Embattled NYC schools chief David Banks recites Nelson Mandela’s favorite poem
The city's embattled superintendent of education delivered a thin speech in his annual address on Tuesday that offered no metrics on student achievement, before bizarrely having the audience recite a poem that Nelson Mandela “recited every day during his incarceration.” The famous poem “Invictus,” written by English poet William Ernest Henley in 1875, includes lines […]
South Africa schedules election as Mandela’s party fights to retain majority
South Africa will hold national elections on May 29, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Tuesday. Ramaphosa’s ruling African National Congress party, once led by Nelson Mandela, is seeking to maintain a majority in South Africa’s seventh fully democratic national election since the end of apartheid, a system of forced racial segregation in 1994. is expected […]
Auction of Nelson Mandela’s belongings suspended after outcry from South Africa heritage agency | Nelson Mandela
A planned auction of dozens of works of art belonging to Nelson Mandela has been suspended pending a court application for a permanent halt, a group that protects South Africa’s cultural heritage has announced. The online auction was launched on February 24 by the New York-based Guernsey auction house in collaboration with Dr. Makaziwe Mandela, […]