Mandela prison drawing goes under the hammer in US
A drawing by late South African leader Nelson Mandela of the door of his prison cell on Robben Island will be put up for auction in May.
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A drawing by late South African leader Nelson Mandela of the door of his prison cell on Robben Island will be put up for auction in May.
“Mandela” and “Avengers” star Idris Elba is the latest celebrity to parlay his fame into the restaurant biz.
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Esther Mahlangu’s colorful geometric artwork is exhibited in galleries around the world, but she remains in her South African village unfazed by fame and determined
How was the first week of 2017? Mine was quiet. I abstained from the news. My first car ride for the year was going home from my son’s condo after a night of merrymaking, eating and gawking at the fireworks, and I happily discovered there was no toll on the Skyway. Cheers!
Nelson Mandela’s widow was treated badly by members of his family as the peace icon was fighting for his life in hospital, excerpts from a memoir by his long-time aide have revealed.
Mama, this great guy toppled a dictatorship in South Africa.” My finger pointed to a front-page portrait of Nelson Mandela in mutual-admiration gaze with Cory Aquino. My 97-year-old mother had to be guided through a maze of memory bytes.
It strikes me as paradoxical that some of us can’t seem to wait to cross into the New Year. Life has become hurried enough as it is, why help it yet along? Technology in particular, with the ever-increasing efficiency and wonder it has been inspiring in infrastructure and gadgetry, has so altered the sense of time, especially for a senior like me, a day now feels a mere half of it; and as age slows me progressively, in inverse relation not only to technology but to just about everything else, I’d probably soon enough begin to lose a whole day scarcely realizing it.
Nelson Mandela seduced audiences with his wit, then often bludgeoned them with his observations. Here is a collection of some of his most memorable quotes:
With giant portraits of Nelson Mandela and colorful posters, South African artists are celebrating the 95th birthday Thursday of the anti-apartheid leader, who remains hospitalized although his condition has improved.
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