Nelson Mandela walked out of prison as a free man after 27 years, marking a golden moment in history. On this day in 1979, ...

The Pollsmoor Correctional Centre inmate who escaped from the facility in Cape Town this week, has been rearrested.

On Feb. 11, 1990, South African anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela was freed after 27 years in prison. (Mandela would be ...

February 11, 1990 – Nelson Mandela freed from prison, four years to the day after ... citing crime as the greatest reason for Jews leaving South Africa. January 21, 1997 – South African ...

In the winter of 1964, Nelson Mandela arrived on Robben Island where he would spend 18 of his 27 prison years. Confined to a small cell, the floor his bed, a bucket for a toilet, he was forced to ...

Idris Elba has opened up about spending a night in prison to prepare for his role as Nelson Mandela in the 2013 film, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom. During a recent interview with The Sunday Times, ...

Nelson Mandela was a famous leader ... The South African government listened and they got rid of Apartheid! When he left prison he was not angry, instead he worked to bring peace and friendship ...

Idris Elba says he ‘heard strange noise’s during his night in a South African prison to prepare for his Nelson Mandela role (Getty Images for Paramount Pictu) However, he still took value from ...