CAPE TOWN, South Africa (Reuters) -- Former President Nelson Mandela has repudiated the controversial position on AIDS of his successor, Thabo Mbeki, saying HIV is the primary cause of the disease ...

When Nelson Mandela began his historic presidency in South Africa, AIDS activists in the country -- and around the world -- had high hopes that he would somehow engage in their efforts to fight ...

The rock legends are in Cape Town, South Africa to work on tracks for a project involving Nelson Mandela. South African statesman Mandela is leading a battle to tackle the Aids epidemic which has ...

1999 – Mandela leaves office and establishes the Nelson Mandela Foundation ... number – to mobilize governments to declare HIV/AIDS a global emergency. The event features performances by ...

Ndaba Mandela, the grandson of Nelson Mandela, is a prominent advocate ... the next generation of African leaders and combat HIV/AIDS through various initiatives, including his role as an ...

Mandela was secretly appointed its commander in chief. "At the end of the day...violence was the only weapon that would destroy apartheid." Nelson Mandela, 1959 "Monitoring Mandela (Four Police ...

The event, which honored the 100th anniversary of the birth of late South African leader Nelson Mandela also featured ... met you in 2004 for the 46664 AIDS Benefit Concert in Cape Town, and ...

The white police force sometimes tortured and killed the regime’s Black opponents. Nelson Mandela was a leader of the African National Congress, the main group arguing that all races should have ...

Here is a look at the life of Nelson Mandela, Nobel Peace Prize winner and former president of South Africa. Personal Birth date: July 18, 1918 Death date: December 5, 2013 Birth place: Mvezo, ...