not do again -- grant an interview to journalists.
CNN's Robyn Curnow had a chance to sit down with Nelson Mandela and his family as they celebrated his 90th birthday.
Former South African President Nelson Mandela toiled for 27 years in South African prisons before gaining his freedom and leading his nation from white minority rule to full democracy. In the process, he became an international symbol of strength and hope.
A recording of a moving speech by Nelson Mandela before he was sentenced to life in prison in 1964.
A hardline police minister in South Africa's apartheid era and four police officers received suspended prison sentences on Friday after pleading guilty to attempting to murder a leading black activist in 1989.
Frederik Willem de Klerk -- the last leader of white South Africa and the man who turned his back on decades of entrenched racism to bring an end to apartheid -- lights up with excitement when he describes his historic decision to free Nelson Mandela from prison after 27 years.
Former South African President Nelson Mandela toiled for 27 years in South African prisons before gaining his freedom and leading his nation from white minority rule to full democracy. In the process, he became an international symbol of strength and hope.
South Africa is throwing a $13 million party to celebrate its first decade of freedom after the end of apartheid.
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