2000
January, The partnership is formalized by South African National Aids Council (SANAC) to review its two years of work against HIV/AIDS being under the leadership of Deputy President Jacob Zuma.
9 July - 14 July, The first ever to be held in a developing country, the 13th International AIDS conference is held in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal. Mandela speaks out against AIDS at the 13th International AIDS Conference.
12-15 July, President Thabo Mbeki gives the keynote address at the National General Council 2000 meeting in Port Elizabeth. The theme of the meeting is ‘ANC – People’s Revolutionary Movement and Agent for Change’. To read the reports of the National General Council 200 click here.
29 September, Nelson Mandela addresses the United Nations Security Council on the Arusha Peace Process.
30 November, President Thabo Mbeki and President Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria admonish President Robert Mugabe to abide by laws and to curtail the seizure of White-owned farms.
5 December, South Africa holds local government elections. To read the ANC’s election manifesto click here.
2001
8 January, In the ANC’s January 8th statement 2001 is declared the ‘Year of the African Century for democracy peace and development’.
11-14 January, The ANC’s NEC holds its Lekgotla in Johannesburg. The theme of the meeting is ‘The ANC as an agent of change and social transformation’.
5 April, George Bizos is awarded the 2001 International Trial Lawyer prize of the year by the International Academy of Trial Lawyers.
July, Former President Nelson Mandela is diagnosed and treated for prostate cancer with radiation.
30 August, Rivonia Trialist, ANC and SACP member Govan Mbeki dies at his home in Port Elizabeth.
8 September, Deputy President Jacob Zuma pays tribute to Govan Mbeki.
3 October, ANC leader Tony Yengeni is charged with corruption, forgery and perjury linked to the country’s $6 billion arms deal with Europe. He is released on bail and will appear before a special criminal court in January 2002.
19 November, Nelson Mandela is made an honorary Canadian citizen.
2002
11 April, The High Court acquits Dr Wouter Basson - dubbed "Dr Death" - who ran apartheid-era biological warfare programme. Dr Wouter Basson had faced charges of murder and conspiracy. The ANC condemns verdict.
7 April, The South African National Government Cabinet receives a comprehensive briefing on the implementation of government policy on HIV/AIDS. The meeting reiterates government's commitment to the HIV/AIDS and STI strategic plan for South Africa.
19 April, Health workers will continue to get anti-retroviral drugs for needle stick injuries, despite a decision by the ANC's National Executive Committee that this practice should stop.
26 April, ANC NEC member and Minister of Safety and Security Steve Tshwete dies.
9 June, Peter Mokaba, a former ANCYL leader recently elected to head the ANC’s 2004 election campaign, dies.
2 July, George W. Bush awards Mandela the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States’ highest civilian award.
10 July, Based on existing resources, South Africa can "easily afford" to provide anti-retroviral therapy to between 60 000 and 70 000 people in the next five years. This is the conclusion from a study by Dr Chris Kenyon of the Health Systems Trust and Dr Andrew Boulle, a registrar in the School of Public Health at the University of Cape Town, present at the 14th World Conference on AIDS in Barcelona.
15 July, Former President Nelson Mandela calls on government and business leaders worldwide to find ways to provide access to treatment to those who need it, for all people living with HIV/AIDS.
8 August, The South African National Government Cabinet announces the go-ahead for an antiretroviral roll-out plan.
10 October, President Thabo Mbeki is publicly opposed to the provision of AIDS drugs in South Africa, arguing that they are dangerously toxic and questioning whether HIV or poverty is the true cause of AIDS.
21 November, The South African Government issues a statement on mortality statistics, taking the five leading underlying causes of death among South Africans as HIV, TB, Influenza, Unnatural causes, and Ill-defined causes.
2003
January, Mandela condemns the US threats to invade Iraq.
26 February, The cost of a state supported anti-retroviral programme in its most expensive year could be below R10-billion and still be highly effective, according to calculations by the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) and researchers at the University of Cape Town (UCT).
27 February, It is announced in the National budget documents that investigations into the introduction of a national anti-retroviral programme for South Africans living with HIV/AIDS are far advanced and recommendations are close to finalization.
20 March, Universal access to Highly Active Anti-retroviral Therapy (HAART) will become an inevitable reality in South Africa over the next three to seven years, according the South African Health Review.
29 November, Nelson Mandela attends the first 46664 concert to be held at Greenpoint Stadium, Cape Town.
5 March, Former ANC chief whip, Tony Yengeni, resigns from his position as Member of Parliament after being found guilty of fraud.
19 March, Tony Yengeni is sentenced to four years in prison for defrauding parliament. The charges levelled against him related to a 47 percent discount he received on a luxury 4X4 Mercedes Benz in 1998 which he did not disclose to parliament as an MP.
5 May, Rivonia Trialist and ANC member Walter Sisulu dies at his home in Linden, Johannesburg. Thousands gather to pay their last respects.
17 May, Former President Nelson Mandela gives a tribute at the funeral service of Walter Sisulu.
22 May, President Thabo Mbeki makes a statement on the passing of Walter Sisulu entitled ‘We are the soldiers of Sisulu’.
23 July, Mandela launches the Mandela Rhodes Foundation with a speech at Westminster Hall, London.
6 October, The Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) is awarded the prestigious Nelson Mandela Award for Health and Human Rights.
7 October, The ANC is recognised by the UN for its achievement in building 1.45 millions houses, which have housed 6 million people, in 8 years.
2004
31 March, Sandton Square in Johannesburg is renamed Nelson Mandela Square and a six-metre bronze statue of Mandela is unveiled.
14 April, The third democratic elections are held and won by the ANC with an increased majority of 69.69%.
10 May, The ANC’s Chief Whip, Nkosinathi Nhleko, releases a statement on the occasion of parliament celebrating ten years of democracy.
1 June, Mandela announces that he will be retiring from public life. His reasoning for stepping down is attributed to his failing health and his desire to spend more time with his family. His appeal: ‘don’t call me, I will call you’
14 July, Graca Machel chairs a satellite link-up discussion hosted by the Nelson Mandela Foundation on the social impact of HIV-Aids in southern Africa. It profiles the "46664: Give one minute of your life to Aids" global campaign.
15 July, Nelson Mandela addresses the 15th International Aids Conference in Bangkok. He profiles the work of his "46664: Give one minute of your life to Aids" campaign.
12 September, Ray Alexander Simons communist and trade unionist, passes away at the age of 91. The ANC releases a press statement on her death.
10 September, Former President Nelson Mandela gives the 5th Steve Biko lecture at the University of Cape Town.
21 September, Former President Nelson Mandela gives the opening address at the launch of the Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory and Commemoration Project.
15-16 November, The ANC hosts a council meeting of the Socialist International at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg. The meeting is attended by 500 delegates and is opened by Deputy President Jacob Zuma.
27 November, The predominantly White New National Party (NNP) joins a coalition with the ruling ANC.
2005
Time Magazine puts Madiba on its list of 100 Most Influential People.
6 January, Makgatho Mandela, the eldest son of Nelson Mandela dies at the age of 54. Mandela announces that he died of AIDS complications.
9 April, Marthinus van Schalkwyk, leader of the New National Party (NNP), officially becomes a member of the ANC.
May: Evelyn Mase dies, aged 82
2 June, Schabir Shaik is found guilty on two counts of corruption and one count of fraud. In handing down his sentence, Judge Hilary Squires, states that there was a corrupt relationship between Schabir Shaik and ANC Deputy President Jacob Zuma.
5 June, Former President Nelson Mandela delivers the key note speech at a commemoration of the lives of Yusuf Cachalia and Bram Fischer.
14 June, Jacob Zuma is relieved of his post as Deputy President of South Africa by President Thabo Mbeki, following the verdict in Schabir Shaik's trial.
20 June, Jacob Zuma makes a statement on the decision by the National Director for Public Prosecutions to refer charges against him. Jacob Zuma withdraws his participation from ANC structures pending the completion of the legal process against him.
22 June, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka is appointed the new Deputy President of South Africa.
July, A comic series is launched on Madiba's life and quips: “You know you are famous the day you discover you have become a comic character.”
21 September, Launched the Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory and Commemoration Project.
Receives notebook of copies of his letters from ex-Security Policeman, Donald Card
2006
1 March, Municipal elections are held in South Africa with the ANC received 66.3% of the vote nationwide.
14–15 March, Members of the South African Students' Congress (SASCO) and African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) stage violent protests at the North-West University's Mafikeng campus, over the exclusion of some students because of unpaid fees.
22 May, The New Statesman places Mandela at number two on its list of 50 ‘Heroes of Our Time’. Aung San Suu Kyi, the Burmese pro-democracy campaigner beat him to first place.
20 September, Jacob Zuma’s corruption trial is struck off the roll at the Pietermaritzburg High Court by Judge Herbert Msimang.
16 October, Sixteen ANC MPs appear in the Cape Town High Court on charges relating to the misuse of parliamentary travel vouchers. The MPs agree to enter into plea and sentencing agreements and the court imposes fines ranging from R25 000 to R120 000.
1 November, Mandela receives Amnesty International's 2006 "Ambassador of Conscience" award for being a moral beacon in a world plagued by human rights abuses.Nadine Gordimer delivers the keynote speech at the awards ceremony and Nelson Mandela gives an acceptance speech.
2007
2 January, Nelson Mandela gives a speech at the opening of the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy.
31 January, Adelaide Tambo, wife of late ANC president Oliver Tambo dies at her home in Johannesburg.
10 February, Adelaide Tambo is given a state funeral and thousands attend the funeral service held at a stadium in Wattville. Former President Nelson Mandela makes a speech at the funeral.
13 April, Attends the installation of his grandson Mandla as chief of the Mvezo Traditional Council
18 July, On his 89th birthday, Mandela forms ‘The Elders’. The Elders is a group of leading figures in the world such as Desmond Tutu, Kofi Anan, Ela Bhatt, Jimmy Carter and Mary Robinson who offer their guidance to ‘tackle some of the world’s toughest problems’
29 August, A statue of Mandela is unveiled at Parliament Square in London.
3 December, Nelson Mandela named Honorary Laureate by the London-based Mo Ibrahim Foundation. He is made an Honorary Laureate of the Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership.
16 - 20 December, The ANC holds its 52nd National Conference at the University of Limpopo in Polokwane. This conference was characterised by a split in the party between RSA President Thabo Mbeki and his former Deputy, Jacob Zuma. While Mbeki was unable to run for the President of the ANC, he wielded a considerable amount of influence over the election of his successor. It was not enough, however, as Jacob Zuma was elected President of the ANC with Kgalema Motlanthe as Deputy President.
2008
January, The Europe-based A Different View cites Mandela, among others, as one of its 15 Champions of World Democracy.
30 April, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice calls the flagging of Nelson Mandela on the US terrorist watch lists "embarrassing”.
2 May, Michigan State University confers an honorary Doctor of Law degree on Nelson Mandela.
15 May, The world’s most famous scientist, Professor Stephen Hawking, meets former President Nelson Mandela for the first time. He is accompanied by Neil Turok, founder of the AIMS institute and Professor of Mathematical Physics at the University of Cambridge. The African Institute for Mathematical Sciences, (AIMS) is a pan-African centre for postgraduate training and research in Mathematics, in Cape Town.
8 June, ANC President Jacob Zuma and President Thabo Mbeki release an article entitled ‘There are no ANC Camps’
25 June, Nelson Mandela meets with Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace. “You look younger every time I see you,” the 89-year-old Nobel Peace Prize laureate tells the British sovereign, who is 82 at the time, as she has him round for an informal chat.
25 June, Mandela uses a speech at a dinner in London to condemn a "tragic failure of leadership" in Zimbabwe.
26 June, Nelson Mandela addresses a 46664 fund-raising dinner, in London, thanking the assembled guests for their support.
26 June, US lawmakers erase references to Mandela as a terrorist from national databases.
27 June, Stars pay tribute to Mandela at the 46664-music concert, celebrating his 90th birthday in London's Hyde Park.
July, Two books, Nelson Mandela: the Authorised Comic Book, and Hunger for Freedom: The Story of Food in the Life of Nelson Mandela, are published.
9 July, Mandela addresses a Children’s Party hosted by the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund. Children bestow the title “The Children’s Champion” on Mandela.
12 July, Nelson Mandela addresses the audience before Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf delivers the keynote address at the 6th Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture in Kliptown, Soweto.
18 July, Mandela and the world celebrate his 90th birthday. Restoration work begins on Mandela House, in Soweto, as part of the Soweto Heritage Trust’s commemoration of the 90th birthday of Nelson Mandela. The event focuses on the Mandela House and Nelson Mandela’s story, both in the context of his home, and in the context of his life as a whole, in a manner that promotes his legacy of human rights, democracy, reconciliation, mutual respect and tolerance among the peoples of South Africa.
18 July, The South African Mint issues a commemorative R5 circulation coin on the occasion of his 90th birthday. This is the first time ever that a former President has featured twice on the same denomination and in the same circulation coin series.
21 July, Time magazine honours Nelson Mandela on his 90th birthday by placing him on its front cover and carrying an article on him.
5 August, Nelson Mandela addresses an ANC rally held to celebrate his 90th birthday. In his speech, Mandela says: “And I ask you today: do not celebrate an individual. Celebrate the achievements and reaffirm the values of a great organisation, one that has led for almost a hundred years.”
21 August, A statue of former President Nelson Mandela is unveiled at the Groot Drakenstein prison, where he spent a part of his imprisonment, in Paarl near Cape Town.
November, Nelson Mandela attends a ceremony hosted by the Nelson Mandela Foundation, where the Harry Oppenheimer family hands over a collection of Rivonia Trial prosecution records from their Brenthurst Library.
12 September, ANC President Jacob Zuma's corruption case is dismissed by Judge Chris Nicholson.
20 September, The ANC’s NEC releases a statement announcing the decision to recall President Thabo Mbeki.
21 September, President Thabo Mbeki hands his letter of resignation to the speaker of the National Assembly and delivers an address to the nation.
22 September, In a statement made by ANC President Jacob Zuma, on behalf of the ANC NEC, the decision to recall President Thabo Mbeki is explained.The ANC elects its Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe to replace Thabo Mbeki as President of South Africa until April 2009, when new elections will be held.
2009
1 January, The ANC releases a statement paying tribute to Helen Suzman who died at the age of 91.
12 January, The Supreme Court of Appeal in Bloemfontein delivers judgement on the appeal of charges levelled against ANC President Jacob Zuma. Deputy Judge President Louis Harmse rules that the charges of corruption the National Prosecuting Authority brought against Zuma can be reinstated.
15 January, A new wax figure of Nelson Mandela is unveiled at Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum in New York, United States of America.
20 January, Nelson Mandela, in a letter to the newly elected US President Barack Obama, describes Obama's election as "something truly historic not only in the political annals of your great nation, the United States of America, but of the world".
15 February, Nelson Mandela and his grandson, Chief Mandla Mandela, endorse the ANC at a rally at Idutywa, Eastern Cape.
19 April, Nelson Mandela, is driven around in a golf cart at Johannesburg's Ellis Park stadium as the African National Congress embarks on its final election rally before the national elections on 22 April.
22 April, The 2009 South African national and provincial elections are held.
25 April, The Independent Electoral Commission publishes the elections results with the ANC receiving 65.9% of the vote and the DA 16.6%. ANC President Jacob Zuma releases a statement on the ANC’s victory.
6 May, Jacob Zuma is elected President of South Africa by the National Assembly after receiving the highest number of votes. Chief Justice Pius Langa announces that of the 327 votes cast, the ANC President Jacob Zuma received 277 votes, while Congress of the People's (COPE) candidate Mvume Dandala received 47 votes. To read Zuma’s address click here.
July, Mandela is conferred the Arthur Ashe Courage Award, presented by tennis champs Venus and Serena Williams.
July, Nelson Mandela becomes the first winner of the Geremek Award, conferred by the Portuguese Presidency of the Community of Democracy during the Ministerial Conference in Lisbon for continuing the struggle for democracy, civil liberties and human dignity.
8 July, Bulgaria's President, Georgi Parvanov, confers on former president Nelson Mandela the highest Bulgarian state order. The award was presented by Bulgaria's Ambassador to South Africa, Volodya Neykov, to Achmat Dangor, Director of the Nelson Mandela Foundation.
11 July, Nobel Laureate and founder and managing director of Grameen Bank, Professor Muhammad Yunus, delivers the Seventh Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture at Johannesburg’s City Hall, with Nelson Mandela in the audience. The theme of the lecture is “Eradicating poverty by investing in the marginalised”.
18 July, The first Mandela Day is celebrated both in South Africa and in the US (New York), with people in both countries responding enthusiastically to the challenge of improving the lives of those around them. Further, Mandela is honoured with the 2009 ESPYS Arthur Ashe Courage Award, given annually to individuals whose contributions transcend sports. The award is accepted on Mandela's behalf by his daughter Zindzi Mandela and grandson Zondwa Mandela.
31 July, Wits University officially launches The Nelson Mandela Children’s Hospital at a dedication ceremony at the Wits Education Campus in St Andrews Road, Parktown, Johannesburg.
5 November, African royalty and kings, queens, princes and princesses from scores of countries gather to honour Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, the first recipient of the inaugural African Royalty Award ceremony held in Freedom Park. Royalty from as far afield as Korea, Ghana, Togo, Lesotho, Botswana, Morocco, Germany, Libya, the Western Cape, Eastern Cape and Northern Cape, Kenya and Uganda, congratulate Madiba and thank him for his immense and immeasurable contribution to the struggle for the disenfranchised in South Africa and the rest of the world.
9 November, The Thurgood Marshall College Fund honours Nelson Mandela with the International Breaking Barriers Award for his lifetime dedication to international public service in New York, USA. The International Breaking Barriers Award is the highest honour presented to an individual whose international impact on social justice, equality, public service and leadership embodies the spirit of the legacy of Justice Thurgood Marshall (the late US Supreme Court Associate Justice).
10 November, The United Nations General Assembly announces that Mandela's birthday, 18
July, will henceforth be known as “Mandela Day” marking his contribution to world freedom.
Votes for the fourth time in his life; Attends the inauguration of President Jacob Zuma on May 9 and witnesses Zuma's first State of the Nation address;
8 December, President Jacob Zuma is conferred the Order of the Eagle of Zambia, the country’s highest distinction to freedom fighters.
16 December, Dr. Manto Tshabalala-Msimang politician and former Minister of Health, dies at the Wits University Donald Gordon Medical Centre and Medi-Clinic.
22 December, President Jacob Zuma delivers the eulogy at the funeral of Dr. Manto Tshabalala-Msimang at the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Pretoria.
2010
7 May, The Laureate International Universities (LIU) network announces in Madrid, Spain that
Nelson Mandela will be conferred an Honorary Doctorate Degree.
12 May, Mandela moves back to his home in Qunu, Eastern Cape.
30 May, Brown University, founded in 1764, in Providence, Rhode Island, the seventh-oldest college in the US, confers an Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree on Nelson Mandela. Johnny Moloto, charge d’affaires at the South African embassy in Washington, accepts the degree on Mandela’s behalf.
11 June, Mandela receives the Orden del Águila Azteca, presented by President of México Felipe Calderón, in Johannesburg, South Africa.
11 June-11 July, South Africa hosts the 2010 FIFA World Cup and first match kicks off.
17 June, Nelson Mandela attends the funeral of his great-granddaughter, 13-year-old Zenani Mandela, who was killed in car crash. The death of Zenani forces Mandela to cancel plans to attend the opening the 2010 World Soccer Cup.
11 July, Nelson Mandela attends the Closing Ceremony of the 2010 World Soccer Cup.
15 July, The Nelson Mandela Museum embarks on a programme to recognise the significance of the village of Mqhekezweni and begins restoring the traditional dwelling that was Nelson Mandela’s home from the age of nine until he left for Johannesburg aged 21. Mqhekezweni was the original Great Place of King Dyalindyebo of Thembu, and was the home of the Regent, Jongintaba Mtirara, who took responsibility for grooming the young Nelson Mandela after the death of his father.
18 July, The UN observes the first annual 'Nelson Mandela Day' in the honour of Nelson Mandela. The resolution to commemorate Mandela's birthday on 18 July as 'Nelson Mandela Day' was adopted by the world body in November 2009.
22 July, Kamalesh Sharma, Commonwealth Secretary-General, delivers the 2010 Nelson Mandela Africa Lecture, “The Commonwealth and Africa”, at the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies, London, UK.
28 October, Mandela receives an Honorary Degree from Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
October, His second book Conversations with Myself is published
18 November, Meets the South African and American football teams that played in the Mandela Challenge match
18 November, Mahmood Mamdani, Herbert Lehman Professor of Government at Columbia University, delivers a lecture at the Africana Research Centre at Penn State University, Pennsylvania, USA. Mamdani’s lecture, “Human Rights: The African Experience and the Way Forward”, is presented as part of the 2010 Nelson Mandela Lecture Series.
2011
15 January, News that Mandela has died causes Twitter to go viral. It is discovered that the news is a hoax that is traced back to BlackBerry Message.
February, Nelson Mandela is admitted to a hospital in Johannesburg for ‘routine medical tests’. The ANC through its spokesman Jackson Mthembu appeals for people not to speculate on his health.
16 May, Mandela votes in the local government elections, the ANC would garner just under 61% of the votes with the Democratic Alliance winning just under 24%.
June, Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations is published
21 June, Michelle Obama, the US First Lady and her two daughters visit Nelson Mandela.
18 July, President Jacob Zuma visits Former President Nelson Mandela at his home in Qunu.
18 July, Mandela celebrates his 93rd birthday with his family in Qunu, Eastern Cape.
22 October. Census enumerators visit Nelson Mandela at his home in Qunu, and count the family members.
December, Media organisations that had mounted cameras in areas near Nelson Mandela’s home in Qunu are forced to remove them by the police task team.
2012
January, Mathews Phosa the ANC Treasurer visits Nelson Mandela and hands over to him a copy of the book celebrating the ANC’s 100th Anniversary.
January, Mandela leaves Qunu for Houghton in Johannesburg to allow for renovations to be done.
25 February, Mandela is admitted to receive treatment for abdominal pains.
26 February, Discharged from hospital.
2 March, Mandela is admitted to receive treatment for abdominal pains.
12 May, Mandela moves back to his home in Qunu, Eastern Cape.
28 May, Mandela returns to Qunu after renovations at his home are completed.
30 May, The African National Congress (ANC)’s centenary torch in brought to Nelson Mandela’s home in Qunu with Baleka Mbete the ANC chairperson leading the delegation.
11 July, President Jacob Zuma visits Nelson Mandela a few days before his birthday at his residence in Qunu.
18 July, Former US President Bill Clinton visits Nelson Mandela on his 94th birthday at his home in Qunu.
2 October, President Jacob Zuma visits Nelson Mandela at his residence in Qunu.
5 December, A plane assumed to be carrying medicine for Mandela, who was living in Qunu, Eastern Cape at the time, crashes over the Drakensberg mountain range.
8 December, Nelson Mandela is admitted to a hospital in Pretoria for medical attention. The office of the Presidency issues a statement saying “Madiba is doing well and there is no cause for alarm.”
9 December,President Jacob Zuma visits Nelson Mandela at a hospital in Pretoria where he had been admitted.
26 December, Mandela is discharged from the hospital after spending sometime at the hospital where he was admitted in early December.
2013
March 9, Mandela is admitted to hospital for a scheduled medical check-up.
March 10, Mandela is discharged from hospital.
March 27, Mandela is readmitted to hospital for a lung infection.
April 6, Mandela is discharged from hospital.
April, ANC Deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa, ANC chairperson Baleka Mbete and ANC President Jacob Zuma visit Nelson Mandela at his home in Houghton, Johannesburg. Subsequent to the visit Zuma issues a statement about Mandela’s condition sparking general public criticism.
May, The Airspace over Nelson Mandela’s home in Qunu is declared a no fly zone to the prevent media from fly over the place and take photographs.
8 June, Nelson Mandela is admitted to hospital. The military ambulance carrying Mandela from his Houghton home to the Medi-clinic Heart Hospital in Pretoria breaks down on the way to the hospital. The ambulance is stranded for almost 45 minutes on the side of the highway.
14 June, Religious figures from across religious organisations gather at St. George’s Cathedral in Cape Town to pray for Mandela.
17 June, Graca Machel, the wife of Nelson Mandela issues a statement thanking the world for its support.
23 June, President Jacob Zuma and African National Congress deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa visit Mandela.
24 June, The Minister of Defence and Military Veterans, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, the Minister of Public Service and Administration, Lindiwe Sisulu and leader of the United Democratic Movement (UDM) Bantu Holomisa visit Nelson Mandela in hospital.
July 18, Mandela spends his 95th birthday in hospital.
1 September, Mandela is discharged from hospital.
26 June, President Jacob Zuma visits Madiba in hospital.
5 December, Madiba passes away.
5 December, On the night Mandela dies the royal premiere of Long Walk to Freedom takes place in London. The movie is a biographical film of Mandela's life journey from his childhood in a rural village through to his inauguration as the first democratically elected president of South Africa. Mandela’s daughters, Zindzi and Zenani, are at the premiere and immediately leave the cinema.
6 December, Mandela’s body is moved from Houghton to the military hospital in Pretoria to be embalmed.
7 December, The bourse of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange stops trading for five minutes at
11am to pay respect to Mandela, who died two days earlier. The only other time the bourse stopped trading was in 1994 when Mandela walked onto the exchange’s trading floor.
11 - 13 December, Mandela’s remains lie in state at the Union Buildings.
14 December, Mandela’s remains are flown to Qunu, Eastern Cape.
15 December, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela is buried.
2014
3 February, Mandela’s will is read out at the Nelson Mandela Centre for Memory in Sandton, Johannesburg. The ANC, several education institutions, Graca Machel and his children and grandchildren, as well as his personal assistant and chef, are all beneficiaries while his former wife, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, does not receive anything.