Twenty-two years ago, on the 11th of February 1990, Nelson Mandela walked out of a South African prison, a free man for the first time in twenty-seven years. He immediately assumed the leadership role that would move South Africa from a system of aparthe

Former president Thabo Mbeki enjoys a joke with ANCYL president Julius Malema at the ANC centenary celebrations. ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema, who played a critical role in Thabo Mbeki’s political demise, has urged the former president to become

Africa's oldest liberation movement, South Africa's ruling African National Congress, celebrates its centenary Sunday with 100,000 people at a rally where President Jacob Zuma hopes to reassert his leadership. 46 heads of state have arrived to celebrate

It was a blend of pomp and ceremony interspersed with dancing in the streets as ANC leaders, veterans, supporters and invited dignitaries celebrated the party's 100-year anniversary. Events were held across the city and surrounding areas throughout Satur

African drums and the ritual slaughter of a bull featured in the second day of celebrations commemorating 100 years of the ANC before a gala dinner attended by more than a dozen African leaders and former leaders. "When we talk about [the] ANC, it is par