Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela was the anti-apartheid leader who became South Africa's first Black president and died in 2013.

24 linked stories in all years we hold

Via Wikimedia Commons (Nelson Mandela 1994)

The earliest story we hold is from Nov 4, 2021.

Stories involving Nelson Mandela0 named stories in 2021

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Dec 27, 2021 - Jan 2, 2022: whole weeks overlap 2021; counts include days outside 2021.

Nov 1, 2021 - Jan 2, 2022

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Week of Dec 27, 2021 - Jan 2, 2022: 4 left, 7 center, 1 right, 7% of the sources that published that week · 14 articles

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Week	Left	Center	Right	Articles	Share
Nov 1, 2021 - Nov 7, 2021	5	2	2	11	5%
Nov 8, 2021 - Nov 14, 2021	13	18	6	53	20%
Nov 15, 2021 - Nov 21, 2021	0	0	0	0	0%
Nov 22, 2021 - Nov 28, 2021	0	0	0	0	0%
Nov 29, 2021 - Dec 5, 2021	0	0	0	0	0%
Dec 6, 2021 - Dec 12, 2021	0	0	0	0	0%
Dec 13, 2021 - Dec 19, 2021	0	0	0	0	0%
Dec 20, 2021 - Dec 26, 2021	19	33	17	188	36%
Dec 27, 2021 - Jan 2, 2022	4	7	1	14	7%

Stories before June 28, 2026 come from archived pages, so who covered them is limited to the outlets we recovered for that period.

Whole record, all years we hold

53 left · 63 center · 36 right: 152 sources on the spectrum, across 24 linked stories.

Dec 24– 25South African minister objects to sale of Mandela's cell key51 articles · 21 sources
5 left, 9 center, 5 right
Nov 11– 12South Africa’s last apartheid president, F.W. de Klerk, dies68 articles · 43 sources
13 left, 18 center, 6 right

Dec 26– 27Desmond Tutu, South Africa's foe of apartheid, dies at 90170 articles · 76 sources
20 left, 33 center, 16 right
Nov 1– 4South Africa's ANC party sees big decline in local elections14 articles · 11 sources
5 left, 2 center, 2 right