Nelson Mandela

Don’t miss the launch of The Madiba Appreciation Club: A Chef’s Story in Pretoria

Chef Brett Ladds was once given a cigar by Fidel Castro, he talked weightlifting with Swazi king Mswati III and his cooking made Quincy Jones sing. For many years he also served Nelson Mandela many cups of rooibos tea and made him his favourite meals.

Cooking for Fidel Castro, Mswati III and Quincy Jones – The Madiba Appreciation Club: A Chef’s Story by Brett Ladds

Once, chef Brett Ladds was given a cigar by Fidel Castro, he talked weightlifting with Swazi king Mswati III and his cooking made Quincy Jones sing. For many years he also served Nelson Mandela many cups of rooibos tea and made him his favourite meals.

‘To be great is to be misunderstood’ – Read an excerpt from Dare Not Linger, the sequel to Long Walk To Freedom

Mandela knew that his own legacy depended on the course he had championed: the talks between the government and the ANC.

Mandla Langa chats about completing Nelson Mandela’s presidential memoir, Dare Not Linger

Mandla Langa called the project ‘the most daunting task I have ever had as a writer’.

Mandela’s time in prison affected his self-belief, and his writing – Mandla Langa discusses Dare Not Linger

Mandla Langa says Nelson Mandela’s time in prison gave him a powerful sense of self-belief.

Join Mandla Langa for the launch of Dare Not Linger in Cape Town

Pan Macmillan and Exclusive Books invite you to the launch of Dare Not Linger: The Presidential Years by Nelson Mandela and Mandla Langa.

[Video] Mandla Langa hopes Dare Not Linger: The Presidential Years will ‘jog the memory’ of ANC leadership

Drawing on Nelson Mandela’s own unfinished memoir, Dare Not Linger is the remarkable story of his presidency told in his own words and those of distinguished South African writer Mandla Langa.

Read an excerpt from Nelson Mandela and Mandla Langa’s Dare Not Linger: The Presidency and the Constitution

As president, Nelson Mandela’s relationship with the judiciary would be severely tested.

George Bizos chats about his friendship with Nelson Mandela, documented in his new book 65 Years of Friendship

‘With his second marriage to Winnie, he phoned me and said, “George, I’ve married trouble.”‘

Don’t miss the launch of the George Bizos Gallery – a new wing of the Apartheid Museum

Join Penguin Random House SA for an evening of celebration at the launch of the George Bizos Gallery, a new wing of the Apartheid Museum.

Madiba did not sell out – Mandla Langa talks about Dare Not Linger, the sequel to Long Walk to Freedom

‘I know that sometimes self-styled revolutionaries who are given to revisioning history, would say that Madiba sold out, or that generation sold out. But I think they should not wear today’s lenses to look at yesterday. They should use yesterday’s eyes to look at what was going on then.’

Nelson Mandela’s Dare Not Linger: The Presidential Years launched in Johannesburg

Dare Not Linger is the sequel to Long Walk to Freedom, the story of Nelson Mandela’s presidential years, drawing on the memoir he began to write but was unable to finish.

Madiba preferred to write longhand – Zelda la Grange chats about Nelson Mandela’s writing process

Dare Not Linger, the sequel to Nelson Mandela’s Long Walk to Freedom, is out from Pan Macmillan South Africa in October.

Mandla Langa on writing Dare Not Linger, the sequel to Nelson Mandela’s Long Walk to Freedom

In one of the biggest book events of the year, the sequel to Nelson Mandela’s Long Walk to Freedom will be published this month.

Mandela’s Last Years withdrawn by Penguin Random House South Africa out of respect for the late Mandela’s family

Penguin Random House South Africa has withdrawn new book Mandela’s Last Years, a memoir written by Vejay Ramlakan, the former head of Nelson Mandela’s medical team.

First look at Nelson Mandela’s unfinished memoir – Dare Not Linger: The Presidential Years

Drawing on Nelson Mandela’s own unfinished memoir, Dare Not Linger is the remarkable story of his presidency told in his own words and those of distinguished South African writer Mandla Langa.

New book sets the record straight about Mandela’s last years

Mandela’s Last Years by Vejay Ramlakan is out now from Penguin Random House SA.

Nelson Mandela’s prison letters – many never seen before – to be published in new book

WW Norton imprint Liveright Publishing has acquired the rights to publish the “authorised and authentic” collection of Nelson Mandela’s prison letters.

New book by Nelson Mandela and Mandla Langa to be published in 2017

On 19 October 2017 Pan Macmillan will publish Dare Not Linger: The Presidential Years by Nelson Mandela and Mandla Langa.

Nelson Mandela comic goes worldwide

Nelson Mandela: The Authorised Comic was first published by Jonathan Ball Publishers back in 2008. Now Constable have cleverly bought all language rights still available, and will publish in English in the UK and Commonwealth.