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Nelson Mandela and Bill Gates shaking hands at global health forum, Seattle, December 9, 1999. Courtesy of MOHAI. A prominent individual among those present was Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft.

Birth name: Rolihlahla Dalibhunga Mandela Father: Gadla Henry Mphakanyiswa, a counselor to the royal house of the Thembu tribe Mother: Nosekeni Fanny Mandela Marriages: Graca Machel (July 18, ...

May 10, 1994 – Mandela is inaugurated as the first black president of a democratic South Africa. 1999 – Mandela leaves office and establishes the Nelson Mandela Foundation.

May 10, 1994 – Mandela is inaugurated as the first black president of a democratic South Africa. 1999 – Mandela leaves office and establishes the Nelson Mandela Foundation.

He is discharged on April 6. June 8, 2013 – Mandela is admitted to hospital with a recurring lung infection. December 5, 2013 – Mandela dies at his home in the Johannesburg suburb of Houghton.

He is discharged on April 6. June 8, 2013 – Mandela is admitted to hospital with a recurring lung infection. December 5, 2013 – Mandela dies at his home in the Johannesburg suburb of Houghton.

A claim that anti-apartheid activist and former President of South Africa Nelson Mandela once said that "when two neighboring countries fight each other, just know the USA visited one" has been ...

Donald Trump did help fly Nelson Mandela out to the U.S. in 1990 — after charging him $130,000 for the trip.

Nelson Mandela was "trying to come to the United States. The United States government wasn't helping him. No one was helping him," Murdoch said in an interview with Trump posted Oct. 18 on X.

Nelson Mandela had glowing words to say about the Spice Girls In 1997, the Spice Girls traveled to Johannesburg to perform a charity concert. The event would support the Nation’s Trust, which ...