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Video Project Was Celebrated at April 19th Viewing Reception with Robert de Niro, Jane Rosenthal, Craig Hatkoff and Ndaba and Kweku Mandela NEW YORK, April 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Montblanc celebrated their partnership with "Midnight Moment: A Digital Gallery," with a tribute to Nelson Mandela, at a viewing reception with Robert de Niro, Jane Rosenthal, Craig Hatkoff and Ndaba and Kweku Mandela, two of Nelson Mandela's grandsons, at the R-Lounge in Times Square. The reception...

WASHINGTON, April 19, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Andrew Evans, National Geographic Traveler magazine's "Digital Nomad," has embarked on a South African adventure to explore Durban and Cape Town. For the next three weeks, Evans will tweet, blog, vlog and "Instagram" his travels on NationalGeographic.com's Digital Nomad blog (http://digitalnomad.nationalgeographic.com/), his Twitter feed @WheresAndrew and his Where's Andrew Facebook page. "I am thrilled to be exploring...

By Andrew Quinn JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's powerful COSATU labor union said on Thursday the country was "drifting toward dictatorship" under President Thabo Mbeki. In the clearest sign yet of deep political fissures in South Africa's ruling alliance, the Congress of South African Trade Unions said the power struggle involving former Deputy President Jacob Zuma marked the ANC's "worst crisis in years." "A frightening culture has developed in the ANC of cutting corners and...

By Marius Bosch JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's 33-20 win over Australia on Saturday drew Nelson Mandela's 87th birthday celebrations to a sparkling close, a decade after he helped spur the Springboks to their first Rugby World Cup win. "Madiba magic worked for us," South Africa rugby captain John Smit said, referring to Mandela's clan name used by his countrymen. Saturday's game between South Africa and Australia for the Mandela Challenge Plate marked the end of a week-long...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandelacalled on the world's most powerful leaders to prevent genocideby tackling poverty in Africa, saying failure to do so would bea crime against humanity. The former South African president used a huge concert inJohannesburg on Saturday -- one of nine Live 8 performancesaimed at highlighting Africa's woes -- to warn Western leadersthat history would judge them by their actions. "It is within your power to prevent a genocide...