Warm-up match presents opportunities for those who haven't played on tour so far

Forgotten Notts batsman will face Aussies to prove himself in case Pietersen is not fit

South Africans have been asked to mark his 67 years of public service by spending 67 minutes on charitable acts

Ndileka Mandela speaks to the BBC of the pain the family have undergone since Mr Mandela was taken ill

Former President Thabo Mbeki says Mandela’s doctors will soon send him to recuperate at home

Nelson Mandela remains in a critical but stable condition as he enters his second month in hospital.

The family feud over the graves of the children of Nelson Mandela drew a sharp rebuke yesterday from Archbishop Desmond Tutu.

The remains of Nelson Mandela’s three deceased children have been reburied at their original resting site, a day after a court ordered their return two years after Mr Mandela’s grandson exhumed the bodies.

Even before Mandela’s illness, the political parties of South Africa were at loggerheads over their versions of the anti-apartheid struggle. Now the struggle is intensifying

The tug of war over the remains of three of Nelson Mandela's children is set to continue after his grandson said he would challenge a court order to return them to the anti-apartheid icon's childhood home of Qunu in Eastern Cape.

Barack Obama has not confirmed whether he will visit the ailing president

South African protesters campaigning against President Barack Obama’s three-nation tour of the continent gathered today just streets from the hospital where Nelson Mandela is critically ill. 

Ndileka Mandela says former president's condition is still critical but has not worsened, while daughter Makaziwe says he is responding to touch

A friend of the Mandelas has denied reports of family row over funeral arrangements for the ailing 94-year-old who is in a critical condition at a Pretoria hospital. South African media reported a rift had emerged over where Nelson Mandela should be buried, with his grandson Mandla wanting him interred in the village of Mvezo, where the anti-apartheid leader was born, while others supported Qunu, where he grew up.