Former president Nelson Mandela had a strong friendship with businessman Douw Steyn, and often gave him advice as a father figure, writes Mandela's long-time assistant Zelda la Grange.

Attending the Isandlwana Lecture, former president Thabo Mbeki said that the custom of lobola has been corrupted.

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During the Isandlwana Lecture this weekend at Joburg Theatre, former president Thabo Mbeki gave a short lecture ... person to the children is not their father. “So, when the lobola is paid ...

Former president Thabo Mbeki and Mbuso Khoza share the same opinion that these days, lobola is being done for the wrong reasons, with people focussing on the money aspect instead of bringing two ...

of this rare quality in Thabo Mbeki, which clearly set him apart, in a positive sense, from his iconic predecessor, Nelson Mandela, the father of the nation and archetypical reconciler. But uneasy ...