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Seventeen people are killed in two mass shootings at homes in Lusikisiki, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
2024-09-28

A Shosholoza Meyl passenger train collides head-on with a goods train in Eastern Cape, South Africa, killing two people and injuring 20.
2015-05-20

The body of Nelson Mandela is buried after a state funeral is held in his ancestral home of Qunu.
2013-12-15

The body of Nelson Mandela is to be flown to Qunu in the Eastern Cape where he is to be laid to rest.
2013-12-13

The life of Nelson Mandela is celebrated in a memorial service in Johannesburg.
2013-12-10

Nobel prize winner, anti-Apartheid activist, and former South African president, Nelson Mandela, dies at age 95.
2013-12-5

South African President Jacob Zuma cancels his scheduled trip to Mozambique after a visit to the critically ill former president Nelson Mandela in a Pretoria hospital.
2013-06-26

Former South African President and anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela, aged 94, is hospitalized; officials say it is only for a routine checkup.
2013-03-9

First Lady of the United States Michelle Obama begins a six-day visit to southern Africa with her daughters; they are granted an audience with Nelson Mandela.
2011-06-21

A painting in a Johannesburg shopping centre depicting an autopsy on the corpse of Nelson Mandela surrounded by nosy world leaders attracts controversy as the topic of Mandela's eventual death is taboo in South Africa.
2010-07-9