Politics & Government

Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa (born 17 November 1952) is a South African politician, businessman, activist, and trade union leader who has served as the Deputy President under President Jacob Zuma since 2014. He was elected as Deputy President of the African National Congress (ANC) at the ANC National Conference in Mangaung …

By Adelanwa Bamgboye Justice Kudirat Motonmori Olatokunbo Kekere-Ekun is today the youngest female jurist at the Supreme Court. On May 7, she turned 58 and by age 66. She might be the second female Chief Justice of Nigeria to emerge after the record set by Justice Aloma Mariam Mukhtar who …

Advocate Thulisile Thuli Nomkhosi Madonsela, was appointed by the President as South Africa’s third Public Protector in October 2009 after being recommended by Parliament following a hundred percent vote in her favour by all parties represented in Parliament. A human rights and constitutional lawyer, equality expert and policy specialist with …

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was born into the Madiba clan in Mvezo, Transkei, on 18 July 1918, to Nonqaphi Nosekeni and Nkosi Mphakanyiswa Gadla Mandela, principal counsellor to the Acting King of the Thembu people, Jongintaba Dalindyebo. His father died when he was a child and the young Rolihlahla became a …